Kickstart from eth1 (eth0 socket bad)

[Tedman Eng]

There are 2 places to you need to specify eth0/1:

In the kernel line:
linux initrd=initrd.img ks=http://some.server/ks.cfg ip=1.2.3.4
netmask=255.255.255.0
gateway=1.2.3.4 dns=1.2.3.4 ksdevice=eth0

AND in the ks.cfg file:
network --bootproto=static --ip=1.2.3.4 --netmask=255.255.255.0
--gateway=1.2.3.4 --nameserver=1.2.3.4 --device=eth0


If you're booting from CDROM or Floppy, edit isolinux.cfg or syslinux.cfg.
If you're booting from network, you'll need to edit pxelinix.cfg

I believe your confusion is because you're editing the ks.cfg file only.
But without using the proper interface, your computer cannot even reach the
ks.cfg file in the first place.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Schoolcraft [mailto:bill at wiliweld.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:01 PM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: RE: Kickstart from eth1 (eth0 socket bad)
> 
> 
> At Tue, 27 Dec 2005 it looks like 
> Elizabeth.Brosch at thomson.com composed:
> 
> > I was having a problem initially with Kickstart.  I had 
> eth0 hardcoded
> > in my ks.cfg file and also in the pxelinux config file.  
> But every time
> > I attempted my install I would get stopped at the screen 
> for the host
> > info.
> >
> > I had multiple NICs and this caused some confusion.  What I 
> considered
> > eth0 was actually eth3.  PXE worked just find but Anaconda 
> seen my eth0
> > as eth3!  I found this out by booting from CD and using 
> linux rescue.
> > You can search the archives for my email thread regarding this:
> >
> > October 2005 archives
> > Subject is:  Kicstart fails
> >
> 
> Ahh, I had not thought of the "prelinux" config file.
> 
> I was not the admin who came in to setup this multi os, multi
> partition profile, multi package profile system.  I will dig for
> that file and see if I can do a "one-off" install with the orig
> file saved and edits done to the "prelinux" conf file.
> 
> Thank You Liz.
> 
> 
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Liz Brosch
> > TSH System Services
> > Philadelphia, PA  19104
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