On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Thomas Baumann wrote: > Hello list, > > I have 2 scenarios: > > PC-1 has an eepro and two realtec NICS. How can I force to make the eepro > as the install NIC ? If you insist on being picky, use a custom install disk that lacks the Realtek drivers. > > PC-2 has has three realtec NICS. How can I force a special NIC to be the > install NIC ? When I was faced with two Realtek NICs, I put the cable in the one that the installer wanted to use. If you want to be stubborn about it, you may have to modify Anaconda so that if a NIC doesn't configure when using DHCP it tries the next. However, I don't know how to force Linux to configure a specific card when you have two the same. In Linux you can use such a configuration; I recall problems in OS/2 when vendor-shipped drivers couldn't handle a second NIC at all. I recommend against such configurations if it is important to be able to distinguish between them. I don't have many multi-homed boxes, and I only recall the one (dumped on me by a client) with two the same.
