* Marc Haber mh+grml@zugschlus.de [20051216 21:15]:
today, I have written a /cdrom/scripts script which imports the network configuration from an installed Debian system. That way, it becomes possible to have _one_ grml medium around which could then in turn be used as a rescue system for _all_ Debian systems at the place for remote rescue, as long as the root filesystem is still reachable.
The script searches all found hard disk partitions and LVM devices for a mounteable filesystem containing a file /etc/network/interfaces and then proceeds to copy /etc/network from that filesystem into the grml system before restarting the network devices. That way, the grml system comes up with a network configuration that is likely to work.
Great!
The script doesn't integrate nicely into grml, it is written in bash, not in zsh, and doesn't use the fancy colorful output of the normal grml init procedure. Maybe one of the grml makers can adapt it to integrate more nicely and then publish it as an example on the grml wiki.
Sure, I'll adopt it for zsh and integrate the colorful output. :)
One issue that I find especiall annoying is the fact that grml starts a pump process which is still around when our script runs, and will take down the freshly configured interface after timing out. pump -k will also wait for that timeout, and thus impose a delay in system boot.
Just use the bootoption 'nodhcp' to disable startup of pump.
I'm even thinking about integrating your code into grml-autoconfig, so you can use it with a new bootoption on every grml version. I've to take a closer look at the code, but I'll ping you via #grml anyway. ;)
Thanks, Marc!
regards, -mika-