Detect network interfaces on first boot in Snow Leopard

[thomasb]

Hey!

One of the few issues I have found with building Snow Leopard images with InstaDMG is that the AirPort network interface is disabled until you open System Preferences > Network after the first boot. I asked larkost (Karl) about this, and he gave me a great tip about using the networksetup command in a launchd to run at first boot (Thanks Karl!).

/usr/sbin/networksetup -detectnewhardware

Is there a better way to detect available network interfaces on first boot? This seems to happen automatically in Leopard, but not in Snow Leopard. Any idea why? I skip the Apple Setup Assistant in both my Leopard and Snow Leopard images.

[larkost]

I should note that I always had to use this command with 10.5 as well, so I am not sure why it worked for you there. After a couple of conversations I am filing a bug with Apple to ask that they run this command at every boot (effectively): Radar 7525632

http:// openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=137401

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