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Re: Virt-install setting hostname as extra args not working

From john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Virt-install setting hostname as extra args not working
Date 2020-11-09 08:50 +0100
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On 11/6/2020 8:24 PM, didier gaumet wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would say that you are thus probably setting the hostname of the installer itself instead of the hostname of the final guest machine.
> Perhaps replacing  hostname=try05 by d-i:hostname=try05 or d-i:netcfg/get_hostname=try05 would be better
>
> cf https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/apbs02.en.html#preseed-bootparms
>

Thank you for this.

It is still not working, I'll see if I get more luck on the debian-boot
mailing list.


Thanks for your help.

--
John Doe

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Virt-install setting hostname as extra args not working john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-11-06 19:40 +0100
  Re: Virt-install setting hostname as extra args not working didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-11-06 20:50 +0100
    Re: Virt-install setting hostname as extra args not working john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-11-09 08:50 +0100

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