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  • Re: example-preseed.txt: please use CIDR notation isntead of netmask

    From Holger Wansing@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 21 21:10:02 2022
    Hi,

    Am 21. Juli 2022 20:56:14 MESZ schrieb Ansgar <ansgar@debian.org>:

    I've not found where example-preseed.txt comes from; a quick grep
    through webwml.git did not find it. So I just write to this list :-)

    That's from installation-guide.
    https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt


    Holger


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  • From Ansgar@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 21 21:00:01 2022
    Hi,

    example-preseed.txt[1] contains the following:

    +---
    | #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42
    | #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
    | [...]
    | #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string fc00::2
    | #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
    +---

    At least in the interactive mode of the installer one can instead
    specify the address as 192.168.1.42/24 or fc00::2/64 instead and won't
    get asked about the netmask.

    I think the example should use this notation instead, especially for
    non-legacy IP. (I've not verified it works with preseeding though.)

    I've not found where example-preseed.txt comes from; a quick grep
    through webwml.git did not find it. So I just write to this list :-)

    Ansgar

    [1]: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt

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