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