Description of problem: The stage#2 Hostname Configuration screen currently defaults to "manual" using the dhcp provided ip/hostname. This should default to "DHCP" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start installation booting with ksdevice=$valid ip=dhcp 2. Proceed to stage#2 networking configuration screen ┌──────────────────────┤ Network Configuration ├──────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The current configuration settings for each interface are listed │ │ next to the device name. Unconfigured interfaces are shown as │ │ UNCONFIGURED. To configure an interface, highlight it and choose │ │ Edit. When you are finished, press OK to continue. │ │ │ │ eth0: UNCONFIGURED ↑ │ │ eth1: Active on boot, DHCP ▮ │ │ ▒ │ │ ▒ │ │ ↓ │ │ │ │ ┌──────┐ ┌────┐ ┌──────┐ │ │ │ Edit │ │ OK │ │ Back │ │ │ └──────┘ └────┘ └──────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Actual results: ┌────────────────────┤ Hostname Configuration ├────────────────────┐ │ │ │ If your system is part of a larger network where hostnames are │ │ assigned by DHCP, select automatically via DHCP. Otherwise, │ │ select manually and enter a hostname for your system. If you │ │ do not, your system will be known as 'localhost.' │ │ │ │ ( ) automatically via DHCP │ │ (*) manually ibft0.test.redhat.com___ │ │ │ │ ┌────┐ ┌──────┐ │ │ │ OK │ │ Back │ │ │ └────┘ └──────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Expected results: ┌────────────────────┤ Hostname Configuration ├────────────────────┐ │ │ │ If your system is part of a larger network where hostnames are │ │ assigned by DHCP, select automatically via DHCP. Otherwise, │ │ select manually and enter a hostname for your system. If you │ │ do not, your system will be known as 'localhost.' │ │ │ │ (*) automatically via DHCP │ │ ( ) manually ibft0.test.redhat.com___ │ │ │ │ ┌────┐ ┌──────┐ │ │ │ OK │ │ Back │ │ │ └────┘ └──────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Additional info: sh-3.2# cat /proc/cmdline ksdevice=link ip=dhcp noipv6 method=ftp://porkchop.redhat.com//mnt/rawhide/nightly/rawhide-20080422/x86_64/os text console=ttyS0,115200
Created attachment 303492 [details] anaconda.log
I vaguely remember that this was intentional
On porpoise. See bug #408921.
Ah good point (re:408921) ... thanks for the pointer :)