On 03/06/2012 07:57 AM, Mark Stodola wrote:
> Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote:
>> On 03/06/2012 06:00 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Berg (Contractor)
>>> <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> What happens if you use a regular DVD, tab out of the menu, and add
>>> your "ks=..." and "ksdevice=..." values to the kernel line?
>>>
>> Don't have a DVD drive on that system.  I built a USB stick from the 
>> install DVD that's boots correctly.  Tried out Tom's suggestion on a 
>> different system with only one NIC and everything proceeded as expected.
>>
>> Tried on the problem system and again it worked just like I want it 
>> to.  But when using the vmlinuz/initrd.img combo from the install dvd 
>> manually entered into /boot/grub/grub.conf it ignores the ksdevice 
>> parameter.  The system boots to the installer but gets stuck awaiting 
>> a selection of which NIC to use.  Selecting the active NIC and 
>> everything proceeds normally.
>
> What install DVD are you grabbing the image from?  There was a bug in 
> 6.0 and 6.1 involving the network interfaces during installation.  A 
> new 6.1 iso was issued and the fix was in place for the initial 6.2 
> release.  Make sure you are at least using the corrected 6.1 image.
>

I've been using the 6.2 vmlinuz and initrd.img all along.

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