CentOS - Feb 2008 - Kickstart stops with dialog about which networking device - how to avoid

Using a kickstart file that stops with a curses dialog "You have multiple
network devices on this system.  Which one do you want to install through?"

The machine being configured with PXEboot has two ethernet interfaces. 
What's
missing from the network entries below?  I'd like this install to proceed
without asking which ethernet interface.

PXE begins the install with DHCP, so Kickstart should already know which of
eth0, eth1, etc. to use.

Here is the ethernet line in the ks.cfg file:

    network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp

Any ideas appreciated.

=======Keith

On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 12:51 -0800, Keith Christian
wrote:
> Using a kickstart file that stops with a curses dialog "You have
multiple
> network devices on this system.  Which one do you want to install
through?"
> 
> The machine being configured with PXEboot has two ethernet interfaces. 
What's
> missing from the network entries below?  I'd like this install to
proceed
> without asking which ethernet interface.
> 
> PXE begins the install with DHCP, so Kickstart should already know which of
> eth0, eth1, etc. to use.
> 
> Here is the ethernet line in the ks.cfg file:
> 
>     network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
> 
> Any ideas appreciated.
> 
> =======Keith
On the boot line (i.e. where you'd put ks=http://....), add DEVICE=ethX
where X=interfaceNumber.  We've also noticed that adding noipv6 speeds
up some network auto-detection stuff too.


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Keith Christian wrote:
> PXE begins the install with DHCP, so Kickstart should already know which of
> eth0, eth1, etc. to use.
add ksdevice=eth0 to your kernel parameters, or eth1 if you want
to use eth1. This works for me anyways.

nate

Hello all,

I have something strange... And I'm not sure this is the best form... so 
suggest another if you prefer.

I have a CentOS (and a Fedora) box with 100+ vlan's.
When I boot to run level 3 and startx, X gives a stack trace, pauses for 
a few seconds and I can use my computer again.

I can have 84 vlans and from run level 3, startx. 85 or more and I 
cannot startx.  Assuming that it has something to do with the number of 
interfaces, there are 2 nics, 1 lo and the vlans.

I can have all vlans on and boot to run level 5 successfully.

Obviously I have a work around for this, so this is mostly a curiosity 
thing.

Any thoughts?


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Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.)
milton at calnek.com
306-717-8737


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--- Keith Christian <keithchristian at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Using a kickstart file that stops with a curses dialog "You have
multiple
> network devices on this system.  Which one do you want to install
through?"

I'll check them out for my next server build, and I'll reply to this
thread.

I appreciate the replies.

=====Keith