[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-*20210405.iso installer difference

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

I reported yesterday on the 15-character limit in the text installer's
domain name question, and easily fixed affected files in the /etc
tree.

I noticed another difference today.  The GUI installer asks nothing
about networking, and just assumes DHCP, whereas the text installer
asks whether dynamic or static IP addressing is desired.

At our site, we always assign static addresses, so we have two-way
communication with all machines, and can record $HOME/.ssh/config
entries with known addresses, even if there are one or more ProxyJump
steps needed to reach one machine from another.  We have several
isolated private networks that otherwise are invisible to one another,
except through strictly regulated gateway machines.

Once the OpenIndiana GUI installer completed, I logged in, run the
network configuration tool from the top toolbar icon, and switched to
static addressing. When the tool exited, the IP address was instantly
correct.  By contrast, on most Linux systems, in my experience, a
reboot is normally required after a similar change.

Still, it would be nice if an optional network configuration step
could be added to the OpenIndiana GUI installer ISO image.

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- Nelson H. F. Beebe                    Tel: +1 801 581 5254                  -
- University of Utah                    FAX: +1 801 581 4148                  -
- Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB    Internet e-mail: beebe at math.utah.edu  -
- 155 S 1400 E RM 233                       beebe at acm.org  beebe at computer.org -
- Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA    URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ -
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