F7 : kickstart network install regression
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Jun 15 12:49:57 UTC 2007
Skunk Worx wrote:
> On most of my servers F7 kickstart installs fail if the network device
> is set to DHCP in the ks.cfg.
>
> The symptom is :
>
> 1) eth0 interface dhcp's
> 2) the grab of the KS file over the network happens
> 3) then a rash of dhcp traffic on the same interface (eth0) again, takes
> a minute
> 4) then a popup asking for the server/path.
>
> Saying "okay" (as the server/path are actually valid) results in a
> failure along the lines of "retrieval of stage2.img failed".
>
> The KS was taken from a DVD install of F7 and the written KS has the
> dhcp line.
>
> Seems to affect servers with multiple intel gb. ether. These servers
> have been fine until now (from around fc2) with kickstart installs.
>
> Using a static IP in the ks network definition then cleaning up the
> sysconfig in % post is my workaround for now.
Can you file a bug report in http://bugzilla.redhat.com?
Rahul
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