<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">I thank you all for the comments, solutions and suggestions.<br>as of yesterday, I was able to install RHEL5.5 via kickstart using linux ks=http://192.168xxx.xxx/redhat/ks.cfg dhcptimeout=500<br><br>although it still asks me as to which ethernet to use, (eth0..eth5). it continues afterwards. I tried specifying ksdevice=eth0 and noipv6 but the installation wont proceed and keeps on coming back to the ipv4 and ipv6 selections.<br>I will try all the suggestions & options mentioned here.<br><br>thanks,<br>Sirjune<br> <br><br><br><br><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
Angus Clarke <angus.clarke@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@redhat.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 30, 2012 3:13 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: kickstart dhcp issues<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1506789388">Perhaps - I didn't read the Dell solution as specifying MAC addresses is sufficient and already available, at least for my requirements (Ethernet interfaces)<br><br>All the best<br>~Angus<br><br><div class="yiv1506789388gmail_quote">
On 30 January 2012 20:06, Kaj Niemi <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kajtzu@a51.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:kajtzu@a51.org">kajtzu@a51.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv1506789388gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;">I think this is what the dell naming scheme was designed to prevent… :-)<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Jan 30, 2012, at 18:36, Angus Clarke wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;">I notice that without specifying the device MAC address in the config files you are concerned with, and then later adding additional NICs on the PCIe bus - results in the PCIe NICs preceding the onboard NICs (eth0 changes to represent the NIC on the lowest PCIe bus.)<br>
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