From 4b2c29c3779f438c0705a2b3cc9ab2700fac585d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:30:37 +0000 Subject: * Document how to pick a particular interface with netcfg/choose_interface, including how to do this before reading a preseed file. --- en/appendix/preseed.xml | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'en') diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index 80bd3c201..1980062c2 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -489,13 +489,20 @@ booting from CD or USB stick. If you are loading preseed files from the network, you can pass network config parameters in using kernel boot parameters. - + + +If you need to pick a particular interface when netbooting before loading +a preseed file from the network, use a boot parameter such as +netcfg/choose_interface=eth1. # netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it # skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface. d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto +# To pick a particular interface instead: +#d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1 + # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for # it, this might be useful. #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60 -- cgit v1.2.3