May repost this on the anaconda list as I'm not sure which list is more appropriate. In any case, I am doing network-based kickstart installs with RHEL 5.1 and running into an issue where anaconda is not prompting me for network card information. We specify the location of the kickstart file as located on an NFS share on bootup. The installation URL is via HTTP. Back in the RHEL4 days we used this same method -- we essentially use the kickstart file as "defalts" and do an interactive install so the installer may override things on an as-needed basis. Often times I machine requires a static IP address so the installer would simply provide this information when prompted to by anaconda. However, in RHEL5 we are _never_ prompted for network information at all. From reading the kickstart documentation it seems that if you are doing a network installation and do not provide any network configuration information in the kickstart file then it is assumed that you will be acquring your IP address via DHCP and the installed system is also configured in this same way. It would seem that my alternatives would be to either specify the full static IP information via the network keyword in the kickstart file or rely on a CD-based installation so that I am presented with the network settings dialog during installation. Neither is a great option as this means I will have to maintain special copies of the kickstart file for machines requiring static IP's or require the user to configure networking post installation to override the default DHCP setup. I realize I could also pass IP information via the bootup options, but I am trying to make this as trivial as possible for installers, and all that extra typing is prone to typo's. I have tried modifying my kickstart file to include only "network --bootproto=static" to no avail. Apparently it needs all of the options for this to work. And I still don't get a screen in the installer to manually configure networking. I've enabled debugging during the installation and don't see anything pointing to why the networking screen isn't brought up. Am I doing something wrong? Is this just "how it works" now with kickstart / anaconda? Thanks in advance. Ray _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
