[CentOS] Netinstall wants to use wlan0

[Tom De Vylder]

Hi Jeff,

You can use Alt + F3 or Alt  + F4 once you're inside the installer to open a console.
If you disable the wlan0 interface before the network part of the installer you should be ok.

Regards,
Tom

On 08 Dec 2011, at 10:13, Jeff Gordon wrote:

> 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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