Hi, I replied earlier today but accidentally sent it from the wrong address so it is still waiting to get approved by the moderator. You can do a 'ks ksdevice=eth1' at the boot prompt to specify to use DHCP over the eth1 interface (or whatever interface you specify.) Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rpjday > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:24 PM > To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: how to specify a network card in a net-ks install? > > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > > You should be able to put something in the network > section like this: > > network --bootproto dhcp --device eth1 > > which is supposed to select a specific ethernet card for > installation. The > > documentation does warn that kickstart must be a local > file (such as > > ks=floppy) since the installation program has to read the > kickstart file to > > get this information. > > > that won't solve the problem as i don't want to hardcode > the net card > specifier into the ks.cfg file. i want to be able to specify it at > boot time at the "boot:" prompt, since the machines in the same room > may have different combinations of network cards installed. > > rday > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
