On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Troy Dawson wrote: > On 02/23/2011 10:23 AM, Larry Vaden wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Troy Dawson<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> At the bootup screen, what parameters are you passing. >>> These have changed since SL5, and it's quite likely that an option has >>> changes since SL5, *especially* if it is network related. >> >> The environment is Compaq CL1850R (dual CPUs, Compaq HW RAID >> (Smart-2DH)), so I am _appending_ the following: >> >> apm=off noapic noht nomce nousb nousbstorage pci=biosirq skipddc >> >> pci=biosirq was added per the suggestion of the boot output on the console. >> >> The other parameters have been in use for a long time (since FC3 >> IIRC), but you are correct, they may have changed. >> >> I usually put ip=, netmask=, gateway=, and dns=, but simplified the >> parameter list after the first failure. > > Hi, > What happens if you don't append anything? > Just hit "enter" at the boot line without adding or removing anything. > > Troy > Can you verify that the network was enabled. You should be able to see info on this by "ctrl-alt-f2" or "ctrl-alt-f3". -Connie Sieh