kickstart waits when machines have two network cards

[Sharon and Tim Moloney]

"ha haha" <hahaha_30k at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Now the problem goes a step further. It's related to
> modules load sequence for network cards.
>
> I have a machine with two networks cards, originaly
> the built-in Broadcom network card is detected as
> eth0, and external Intel gigabit as eth1, by former
> FC2.
>
> And the installs only happens on eth0, the built-in
> Broadcom NIC.
>
> Now the FC4 detects network cards in reverse order,
> so former eth0(built-in Broadcom) is detected as eth1,
> while the former eth1 is assigned as eth0.
>
> Is there configuration file I can change
> (/etc/modprobe.conf doesn't help) to alter the network
> card modules' load sequence, both during kickstart and
> post-install?

I think (but I'm not positive) that you can specify ethernet device order 
(or any device?) by passing arguments on the command line, like 
"eth0=3fe,10" where 3fe is the I/O port and 10 is the interrupt.  Check the 
kernel documentation to verify and for details.  It's been a while since 
I've used it and I don't have a Linux box available now to check it for you.