Re: Netinstall wants to use wlan0

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Hi, Bert --

Thanks. :-)  Doesn't seem to be an opportunity or way to open a console
before this problem comes up, with netinstall.  I just scanned to see if
there might be a kernel parameter for it; doesn't seem to be.

 -- Jeff --

On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:53:42AM +0100, Bert Koerperich wrote:
> On 12/08/2011 09:34 AM, Fabien Archambault wrote:
> > On 12/08/2011 09:11 AM, Jeff Gordon wrote:
> >> Hi, Folks --
> >>
> >> I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall
> >> insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection,
> >> consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry.
> >>
> >> How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I believe there is an hardware switch available to shutdown the wirless
> > on this laptop. If you disable it then no wlan0 can be used.
> >
> > Fabien
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> Hi Jeff,
> or try to open a console and disable the WLAN interface (ifconfig wlan0 
> down), and set the default route to the ETH interface (route add default 
> eth0).
> Cheers, Bert.
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