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 >