Bug 108172 - network setup in anaconda has no defaults
Summary: network setup in anaconda has no defaults
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-10-28 11:07 UTC by David Jansen
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-09-21 20:41:27 UTC
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Description David Jansen 2003-10-28 11:07:39 UTC
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Description of problem:
The network setup in anaconda previously (RedHat 9) filled in reasonable
defaults for netmask and gateway once the ip-address was entered.
In the Fedora core version, one has to enter all of this information by hand.
However, the code to fill in the defaults is still there: when doing an
nfs-based install, the text-mode part of anaconda asks for the networking
information, and this part is unchanged.
I think it might be very useful to have consistent behaviour between the various
parts of anaconda, and filling in a default netmask not only saves a lot of
typing, but it is also a great clue to users who don't know all the details
about network configuration.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Network setup has no reasonable defaults for non-dhcp addresses

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install fedora core (test3) from cd
2.switch off dhcp to give manual ip information

    

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-09-21 20:41:27 UTC
This shoudl be better in newer releases of Fedora Core


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