Hi, Folks -- I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection, consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry. How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...? Thanks, -- -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."
On 12/08/2011 09:11 AM, Jeff Gordon wrote:> Hi, Folks -- > > I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall > insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection, > consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry. > > How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...? > > Thanks, >Hi, I believe there is an hardware switch available to shutdown the wirless on this laptop. If you disable it then no wlan0 can be used. Fabien
On 12/08/2011 08:11 AM, Jeff Gordon wrote:> Hi, Folks -- > > I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall > insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection, > consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry.how do you know that ? ( not being pedantic, just want to confirm what sign / status you see that confirms its using the wlan0 ? )> How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...?the installer will give you a choice as to what network interface you want to use, if you are not seeing that its possible the installer does not see the second interface at all. If you are certain that the interface is indeed up and running, you can specify the ksdevice=<MAC> on the boot line, and force it to use a specific eth interface. - KB
On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 02:14:33AM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:> On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 03:05:47 -0500 > Jeff Gordon wrote: > > > Thanks. :-) Didn't work, though -- those key combinations got me to console > > screens but not with an actionable prompt. I tried typing commands into them > > anyway, but CentOS netinstall continued to try to talk to wlan0. > > By way of doing an end-run around the problem, have you considered installing > from the Live CD instead? > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com > www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!Hi, Frank -- I'd be game, but looks like netinstall is taking exception to the ethernet card, any reason to expect the Live CD would be more tolerant/forgiving? -- -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."