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