Boot parameters not working

[Gabrie]

Thanks I will try this tomorrow



On 9/4/07, Shabazian, Chip <Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com> wrote:
>
>  Add autoneg off to ethtool, and make sure you are using the right quotes
> (if you copy/pasted, you are using ' not ")
>
>  eth0_ethtool="autoneg off speed 100 duplex full"
>
> Also, the version of kickstart you are using simply may not support the
> ethtool statement.  I believe ESX is based on an older version of RHEL.
>
>
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> *From:* kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Gabrie
> *Sent:* Monday, September 03, 2007 12:13 AM
> *To:* Discussion list about Kickstart
> *Subject:* Boot parameters not working
>
>
>  Hi
>
> For auto-install of ESX hosts, I use kickstart (through the Ultimate
> Deployment Appliance UDA). This UDA generates my kickstart file and boot
> parameters.
>
> I've noticed that when using the nic at 1000Mb - Full Duplex, the
> kickstart scripts stops after "doing kickstart... setting it up". When at
> cisco switch level I change the port speed to 100Mb - Full Duplex, the
> script runs fine. Unfortunately, after the install is finished, I realy need
> that 1000Mb, so I would be nice if I could configure the nic at 100 during
> install.
>
> I tried adding " eth0_ethtool='speed 100 duplex full'  " to the boot
> parameters line, but this doesn't seem to have any effect.
>
> My bootline looks like:
> append ip=dhcp ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool='speed 100 duplex full'
> load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.esx301 network ks=
> http://172.29.26.249/kickstart/es020.cfg ESXIP=20
>
> Any tips?
> Gabrie
>
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