Hi,

in fact we have intel gigabit NICs on our workers.
Until recently (SL3.02 and SL3.03) we used to
install SL with PXE/anaconda, using NFS for
the kickstart file, and without any problem.

Now for the 3.04 our installation tools build
a specific 'initrd' for each machine. We add
the kickstart file in it (and some other files)
and use something like "file://tmp/ks.cfg" in
order to get kickstart file.

With that method we do not had any problem
during SL3.04 installation (and we prevent
additionnal NFS connection, which may be
a good thing when hundreds of machines
try to install at the same time :o).

Hope it may help you.

Regards,
--
Yannick

Stephan Wiesand wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm having trouble getting kickstart installations going on a couple 
> of servers with intel gigabit NICs.
>
> The symptoms match what's described in
>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110036
>
> Initial network setup works, but after the NIC is brought up for the 
> second time, things just fail. Even the link indicator is off, and the 
> switch doesn't think there's anything connected to the other end of 
> the cable any longer (switches are cisco gear, and we tried different 
> models even running different OSs).
>
> A non-kickstart NFS installation works fine (at least up to the point 
> where I see the graphical installer - haven't really done it yet).
> I can also boot a 3.0.4 rescue system and bring the interface up and down
> and up again many times in a row without problems.
>
> Red Hat issued an erratum
>    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2004-518.html
>
> that's supposed to fix these problems. I wonder: did these fixes make 
> it into what's used during a kickstart installation of SL 3.0.4?
>
> Any additional hints are much apreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>      Stephan
>