Assign IP address and hostname via kernel parameter

[Bob Bishop]

Hi,

On 6 May 2009, at 16:20, Mister Olli wrote:

> is there a way to configure IP address and hostname on freebsd systems
> via kernel command line parameters? [etc]

When running diskless, the loader sets kernel variables like:

boot.netif.gateway="192.168.198.1"
boot.netif.hwaddr="00:15:17:47:14:fc"
boot.netif.ip="192.168.198.8"
boot.netif.netmask="255.255.255.0"

to values obtained from BOOTP or DHCP, and the right things happen. I  
guess you could just set these in loader.conf or at the loader prompt.

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Bob Bishop
rb at gid.co.uk