Known bug in anaconda for nvidia ethernet & dhcp. Solutions are boot 
with fixed IP or install other network card for kickstart (tedious if 
you have 40 x4100 servers). This is fixed in newer releases w/ newer 
anaconda.

> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:17:10 -0500 From: Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Kickstarting SL 4.3 on Sun Fire x4140 John Summerfield wrote:
>> > Tim Edwards wrote:
>>> >> We're trying to kickstart SL4.3 on a Sunfire x4140 which appears to have
>>> >>  inbuilt-NICs which use an Nvidia chipset. The problem is that although
>>> >> the NIC's ROM manages to boot off the network, once anaconda is started
>>> >> it fails to see any network devices. I can see in the messages that the
>>> >> forcedeth kernel module is loaded.
>>> >>
>>> >> I found a RHEL bug that suggests that the NICs are detected as bridge
>>> >> devices and not plain ethernet NICs:
>>> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=156688
>>> >>
>>> >> We need to use SL 4.3 (due to internal application certifications) so
>>> >> can anyone suggest a possible workaround for this? Has anyone installed
>>> >> SL/Centos/RHEL 4.x on this server before?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> Tim Edwards
>>> >>
>> > 
>> > The obvious (to me) workaround is to install a new NIC, at least for the 
>> > install.
>> > 
>> > It might also be worth trying to boot a live CD (is CentOS4 available?) 
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/
> There is both a SL 4.3 and the latest SL 4.7.
> Both worth a try.  SL 4.3 to see if it really isn't supported in SL 4.3, 
> and SL 4.7 to see if it's been fixed.
> 
> Troy
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