How does one acquire an IP when in the ctr-alt-F2 console of the installer just as it begins? I must be doing something wrong, but I need to acquire one from the server before I start the installation.
Thanks, jlc
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
How does one acquire an IP when in the ctr-alt-F2 console of the installer just as it begins? I must be doing something wrong, but I need to acquire one from the server before I start the installation.
What are you trying to achieve? If your trying to get an IP before the installation starts, you should use DHCP, or statically assign it using kickstart.
Last I checked, you couldn't get to the shell on ctrl-alt-f2 during the installation before the network configuration took place. The shell only becomes available after the anaconda installer fires up (which is after it loads the network drivers, network config, and local disk drivers).
nate
What are you trying to achieve? If your trying to get an IP before the installation starts, you should use DHCP, or statically assign it using kickstart.
Its for an iSCSI install with gPXE. Whats the correct syntax for getting the dhcp client to acquire an ip? I just ended up using ifconfig...
Thanks! jlc
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Its for an iSCSI install with gPXE. Whats the correct syntax for getting the dhcp client to acquire an ip? I just ended up using ifconfig...
The installer will automatically get an address via DHCP if a DHCP server is available. No syntax needed. You can even "statically" assign an IP address if you configure your DHCP server to hand out a specific address for the MAC(s) of your system.
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