> * Thomas Lange <la...@informatik.uni-koeln.de> [Mon Oct 04, 2010 at > 04:05:32PM +0200]: > > >>>>> On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:06:02 +0200, Michael Tautschnig > > >>>>> <m...@debian.org> said: > > > > It's a bit more than a ping: I think we urgently need some definite > > information > > > on the kernel command line issues (see the "Installing Debian Squeeze > > (i386) - > > > No $HOSTNAME set"-thread). > > > OK, I now can confirm this bug. IMO, it's due to a change in > > live-initramfs/live-boot. Apparently setting the hostname using the ip= > > parameter does not work with live-boot (maybe due to the NOHOST=yes in > > live.conf). > > Which packages and versions are involved? The original ones from > squeeze, being: > > initramfs-tools 0.98.4 > live-boot 2.0.6-1 > live-boot-initramfs-tools 2.0.6-1 > > ? > > The NOHOSTS="Yes" comes from FAI's live.conf BTW, so if we just have > to change that this is no big deal (as long as it doesn't break > anything of course). >
In another (private) discussion Mika suggested that live-config could be necessary. But as far as I understood, live-config should get installed as a dependency anyhow. Could somebody confirm this assumption? If this is true, then live-config somehow does not seem to be working properly - it should handle the hostname= option. Thanks a lot, Michael
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