Bug 836040

Summary:	RFE: need interactive network dialogue during kickstart
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	joshua
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	17	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description joshua 2012-06-27 23:50:41 UTC

Description of problem:

I see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda_Boot_Options#asknetwork and I am sad.  I have the need to kickstart machines with static IP addresses, but I don't need or want to implement a cgi-based web app to dynamically change what is an otherwise static ks.cfg file, just for one line that contacts the static IP.

Everything, and I mean everything, in my kickstart file is golden for all my machines... save the static IP address!

Please consider bring this back, or implementing this functionality another way!



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F17

Comment 1 Martin Sivák 2012-06-28 06:42:28 UTC

You should be able to configure the network using the boot prompt.

Take a look at:

ip=
ipv6=
gateway=
dns=
etc.

Is that enough for you?

Comment 2 Martin Sivák 2012-06-28 07:01:08 UTC

Interactive mode is not really the prefered plan for the anaconda dracut module so this bug will probably get closed in favour of the dracut's ip= boot option.

And I saw the second bug you filled so lets focus on it (#836039) first.

Comment 3 joshua 2012-06-28 13:42:35 UTC

The problem is that asking a user to edit a pxelinux entry to get their static IP address isn't exactly user friendly.