Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6 unattended PXE install, answers file

[Joseph Hom <jhom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After the install prior to reboot of the system.

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Subject: Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6 unattended PXE install, answers file

Hello.

El 21/12/12 09:57, Joseph Hom escribió: cxvz zxv asd sad  asdva da sd asd ad
> 2. Not sure if this is still the case for 1.6, but prior to XS 6.0.2, 
> in the scripting section, we blew away /etc/firstboot.d/interfaces 
> files and recreated them. From my understanding, this is what xapi 
> uses on first boot after installation to populate its state.db.
> The interfaces there are all listed based on mac.

In what stage did you do that? After the installation, but before the first 
boot?
Seems like I will have to use <script> directive at answers file after all, but 
not sure about the most suitable stage.


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> Subject: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6 unattended PXE install, answers file [...] 
> 2. <admin-interface name="eth0" /> Sometimes the interfaces are 
> detected in different order. Is it possible to specify the interface by 
> something else, instead of it's name? MAC address, for example?
> I could try to play around with <script stage="filesystem-populated">:
> find the desired interface, rename it to something very specific and use that 
> name as admin-interface, but i wish to avoid that complexity, if possible.
> I have found this question asked elswhere, but not answered.
> [...]


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