Hi Kent

I also install from dvd images on USB stick and have no problem.

Here is network config in ks file

network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --onboot=yes

(I wonder if you should have it somewhere in the beginning of the ks,
I wonder if order of some entries matter?)

syslinux menu options are (to read ks from external server):

  append ks=http://xx.xx.xx.xx/ks/ks-dev.cfg ksdevice=eth0
repo=hd:sda2:/ initrd=initrdnew4.img

or can also read from the USB stick

ks=hd:sda1:/ks.cfg

cheers
Artem.



On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Johnson, Kent A (GE Healthcare)
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> Greetings,
>
> Sorry to bother but I've tried to do my homework first, to no avail...
>
> I'm kickstarting the standard SL6.1 install DVD from a USB key to
> provide an unattended install.
>
> I've tried everything I can find to try to prevent the networkmanager
> popup to configure the ethernet interface during the install (occurs
> immediately after disk partitioning).
>
> I've tried many different forms of the kickstart network command to
> fully configure eth0 or  leaving the network line out completely but the
> nm popup persists. The only way that I've been able to stop the nm popup
> during the kickstart install is to disable the ethernet hardware in the
> BIOS! I've read all the RH/SL docs and searched the web far and wide...
>
> So, it seems that anaconda starts networkmanager any time that it finds
> an ethernet device (active or not)  whether the kickstart references
> network or not. I'm not adding any external repos or anything else that
> would require network. What am I missing?
>
> thanks in advance for any guidance,
> Kent
>