FC6 T1 installer problems

[Jay Cliburn]

> I selected activate eth0 at boot time.  I specified the host name and 
> the host IP/mask.  The installer warned I had not specified the gateway, 
> but did not offer a method to define the gateway.
> 
> When the install completed, I had not network connectivity.
> ===
> I then restarted the install, and tried manual vs DHCP for initializing 
> the network.  Only DHCP would define the gateway.  While I would supply 
> the parms to the MANUAL mode, the install warned I had NO gateway 
> specified. This is a useless configuration for me as I always specify 
> the host name and IP/mask manually.  Thus I will be waiting for FC6 T2 
> to see if there is anything useful in the install version.

It's in bugzilla already, filed against anaconda.

I encountered the problem and simply added a gateway manually in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:

GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

I believe I also had to add nameserver entries to /etc/resolv.conf.

Jay