[CentOS] Netinstall wants to use wlan0

[Jeff Gordon]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 01:38:04PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 12/08/2011 08:11 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 do you know that ? ( not being pedantic, just want to confirm what
> sign / status you see that confirms its using the wlan0 ?  )
> 
> > How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...?
> 
> the installer will give you a choice as to what network interface you
> want to use, if you are not seeing that its possible the installer does
> not see the second interface at all. If you are certain that the
> interface is indeed up and running, you can specify the ksdevice=<MAC>
> on the boot line, and force it to use a specific eth interface.
> 
> - KB
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Hi, KB --

As I've just sent to the list in reply to someone else, at the console I'm
seeing, "iBFT doesn't couldn't provide valid NIC MAC address", so CentOS
is trying to configure wlan0 because it believes that's all it's got, even
though Debian installed fine via eth0. (?)


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