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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:30:29 +0200
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Hi,

> At last I have a question about anaconda (I know it is not really the
> good place but maybe someone can help us):
> from the RHEL3/SL3, the anaconda asks for the ethernet card to use
> for the installation (in kickstart mode), even if only one card is plugged
> and even if the configuration in the kickstart file indicates clearly that
> only the first one can be used. It is a change from the previous
> distributions
> as it never do that for RH72/73. I tried to see inside the anaconda sources
> but it is a little bit too big for me.
> Someone else met that problem ?

Well, only if the machine actually has more than one interface. The only
way I found to prevent anaconda from asking which device to use is
to boot the installation kernel with "ksdevice=eth0". It may help in your
case as well.

Cheers,
        Stephan

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