Grabbing user input in the %pre section using the python snack library

[James Cammarata]

> I agree with this comment, but for networking information and if you
don't
> use dhcp reservations, how can you feed this information back in to the
> setup? I imagine you can setup your own text files somewhere that match
> name,ip etc to mac addresses for example, but is there a better solution?
> Or does cobbler has a built in way to handle this?
> 
> --Victor

Yes, cobbler allows you to provision systems with IP addresses based on
interface mac address.  During the kickstart, it sets up static dhcp
reservations so the system you're building has the same IP during the
kickstart and after.  I'm a cobbler dev, so I am a bit biased :)

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