imho: it's easier to add a new "page" to the installer than create a different thing for manual ip setup at first boot
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > Jim Walker wrote: >> >> Anon Y Mous wrote: >>> >>> However, Indiana could become the dominant server operating system in >>> most data centers AND generate lots of revenue for Sun in terms of >>> support subscriptions and Sun hardware purchases if we just had a >>> simple text based installer that allowed you to add a static IP >>> address during the install and not have to spend four hours after the >>> install trying to disable and uninstall the gnome desktop, fiddle >>> around disabling NWAM, use vi to edit the /etc/hostname.interface, >>> /etc/inet/netmasks, ?/etc/defaultrouter, /etc/hosts, >>> /etc/nsswitch.conf, and /etc/resolv.conf files etc. >>> >> ... >>> >>> So the question is. Will the Cayman installer in 2009.06 allow users >>> to assign static IP addresses during the installation process? >> >> Anon brings up a good point (maybe already discussed) >> >> Are there plans to add an option at install time to >> enter the static IP network information in a future >> dev release? > > Why does it need to be done during the install process? > > Why not at first boot? > > Cheers, > -- > Shawn Walker > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > -- Andy http://blog.sartek.net
