It appears that the driver for your nic is not being loaded correctly. Almost like the module is conflicting with the kernel build. Scott On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 02:12, Martin Flint wrote: > Hi All, > > Can someone please help me with this one ! > > I have a NFS (ip address 192.168.2.200) server running RH 8.0. DHCP is > provided by my DSL/Router which seems to work ok, and it happily allows > me to install redhat 7.3 via kickstart with no problems at all. > > I configure kickstart in the same old way, make a bootdisk by dd'ing the > bootnet.img file onto a floppy, copy the relevant ks.cfg file and use > the syslinux.cfg files (see below) > > but whenever I try to install RH 8.0 it fails > > these are the steps, I take.... > > > # cd /kickstart/redhat/linux/8.0/images > # dd if=bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 > # mcopy ks.cfg a: > # mcopy syslinux.cfg a: > > I then put the floppy into the target machine, and kickstart fails and I > am prompted by anaconda asking me which Language I want to use :-( > > alt-f3 shows me the last few messages which say... > > sending dhcp request through device eth0 > pump tolds us: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy > > it seems that anaconda is trying to configure the ethernet interface > (which is a RealTek RTL8139 on-board) and this is failing ? > > Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated ! > > > > Thanks > > Martin > > PS: The machine I am building is an Emachines 170, 40GB disk, 128MB RAM. > > > > > syslinux.cfg file > ================= > > default ks > prompt 0 > label ks > kernel vmlinuz > append ks=floppy initrd=initrd.img > > > > > > ks.cfg file > ============ > > #Generated by Kickstart Configurator > > #System language > lang en_US > > #Language modules to install > langsupport en_US > > #System keyboard > keyboard uk > > #System mouse > mouse genericps/2 > > #System timezone > timezone --utc Europe/London > > #Root password > rootpw --iscrypted $1$cbMyyeS6$z9H2H8ukzdfEgYgqNCtn81 > > #Reboot after installation > reboot > > #Use text mode install > text > > #Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade > install > > #Use NFS installation media > nfs --server 192.168.2.200 --dir /kickstart/redhat/linux/8.0 > > #System bootloader configuration > bootloader --location=mbr > > #Clear the Master Boot Record > zerombr yes > > #Clear all partitions from the disk > clearpart --all --initlabel > > #Disk partitioning information > part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --maxsize 10000 > part swap --size 1 --grow --maxsize 500 > > #Use DHCP networking > network --bootproto dhcp --device eth0 > > #System authorization information > auth --useshadow --enablemd5 > > #Firewall configuration > firewall --disabled > > #XWindows configuration information > #Probe for video card > #Probe for monitor > xconfig --depth 8 --resolution 640x480 --defaultdesktop=GNOME > > %packages --resolvedeps > @Everything > > > %pre --interpreter /bin/sh > > echo "Staring install" > > %post --interpreter /bin/sh > > echo "Finishing Install" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- Scott Croft Unix Services Micron Technology, Inc. 208.368.1586
