[CentOS] cannot kickstart after buying new SMC switch

[Robin Mordasiewicz]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Sean O'Connell wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 02:06 -0400, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote:
>> For some reason I cannot kickstart via pxe after installing a new SMC
>> 48Port GigE switch.
>>
>> I swapped out an old hub to test and kickstarting still works with the old
>> hub.
>>
>
> I assume this is a managed switch. This is most likely SpanTree biting
> you. You need to enable the equivalent of PortFast for ports on your
> switch that have hosts attached to it.

excellent, thanks. that makes it work.