On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 08:27, Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On May 27, 2011, at 15:48, Randall Martin wrote:
>
>> I’m having trouble installing SL6 on a Dell PE1950 via PXE kickstart.
>
> Works for me:
>
> # dmidecode |grep Product
>        Product Name: PowerEdge 1950
> # lspci|grep Ethernet
> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)
>
>
>>  The node boots and loads the installer, but I get a message “Waiting for NetworkManager to configure eth0” followed by the error “Network Error: There was an error configuring your network interface”.  It looks like the bnx2 ethernet driver isn’t loaded.  What is the procedure to add this driver to initrd in the install media?  Would creating a driver update image that is referenced in the kickstart file be a more elegant solution?
>
> When we have trouble with PXE installs, it usually turns out that the switch port was forgotten too be set to "portfast".

Or the 1950's BIOS needs to be updated. I had that with a couple of
old 1950's which updating the BIOS fixed everything.

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