>On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Tom Diehl wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, elechen wrote: >> >> > But when I restart the machines, then after loading the kernel, a window prompted on machines and let me to choose network device is eth0 or eth1. >> > Becuase I don't know the network device on these machines, I can not set ksdevice=eth0 or eth1 deforehand in default configuration file. >> > >> > How can I let installation program probe all of network device automatically and then choose the network device depending on dhcp feedback info? >> >> AAH!! Now I understand the question, unfortunately I do not have an answer. >> I do not know if it is possible. Maybe there is a way to have anaconda detect >> which nic is plugged into the network and use that nic for install. That >> would be a good feature but I do not know if it is possible. > >It's possible, even disirable, but it requires patching Anaconda. > >I suggest you identify where the message pops up, and change the code to >just try to configure all the NICs it's found. Mostly, only one will >configure using DHCP _and_ be able to access server. > > Thanks for your suggestion! I remembered that Redhat 8.0 does not need to set ksdevice parameter in pxe file and by default it uses eth0. While for redhat 9, 'ksdevice' must be set a value. Does it back up for supporting ksdevice on Redhat 9? Thanks! elechen ______________________________________ ===================================================================
