Re: Kickstart with multiple eth devices

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Jim Perrin <jperrin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> <overly trimmed>
>
> On 02/25/2015 01:56 PM, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> > Ok, so some of this now works, but I'm still having problems. With the
> > bootif option, the system now correctly configures and uses the same
> > interface to get its kickstart file. However, when the system is done and
> > boots up, the interfaces are still messed up. So this is what I have in
> the
> > kickstart file:
>
> What version of CentOS 6 is this?
>
> > In the PXE config file I have:
> >
> > IPAPPEND 2
> > APPEND ks=http://192.168.x.x/ks/portico.ks
> initrd=centos/x86_64/initrd.img
> > ramdisk_size=100000 ksdevice=bootif
>
> > As soon as I *remove* the additional ethernet card, the system will boot
> up
> > with the ports configured correctly (port 1 = eth0, port 2 = eth1). So
> why
> > is it that as soon as there is an additional one, all things go to hell?
> > Why must the boot process shuffle them? More importantly, how do I
> prevent
> > this so that the system comes up properly after a kickstart install?
> >
>
> The reason I ask the version, is this is exactly the sort of thing that
> biosdevname is designed to solve. With biosdevname, you get devices like
> 'em1, em2, p6p1', which aren't as friendly as 'eth0' but also keep names
> sane and avoid the hair-tearing issues you're experiencing currently.
> You don't appear to be adding anything via your append line that would
> disable biosdevname, so I must assume you're using a much older 6 base
> install.
>
>
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