#1008597 debian-edu-install: Ask for hostname during standalone installation

Package:
debian-edu-install
Source:
debian-edu-install
Submitter:
Mike Gabriel
Date:
2022-03-30 11:15:07 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#1008597#5
Date:
2022-03-29 09:31:39 UTC
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While testing 11u3 ISO images, I noticed that a standalone Debian Edu
installation does not ask for a hostname. It tries to find a hostname
via DNS/DHCP and falls back to am-<mac>.

There is space for improvement here. Dunno, if that is possible within
D-I and the current debian-edu-profile.udeb design.

Mike
#1008597#10
Date:
2022-03-29 10:50:07 UTC
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[Mike Gabriel]

Will it accept the hostname on the boot prompt as
hostname=some.domain.name?
#1008597#15
Date:
2022-03-30 08:25:03 UTC
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[ Petter Reinholdtsen, 2022-03-29 ]

No; the update-hostname-from-ip script will overwrite the hostname given
as kernel command line param with am-<mac>, just like it happens with
'hostname=pxeinstall' for PXE installed systems.

Wolfgang
#1008597#20
Date:
2022-03-30 11:13:23 UTC
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Hi Wolfgang,

Thanks for the feedback, I did not yet get around to testing Petters
question / hint.

I'd quite favour a change to update-hostname-from-ip that adds a check
to the script that finds out wether the machine is on a Debian Edu
network or somewhere entirely else.

Definitely, the update-hostname-from-ip should be usable on the home
Debian Edu network, but IMHO nowhere else.

Mike