I dont agree with option number 2 because it would break the netbios protocol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOS#NetBIOS_name Couldn't ubiquity do something reasonable to limit the hostname to within 16 characters? chuck -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735072 Title: The hostname proposed by installer is too long for file sharing to work correctly. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
