Re: IP address depending on the MAC

[Ireneusz Szcześniak <irek.szczesniak@gmail.com>]

Camaleón, thank you for your input.  However, I don't want to install 
the system from scratch, but to clone a previously prepared image. 
True, I wasn't clear enough.  Ideally, I would like to have a config 
file that would list MAC addresses and IP addresses that these NICs 
should have.

On 02.10.2011 19:31, Camaleón wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:31:59 +0200, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
>
> > I'm planning to install an image of Debian to a number of computers.
> > Each of these computers will have the same configuration except the
> > hostname and the IP address.  The IP configuration has to be static. I
> > can't use a DHCP server.
> >
> > QUESTION; Is there a way to assign a hostname and a static IP address at
> > boot time depending on the MAC address of the computer's network
> > interface card?
>
> Hum... maybe you can use a different preseeding file with just varying
> the hostname and IP address to fit every computer :-?
>
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apb.html
>
> Greetings,

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