[CentOS] Kickstart stops with dialog about which networking device - how to avoid

Jay Hilliard Jay.Hilliard at disneyanimation.com
Tue Feb 5 22:59:55 UTC 2008


In your pxelinux config file:

add ksdevice=bootif

also add "IPAPPEND 2" to the end of the file

In your kickstart file, don't specify a device:
   "network --bootproto dhcp"

-Jay

Karl R. Balsmeier wrote:
> yeah, it can be a bit daunting at first, but the below info is right.  
> also consider down the road if you are using PXE/DHCP that there can 
> be conflicts, so PXE to eth0, kickstart to eth1, that sort of thing. 
>
> -krb
>
> nate wrote:
>> Keith Christian wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> PXE begins the install with DHCP, so Kickstart should already know which of
>>> eth0, eth1, etc. to use.
>>>     
>>
>> add ksdevice=eth0 to your kernel parameters, or eth1 if you want
>> to use eth1. This works for me anyways.
>>
>> nate
>>
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