7.3-RELEASE sysinstall netDev feature

[Randi Harper]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Rink Springer <rink at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:19:11PM -0400, David Boyd wrote:
>> Is this the code committed by Rink Springer last October?
>
> The code I committed (revision 198317) added support for 'netDev=ANY';
> this would select the first device that has an active link.
>
> Note that the value is case sensitive, so only using 'ANY' will work.
>
>> This feature would sure be great for our many scripted installs (avoiding
>> the hassles associated with plugging the cable into the wrong interface or
>> having the interface type change unexpectedly due to hardware swaps).
>
> What exactly happens in such a case? Is the line planly ignored? Are you
> using a non-interactive install?
>
> Regards,
>
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If you can enable debugging and take a look at the debug console, that
output would be helpful. What exactly are you specifying for netDev?
ANY or a comma delimited list of interfaces? Is it saying that it
can't find a network interface or is it prompting you to select one?

-- randi