[debian-lan-devel] Need a new hook to give host a name that does not come from dns/dhcp

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Andreas,

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 08:05:37PM +0200, Andreas Schockenhoff wrote:

> with the new debian lan config space every host get a name from
> dns/dhcp. So it
> overwrite my hostname=mainserver setting.
>

[...]

> For my installing a new mainserver I use this command.
>
> fai-chboot -IEFv -u nfs://faiserver/srv/fai/config -k "HOSTCMDLINE=mainserver \
> ROOTPW='\$1\$kBnWcO.E\$djxB128U7dMkrltJHPf6d1' \
> ADMINPW='\$1\$kBnWcO.E\$djxB128U7dMkrltJHPf6d1' \
> MAINSERVER_IPADDR=10.0.0.1 \
> ADDCLASSES='GERMAN' \
> GATEWAY=10.0.0.1" 08:11:11:11:11:41
>
> Now I need this hook (attached) to put the hostname form the cmd
> line into the installation.

Would it be possible to add the 'mainserver' statically in
'dhcpd.conf'?  The machine should get the correct hostname in that
case and anything should work - or do I miss something here?

I have to check if it is possible to use the hostname= from the
command line as HOSTNAME, how are these variables related?

Best regards,

     Andi