Using a MAC address for the ksdevice.

[Joseph Boyer Jr.]

Is there a way in cobbler today that automates using the MAC address for eth0 as the parameter place on the kernel line for the ksdevice, i.e. ksdevice=00:2c:3e:23:4d:1e instead of the default using ksdevice=eth0 or whichever device you specify in the /etc/cobbler/settings file.

I know that passing ksdevice = {My MAC} on the kernel options line in system settings works, but I am looking for something that requires no user intervention. That is I want to use the interface's MAC address as my default.

This is because of NIC enumeration issue on HP Blade Centers.

Thanks
joe

Joseph Boyer Jr
Enterprise Technology Services
Liquidnet Holdings, Inc.
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