>Number:         7523
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysinst network configuration sucks
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May  5 20:20:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Charles M. Hannum
>Organization:
	Internetwork Hacker
>Release:        1.4_BETA
>Environment:
	NetBSD 1.4_BETA on a Libretto 50CT


>Description:

	In a lame attempt to ignore pseudo-devices, the sysinst
	network configuration eliminates any network device names
	returned by `ifconfig -l' after lo0.  This loses in the case
	where the network device was added after autoconfig -- say,
	because it's a PCMCIA card, and we had to have the PCMCIA
	floppy controller plugged in to boot.

	This makes it `impossible' to install over the network on such
	a machine -- which is particularly annoying since it doesn't
	have a CD-ROM drive.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Install 1.4_BETA on a Libretto 50CT.

>Fix:

	Rewrite sysinst's get_ifconfig_info().
>Audit-Trail:
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