Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> [2009-01-12 02:22]:
>> d-i netcfg/get_hostname string debian
>> d-i netcfg/get_domain string example.org
...
>> d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.177
>> d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
>> d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.254
>> d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.118 192.168.1.138 192.168.1.254
>> d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
>> d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
>> d-i netcfg/get_hostname string slug
>
> This doesn't make it any less of a bug, but it may put the behavior in a 
> different light.

Yes, it does - it means that there is no bug!

If you configure your NSLU2 in the Linksys firmware to use a static IP
address, then d-i will use the network values from that configuration,
including IP, nameserver, hostname and domain name.  As you can see,
it picks up the hostname properly ("slug", overwriting the default
"debian").  And you probably didn't set a domain name in the firmware,
otherwise it should have picked that up too.

If you send me a copy of your /dev/mtdblock1, I can verify whether you
set a domain name or not.

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