confusion of installation process

[Elizabeth.Brosch at thomson.com]

Thanks Chip.

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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shabazian, Chip
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:55 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: RE: confusion of installation process

The NIC is cycled 3 times, the first is during the PXEBoot process, and
is done by the system.  The second is done by the boot kernel, and is
done to get the kickstart file, the third is to actually build the
system.

Every time, the system reloads the drivers.  This allows using different
NIC's or different IP's for different purposes if necessary.

It is an incredible annoyance when you have to deal with spanning tree,
but there have been options added in later versions that allow delays to
compensate for this.

Chip 

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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:49 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: confusion of installation process

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 01:49:00PM -0700, Harner Keith-FKH006 wrote:
>  
> Yes it is a pretty good guide
> I was looking for something as bit more detailed.
> 
> A low level explanation of the kickstart process.
> What files contain what
> The order they are accessed
> Etc...
> 

Ah, my bad.  That's what I get for jumping into the middle of a thread.
:)
I'd be interested in something like this as well.  I'm especially puzzed
as to
why anaconda brings the network interface up and down a few times after
the
initial acquisition of an IP address.  Very annoying on switches with
STP
enabled where we need 30 second delays to get an IP address every time.
:)

Ray

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