<html><body><div style="font-family: Courier, Courier New, mono; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hello,<br></div><div><br></div><div>thanks! That explains everything.</div><div><br></div><div>Now kickstarting works like a charm.</div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas how to use kickstarting without dhcp more "general". I know, entering ip= gateway= netmask= and dns= isnt that hard, but Im just curious how you use it. And we have some DAUs here ...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>kind regards,</div><div>Philipp</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Jan Dobes" <jdobes@redhat.com><br><b>To: </b>spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 6, 2015 6:01:39 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Spacewalk-list] asknetwork gets ignored<br><div><br></div>On 6.11.2015 12:17 Philipp Wehling wrote:<br>> Hello,<br>><br>> Im experimenting with kickstarting Linux machines, in my case<br>> ScientificLinux7.<br>><br>> We dont use DHCP for our servernetwork, so I created an iso with<br>><br>><br>> # cobbler sync<br>> # cobbler buildiso<br>><br>> My kickstart profile looks pretty normal, nothing special. Because there<br>> is no dhcp in the network, I tried to ask me for network configuration<br>> with these options:<br>><br>> - "asknetwork" in Kernel Options<br>> - "network: --device=ens160 --bootproto=query" in Advanced Settings<br>><br>> But when I mount the iso and start installation, journalctl looks like this:<br>><br>><br>> kernel: vmxnet3 0000:03:00.0 ens160: NIC Link is Up 10000 Mbps<br>> dracut-initqueue: Starting dhcp for interface ens160<br>> ...<br>> dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ens160 to 255.255.255.255 port 67<br>> dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.<br>> dracut-initqueue: dhcp failed<br>> dracut-initqueue: RTNETLINK answers: File exists<br>> dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot<br>> dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist<br>> ...<br>><br>><br>> In my opinion, this doesnt have to happen.<br>><br>> Please correct me if Im wrong.<br>><br>><br>> kind regards,<br>> Philipp<br>><br><div><br></div>Hello,<br><div><br></div>I think it's expected.<br><div><br></div> From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installation guide: [1]<br><div><br></div>20.1.1. Deprecated and Removed Boot Options<br><div><br></div>askmethod, asknetwork<br><div><br></div>"The installation program's initramfs is now completely non-interactive, <br>which means that these options are not available anymore. Instead, use <br>the inst.repo= to specify the installation method and ip= to configure <br>network settings."<br><div><br></div>[1] <br>https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/chap-anaconda-boot-options.html<br><div><br></div>Regards,<br>-- <br>Jan Dobes<br>Satellite Engineering, Red Hat<br><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Spacewalk-list mailing list<br>Spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>