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Bug#610526: marked as done (Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter)

Your message dated Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:18:45 +1100
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and subject line Re: Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
has caused the Debian Bug report #610526,
regarding Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
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Package: debian-installer
Version: 20090123lenny8
Severity: normal

Hello,

i have added the following lines to the file "isolinux/txt.cfg", but the
Debian Installer ignores the hostname parameter.

label basic
        menu label ^Install basic
        kernel /install.386/vmlinuz
        append  auto=true priority=critical vga=791
initrd=/install.386/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/basic.cfg
DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 hostname=basic -- quiet

After the installation the hostname is set to "unassigned-hostname".

This Problem only exists with the current lenny release (5.0.7). It
worked with earlier releases and the daily squeeze build.

Regards, Dennis

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:37:18PM +0100, Dennis Hoppe wrote:
> Hello Matthew,
> maybe this log file can help you. As you see i have set the hostname in
> the beginning as kernel parameter, but the installer is setting it as
> "unassigned-hostname".

Strangely enough, it did help.  It reminded me that 'unassigned-hostname'
isn't set by netcfg (it uses 'debian' as the default hostname).  Instead,
the preseed file you sent earlier contains the line:

d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname

Which is what's causing the drama.  Remove that line (and the one after it,
preferably) and I strongly suspect all will be well.

- Matt

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