What if you made two floppies (or whatever you use to install), and on one have the normal settings, on the other, use --device eth1. Use the first for all systems. If that fails, use the second disk. Would that work? Forrest > -----Original Message----- > From: rpjday [mailto:rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:24 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 >
