hiya > * bootoption ethdevice: use specified network device for network booting > (PXE) instead of default (being eth0). Feature contributed by Helge > Wagner. Usage example: ethdevice=eth1 [...] > I think about adding a newer live-initramfs package to the FAI > repository, so you will automatically get a version that supports this > new option. Any comments?
This is just a crude hack. I don't care which interface is configured, as long as a usable interface is configured. (If there's no dhcp on this network then it's not "usable" - at least for mounting the nfs shares.) Yes I agree that this would be somewhat better then the current situation, but how much better exactly? Sure you are able to specify a specific interface, but this only means that you need to write different tftp-stanza for different host-requirements - and have someone (manually) decide which to use for what. But exactly this is one of the great strengths of fai: I really don't care what system (xen vm, vmware vm, physical server type a, physical server type b) I need to install. I just launch my trusty fai and let the configspace figure out the "correct" configuration. tschüß thomas
