Shabazian, is the format ksdevice=00:45:8a:02:0e:12 or ksdevice=00458a020e12 without the ":", thanks Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:56 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: From: "Shabazian, Chip" <Chip.Shabazian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Specifying values dynamically using pre section ksdevice=mac_addr was added in RHEL3U7 and RHEL4U3 -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Miller Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:53 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Specifying values dynamically using pre section Jesse, That worked, your a life saver. Thanks a million. so ksdevice = link in boot parms and no device in kickstart file. Now If I can get SuSE working? Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:11 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx cc: From: Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Specifying values dynamically using pre section On Wednesday 06 September 2006 11:57, Tom Miller wrote: > Jesse, > The ksdevice=link did work with this RHEL5 beta1 version of netboot.img! > It was able to > configure the right nic card and nfs mount the server to fetch the > kickstart file. But then with this in the kickstart file : > network --device link --bootproto static --ip 9.3.22.109 --netmask > 255.255.255.128 --gateway 9.3.22.1 --nameserver 9.0.7.1 --hostname > sift22109.austin.ibm.com > > anacondo could not configure the right nic card: When it tried the > nfs mount to the install image dir it failed: Hrm, What if you don't specify the device? -- Jesse Keating RHCE (geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (www.fedoralegacy.org) GPG Public Key (geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub (See attached file: C.DTF) _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list