I'm booting from the ISO DVD and entering TAB at the install splash
screen and then adding ks=hd:/dev/sdb1:/ks.cfg to read the kickstart
from a USB key. The kickstart is below (the latest attempt)...

#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
#version=DEVEL
# Firewall configuration
firewall --enabled --ssh
# Install OS instead of upgrade
install
# Use CDROM installation media
cdrom
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$Qp/kIHFC$d/jWHGmcg5jeiwIAt/82P1
# System authorization information
auth  --useshadow  --passalgo=sha512
# Use text mode install
text
firstboot --disable
# System keyboard
keyboard us
# System language
lang en_US
# SELinux configuration
selinux --disabled
# Installation logging level
logging --level=info
# Reboot after installation
reboot
# System timezone
timezone --isUtc America/Chicago
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
# Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --drives=sda --all
# Disk partitioning information
part /boot --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=700
part / --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=20000
part /export/home1 --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=50000
part swap --fstype="swap" --ondisk=sda --size=4096

%packages
@additional-devel
@base
@basic-desktop
@client-mgmt-tools
@compat-libraries
@debugging
@desktop-debugging
@desktop-platform
@desktop-platform-devel
@development
@directory-client
@eclipse
@fedora-packager
@fonts
@general-desktop
@graphical-admin-tools
@ha
@ha-management
@hardware-monitoring
@ice-desktop
@infiniband
@input-methods
@internet-applications
@internet-browser
@java-platform
@large-systems
@legacy-unix
@legacy-x
@load-balancer
@misc-sl
@network-file-system-client
@network-tools
@nfs-file-server
@performance
@perl-runtime
@print-client
@scalable-file-systems
@scientific
@security-tools
@server-platform
@server-platform-devel
@spins
@storage-client-fcoe
@storage-client-iscsi
@storage-client-multipath
@system-admin-tools
@system-management
@system-management-messaging-client
@tex
@virtualization
@virtualization-client
@virtualization-platform
@virtualization-tools
@x11

%end

thanks & regards,
kent

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Teh [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:38 PM
To: Johnson, Kent A (GE Healthcare)
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SL6.1 kickstart persistent networkmanager prevents
unattended install

Can you tell us what you type (the kernel parameters) in order to
specify that you are installing from a kickstart?



On 08/10/2011 02:18 PM, Johnson, Kent A (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> 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