problems kickstarting with gigabit nics

[Ed Brown]

Waller, Darrick J (US SSA) wrote:
> There is no other fix to this, other than putting a switch in the
> middle, and taking it out once the install is complete?

Not necessarily.  For one thing, neither RHEL3-U8 or 4-U4 are current. 
  The VERY first thing to do is to use up-to-date versions of the OS's.

It sounded like you had tried some of the usual suggestions.  The 
switch setting is usually enough.  This issue's been hashed over 
countless times, you can google or check archives going back years for 
other suggestions, on kickstart, anaconda-devel, taroon and nahant 
lists.  Maybe someone else has something more specific for you...

-Ed