Am 08.10.2013 19:05, schrieb Earl Ramirez: >>>> repo --name=vmware51 >>>> --baseurl=http://xxx/repo/vmware/5.1/rhel6Server-x86_64/ >>>> >>> >>> I think you need to add the --cost=100 >>> >>> --baseurl=http://xxx/repo/vmware/5.1/rhel6Server-x86_64/ --cost=100 >>> >>>> I'm beginning to think the problem is, my install media is ISO and I >>>> have an additional http repo which is not available in this stage... >> >> No, does not help. GUI still says it needs an active network connection. :( > Are you able to establish communication with the web server that is > hosting vmware tools > > I do not have the same environment as you, therefore my ks.cfg, > installation media and the repo is on the same FTP server. > > I'm only being asked to configure the network, if I'm not able to > establish communication with the FTP server, verify that the appropriate > access is on file/s that the server need to connect to. Yes, I can establish the connection. But at the point when the GUI asks for the network connection the interface does not have the IP address yet. I verify this on another console with 'ifconfig' and 'ip a l'. In the %post section I can do wget and other things, so there does not seem to be the problem. And once I confirm the eth0 interface in gui it gets the ks.cfg network config and install with the configured repo works. Still I think the repo command cannot be used because I don't have the interface configured on kernel command line to get the ks.cfg. I use the local floppy disk with 'ks=floppy'