question about kickstart

[Boonchu Ngampairoijpibul]

Thanks Chip for response. After I read through your message. I use linux
with regular bootable RHEL 4 CD. It turn out to be a problem with my two
extra PCI nic cards. One of nic cards has been assigned as eth0. Multiple
ethenet ports made bootable linux confusing about the port assignment.
Instead of using eth0, I used eth4. It works on eth4. Then I pulled two nic
cards out. Then it works on eth0 again.

-boonchu

2006/10/31, Shabazian, Chip <Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com>:
>
>  Try adding ethtool to the boot: line:
> eth0_ethtool="autoneg=off speed=100 duplex=full", or eth0_ethtool="speed=1000
> autoneg=on duplex=full", etc.  Also, there is a 255 character limit on the
> boot: line, so you may want to make sure you don't run over that. This is
> all you should need:
>
> boot: linux linux ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX ks=
> http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ks/host01  eth0_ethtool="speed=1000 autoneg=on
> duplex=full" initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 ksdevice=eth0
>
> The above of course assumes you are building off eth0.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Boonchu Ngampairoijpibul
> *Sent:* Monday, October 30, 2006 7:43 PM
> *To:* kickstart-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* question about kickstart
>
> Greeting!
>
> I try to use network Kickstart to re-install RHEL 4 update 3 on target
> machine HP DL 585 G1. I encounter a problem with my network. I try with
> following parameters below on boot prompt to assign static IP. It does not
> work so far. Cicso switch is our network equipment. Kickstart server and
> client also reside the same subnet. I also configure Cisco switch to
> auto/auto and STP port fast enabled. Many changes seems not help me to get
> IP assigned. I also use PXE boot (F12) to boot from my DHCP server. It also
> fail. I just suspect to broadcom NIC card. NIC might not initialize properly
> and fail to reach the network.
>
> If I use CD to install from local machine, it comes up ok with IP and
> reachable to network.
>
> Can anyone have a pointer to my problem?
>
> boot: linux ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX gateway=
> xxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx dns=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ksdevice=FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF ks=
> http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ks/host01 initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192
> splash=silent selinux=0 npfb
>
> boot: ip=XXX.XXX.XX.XX netmask=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX gateway=XXX.XX.XX.X dns=
> XX.XXXX.XX.X ksdevice=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ks=file:/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.imgramdisk_size=10000  splash=silent selinux=0 elevator=cfq text showopts
> linksleep=120 eth0_ethtool="speed=100 autoneg=off duplex=full delay_link=1"
> nofb
>
> psc[root at srv073 root]# lspci | grep -i broadcom
> 02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 02:06.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
>
> -boonchu
>
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