On 11/29/19 6:55 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I am trying to specify a static IP on the new dracut format. I was using > this: > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/dracut.cmdline.7.html > > So my grub entry consists > menuentry "Install CentOS 8" { > linux /boot/vmlinuz noverifyssl ks=https://something > ip=192.168.1.3::192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0::eth0:on:192.168.1.1 > biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 ksdevice=eth0 inst.sshd sshd=1 > initrd /boot/initrd.img > } > > > This seems OK to me. But rebooting to start the install for CentOS 8 it > just stops and says > "system halted". the lines above that have no errors. > .3 is the IP I want to use > .1 is the GW and the Nameserver in this case. I'm guessing something with your kernel and/or initrd.img is incorrect. If it was just the interface not getting configured properly you should eventually get a bunch to dracut timeouts and then get dropped into the emergency shell where you could poke around, not "system halted". -- Orion Poplawski Manager of NWRA Technical Systems 720-772-5637 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion at nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 https://www.nwra.com/