<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.3790.2858" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Are both NIC's turned on? You May want to turn one off in the bios to bypass the enumeration issue.</DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of SSTinsley@upsfreight.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:31 AM To: law@redhat.com; Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Kickstart via PXE/NFS </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <TT>kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com wrote on 05/14/2007 11:23:36 AM: > On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 10:29 -0400, SSTinsley@upsfreight.com wrote: > > > > > > kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com wrote on 05/14/2007 09:53:40 AM: > > > > > Adding ksdevice=xxx to the append line for the boot should get rid > > > of the interface options. Kickstart doesn't know the config until > > > after it brings the interface up. > > > > > > > I am specifying the ksdevice in the pxelinux.cfg file. I also set the > > IPAPPEND 2 option which I understood would pass in the IP address of > > the boot server for use as the IP during the > > install. > How long is the line specifying all your options (ks device, ks > location, initrd, etc etc? There's a hard limit of 255 characters > and if you exceed it the options are silently truncated which > obviously leads to unexpected results.</TT> <TT>It is about 120 characters, give or take, but nowhere near 255.</TT> <TT> > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list </TT> <DIV>NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND NONPUBLIC INFORMATION. IT IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL(S) OR ENTITY(IES) NAMED ABOVE, AND OTHERS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE IT. If you are not the intended recipient of this document, you are notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by return email, delete the electronic message and destroy any printed copies. Thank you for your cooperation. </DIV></BODY></HTML>