setting $HOSTNAME during install

Thomas Lange lange at informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE
Mon Oct 28 13:20:54 CET 2002


>>>>> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:36:47 +0100, Bert De Vuyst <bert.devuyst at intec.rug.ac.be> said:

    > Hello,

    > When you boot a FAI floppy, it sets HOSTNAME=ip-number.  The

Did you use the hn tag in your /etc/bootptab ?
If not, the IP address will be send by the BOOTP server, instead of
the hostname.

Look at the bootptab examples in the fai distribution.
-- 
 Thomas



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