Bug#282650: default gateway also incorrect
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 08:02:34AM -0800, Paul Telford wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Christian Perrier wrote:
>
> > Quoting Paul Telford (pxt@debian.org):
> > > So the comments in the example preseed file[1] which say "If you prefer to
> > > configure the network manually, here's how" are essentially meaningless?
> > > Why is there even an option if it is going to be ignored?
> >
> >
> > Be cause bugs exist..:-)
> >
> > The preseed code is fairly new (late July) and though it was
> > intensively tested, it has been tested by only a few people...none of
> > them using fixed address settings in their test environments.
>
> Don't take my comments the wrong way... I think preseeding is great, and
> is IMO an extremely important feature. That's why I've been trying to
> test it extensively and file bugs. :)
And I do appricate that.
Infact, "Paul Telford messages" have high priority for me
when I'm scanning debian-boot.
> The comments in the example preseed file read to me as if static
> addressing was tested & working... if not, that's ok; it's been tested
> now. I'll be happy to do whatever I can to help solve the problem, though
> my understanding of the netcfg code is not the greatest.
I'm also scared for the netcfg code :D
My idea/proposal for a workaround is
wget http://installserver/path/to/hostname/interfaces \
-O /etc/network/interfaces
before the reboot.
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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