But it sounds to me like the problem isn't that he can't specify which ethernet to use, but rather he can't control the order which the modules are loaded and thus which device becomes eth0 and which becomes eth1. Without that he'll randomly pick up one device or another which may or may not be the wrong ethernet card. Am I reading this right? - Matt Mark Oram wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Fahrner 2 South Park St. Manager of Networking Willis House Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Lebanon, N.H. 03766 TEL: (603) 448-4100 xt 5150 USA FAX: (603) 443-6190 Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------
