This has been covered many times if you search through the archive, or Google for the presentations I've given at Linuxworld and Red Hat Summit years ago. You need to force the NIC to speed/duplex. Chip -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Petro Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:43 PM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: kickstart dhcp issues On 1/29/12 08:24 AM, kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > re-configuring the Cisco switch is not an option. i can't seem to find > the right combination for dhcptimeout, nicdelay, linksleep options. > ksdevice=eth0 seems not to take effect also. it keeps on asking me to > select which eth to use If you can't effect a change in the cisco switch, then it just may not work. It's not just a matter of portfast, if you're using vlans (I'm probably going to screw this up, I'm not as deeply versed in networks as I'd like) you need to have some sort of dhcp helper line. Cisco's documentation says: """ To forward the BootP/DHCP request from the client to the DHCP server, the ip helper-address interface command is used. The IP helper-address can be configured to forward any UDP broadcast based on UDP port number. By default, the IP helper-address will forward the following UDP broadcasts: * Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) (port 69) * DNS (port 53), time service (port 37) * NetBIOS name server (port 137) * NetBIOS datagram server (port 138) * Boot Protocol (DHCP/BootP) client and server datagrams (ports 67 and 68) * Terminal Access Control Access Control System (TACACS) service (port 49) * IEN-116 name service (port 42) """ You would need a line like "ip helper-address 172.30.23.34". I suspect that if you can't modify the switch config at all then you're hosed. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or proprietary. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, and then please delete and destroy all copies and attachments, and be advised that any review or dissemination of, or the taking of any action in reliance on, the information contained in or attached to this message is prohibited. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Sender. Subject to applicable law, Sender may intercept, monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems and may produce any such EC to regulators, law enforcement, in litigation and as required by law. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. References to "Sender" are references to any subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation. Securities and Insurance Products: * Are Not FDIC Insured * Are Not Bank Guaranteed * May Lose Value * Are Not a Bank Deposit * Are Not a Condition to Any Banking Service or Activity * Are Not Insured by Any Federal Government Agency. Attachments that are part of this EC may have additional important disclosures and disclaimers, which you should read. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.bankofamerica.com/emaildisclaimer. By messaging with Sender you consent to the foregoing. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
