[sles-beta] network settings for SLES12 installation

[Eugen Block]

Sorry, for the sake of completeness I should have added which syntax  
is accepted without asking for confirmation. To provide the same  
information I used this string:

ifcfg='eth0=<IP>/24,<GW>,<NAMESERVER>,<DOMAIN>' Hostname=<HOSTNAME>

Regards,
Eugen


Zitat von Eugen Block <eblock at nde.ag>:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a question regarding the installation process of SLES12 since  
> SP0. I use virt-manager on a Xen host running on SLES11-SP3, but my  
> question also refers to installing xen-guests directly via config  
> files.
> If I wanted to avoid network setup via dhcp on SLES11 VMs I used the  
> "Additional Arguments" in virt-manager, in the xen-config file it is  
> the "extra" line, where I used to provide information like  
> "Netsetup=-dhcp,all Hostname=<HOSTNAME> Domain=<DOMAIN> Hostip=<IP>  
> Nameserver=<NAMESERVER> Gateway=<GW>".
> If I use the same syntax with SLES12-SP0/SP1-RC2/SP1-RC3/SP1-GMC, I  
> always get into the linuxrc confirmation screen where all my entries  
> are preselected (see the attached screenshot), I just have to  
> confirm them. So somehow linuxrc knows what it is, but why do I have  
> to confirm it?
> My colleage helped me and found a syntax where linuxrc doesn't ask  
> for this confirmation, but then the settings I have provided aren't  
> stored anywhere. So it is just a temporary network configuration to  
> enable PXE boot or to provide an autoyast file, is that correct? For  
> auto-installations this can be a little annoying, so I wanted to ask  
> you guys what's up with that. I'd appreciate any information.
>
> Thanks,
> Eugen
>
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Eugen Block                             voice   : +49-40-559 51 75
NDE Netzdesign und -entwicklung AG      fax     : +49-40-559 51 77
Postfach 61 03 15
D-22423 Hamburg                         e-mail  : eblock at nde.ag

         Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Angelika Mozdzen
           Sitz und Registergericht: Hamburg, HRB 90934
                   Vorstand: Jens-U. Mozdzen
                    USt-IdNr. DE 814 013 983