Hello KSers, I am using my Kickstart script that I have adapted from RHEL 2.1, 3, and 4 now on CentOS 5. CentOS 5 behaves differently when it comes to network configuration. In essence: AFTER the successfull installation, during the first startup of the OS, something desctroys my network configuration. Specifically, the files that I have directly written in my %post script: /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 /etc/hosts /etc/resolve.conf are modified, and in the case of the ifcfg-* scripts, my scripts are moved to a *.bak file (which have a datestamp later than the files I created via %post, and which correspond to the firstboot) and a completely newfile is created in its place. The network configuration that replaces my own is one for DHCP. My guess is that this is a result of a change in behaviour of the "network" option. To quote from the RHEL 5 Installation Guide: "Configures network information for the system. If the kickstart installation does not require networking (in other words, it is not installed over NFS, HTTP, or FTP), networking is not configured for the system. If the installation does require networking and network information is not provided in the kickstart file, the installation program assumes that the installation should be done over eth0 via a dynamic IP address (BOOTP/DHCP), and configures the final, installed system to determine its IP address dynamically. The network option configures networking information for kickstart installations via a network as well as for the installed system." Now, I see a problem here: - I use DHCP to install the system (via Kickstart) - I however do NOT want to run the subsequently installed OS to use DHCP. I would say that is a very very normal thing to want. However, the way the manual describes it, and from the behaviour I have seen, it is not possible to install via DHCP, and then setup your own network configuration in %post, because your configuration will be overwritten next time you boot the system. Ussing "firstboot --disable" doesn't help. Please help! -Christian _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
