Bug 836040 - RFE: need interactive network dialogue during kickstart
Summary: RFE: need interactive network dialogue during kickstart
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-06-27 23:50 UTC by joshua
Modified: 2012-06-28 13:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-06-28 07:01:08 UTC
Type: Bug
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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!



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

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.


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