diff -r 4e3753b998a9 -r fd87c1e3b451 SI/system.pm
--- a/SI/system.pm	Tue Jan 19 14:49:43 2010 +0100
+++ b/SI/system.pm	Tue Jan 19 23:45:54 2010 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
 use if $ENV{DEBUG} ~~ qw(system) => "Smart::Comments";
+use SI::tools;
 
 $ENV{LC_ALL} = "C";
 
@@ -14,5 +16,24 @@
     die "ERR: Can't get system identification (MAC address)\n";
 }
 
+sub hostname(\%) {
+	my $devs = shift;
+	my $mnt = tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+	my $r;
+
+	foreach my $fs (grep { $devs->{volume}{$_}{type} =~ /^ext/i } 
+		grep { exists $devs->{volume}{$_}{type} }
+		keys %{$devs->{volume}}) {
+		run("mount -r $fs $mnt");
+		if (-f "$mnt/etc/hostname") {
+			die "ERR: found 2nd hostname" if defined $r;
+			chomp($r = cat("$mnt/etc/hostname"));
+		}
+		run("umount $mnt");
+	}
+
+	return $r;
+}
+
 1;
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