Hi,
I am trying to create an updated Fedora Core 6 distribution with all of
the package updates to date and then install this across a network using
a simple boot CD and NFS. I am using the
"/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/buildinstall" program to do this.
Generally this was working fine until I tried to update to the 2.6.19
kernel. Now when I boot from the CD the Anaconda installer attempts to
configure the E1000 Ethernet interface with DHCP but fails.
In the Alt-F3 VT there are messages stating "send_packet: Network is
down". The E1000 driver appears to have been loaded however.
If I rebuild the distribution with a 2.6.18 kernel everything is fine.
So is there some issue between Anaconda, the 2.6.19 kernels and the
E1000 network interface ?
Is there a way of enabling the debug login shell on "Alt-F2" at this
stage of boot so I can track down the problem further ?
Cheers
Terry
