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Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?



* Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> [2008-09-06 21:01]:
> Ok, I'll remove that part of the text.

i.e.

Index: appendix/preseed.xml
===================================================================
--- appendix/preseed.xml	(revision 55630)
+++ appendix/preseed.xml	(working copy)
@@ -837,6 +837,19 @@
 #d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
 </screen></informalexample>
 
+<para>
+
+Please note that <command>netcfg</command> will automatically determine the
+netmask if <classname>netcfg/get_netmask</classname> is not preseeded.  In
+this case, the variable has to be marked as <literal>seen</literal> for
+automatic installations.  Similarly, <command>netcfg</command> will choose
+an appropriate address if <classname>netcfg/get_gateway</classname> is not
+set.  As a special case, you can set
+<classname>netcfg/get_gateway</classname> to <quote>none</quote> to specify
+that no gateway should be used.
+
+</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="preseed-mirror">

-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/



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