IIRC, you can also do ksdevice=link, and it will pick whichever network interface is live. -Darrick -----Original Message----- From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandor W. Sklar Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:59 PM To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools Subject: Re: Changing items in/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/{MACADDRESS} Sorry for responding to my own question, but I figured it out. Setting --kopts="ksdevice=eth2" does work, but ONLY if you also specify the MAC address when you add the system. -s- On Feb 1, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Sandor W. Sklar wrote: > > We've got a bunch of Sun X4200 M2 systems, and on these systems, the > device physically labeled "NET0" actually comes up as eth2, when > booted from any RH-like operating system. > > My problem is I can't determine a way of changing this value in the / > tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/MA:CA:DD:RE:SS file that gets generated by > cobbler. I wind up with an entry like ... > > append ksdevice=eth0 lang= console=ttyS0,9600n8 text > syslog=xxxxx.xxxx.xxx:25150 kssendmac initrd=/images/rhel5Server- > x86_64/initrd.img ks=http://xxxxx.xxxx.xxx/cblr/kickstarts_sys/xxxxx.xxx.xxx/ks.cfg > > I don't want to change the "default" file in there, because for most > of my systems, eth0 is the right device. I tried setting -- > kopts="ksdevice=eth2" but that didn't make a difference in the > pxelinux.cfg/... file. > > Am I missing something obvious? Thanks, > > -s- > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
