Hi Artem,
Just to reiterate, this is the stock SL6.1 single DVD ISO image I'm using. SL6.1 is the first time that networkmanager is introduced for installation.
I've tried your network line and several others as well as no network line in the kickstart, but, the networkmanager still pops up to configure the network device. Everything works great if I configure the network at the popup, even if eth0 is already fully configured by the KS.
By hitting CANCEL on the networkmanager popup and then looking at CTRL-ALT-F3 output, I've now determined that it is trying to get security updates from the SL ftp repo. And, even though I've tried fully configuring the only ethernet device (eth0), networkmanager still pops up exactly at this point (preparing to get security updates from the SL ftp repo.
I'm thinking that I may have to reroll the stock image to eliminate this if possible, ulness there is some other boot or KS option that will stop networkmanager from popping up...
Thanks to all for your help and guidance!
thanks & best regards,
kent
-----Original Message-----
From: Artem Trunov [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 3:31 AM
To: Johnson, Kent A (GE Healthcare)
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SL6.1 kickstart persistent networkmanager prevents unattended install
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)
<[log in to unmask]> 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
>
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