On 03/05/2012 11:04 AM, Stephan Wiesand wrote:
> ksdevice=link seems to work for us when reinstalling SL5 systems with 
> SL6. But maybe that's just because we have installed all systems with 
> pci=bfsort since the SL4 times, making device numbering consistent 
> across kernel versions (and we use only eth0 for PXE). Using 
> pci=[no]bfsort, it should always be possible to make the interface in 
> use primary one. But then I'm not sure what Networkmanager or the new 
> parallel udev device discovery may be doing... And since 6.1, some 
> (recent Dell) servers have biosdevname enabled by default. Which makes 
> the first onboard interface "em1", for example :-) The advantage is 
> that this will always match the physical socket labelled "1" on the 
> server.

ksdevice=link works for me when I'm doing an actual pxe boot.  I haven't 
used the pci=bfsort parameter but the sorting of the names isn't the 
problem here.  The kernel/initrd.img combo from the DVD seem to be 
ignoring ksdevice=link and ksdevice=<mac addr>.  Regardless of sorting 
issues those should work if I've only got one NIC with an active link, 
which is true, or if I specify the mac address of the NIC I'm installing 
over.


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