Bug#257883: netcfg: Please offer to configure all network interfaces
As long as we are fixing this, can we also fix the
netcfg/interface=auto that's suppose to pick the correct interface
when pxe booting? We have machines with multiple interfaces and
interface=auto picks eth0 and the link is on eth4, so it complains
that it couldn't get a dhcp address and quits the preseed
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> wrote:
> Regarding #257883, "netcfg: Please offer to configure all network
> interfaces" (wow old bug!) I would also like d-i to let me configure
> multiple network interfaces. It would be nice if it prompted in
> expert mode, but since I'm already using preseeding I'd settle for a
> way to configure additional interfaces using late_command or something.
> Maybe netcfg could have a flag to indicate you were configuring an
> additional interface and not to step on the original config?
>
> In case it's useful here's my use case:
>
> All our machines have two networks, a public network and a private
> network. To install I pxe boot a machine using the private network
> and it gets a throw-away dhcp IP, then loads the preseed file. Then I
> use the preseed/run trick mentioned in the manual to cause netcfg to
> run again and prompt me for the real static config of the private
> network. Then it finishes the install using that new config, but I'd
> also like to configure the public network before rebooting. Also
> potentially tricky is after configuring the public network I want
> the default gateway to be on the public network.
>
> Work-arounds welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
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