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MAC_ADDR syntax
MAC_ADDR
hostname
mac_address
This directive can be used for nodes that do not retrieve their
hostname from DHCP in an initrd. If a node boots without a hostname
set, the MAC address of every network interface is scanned. If the
MAC address of any interface matches the mac_address of a
directive, the node's hostname is set from the directive's
corresponding
hostname parameter.
For this directive to work, any referenced network interface's
drivers must have already been loaded. This means the drivers need
to be directly compiled into the kernel or loaded from an initrd.
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2005-06-19