I'm seeing the following issue w/ SL7 installation: - Doing a network install w/ http acquired kickstart - The kickstart package selection is "--nobase @core" - The kickstart file has the following static ip declaration: network --device=link --activate --hostname=<xxx> --bootproto=static --noipv6 --ip=<xxx> --netmask=<xxx> --gateway=<xxx> --nameserver=<xxx>,<xxx> - The install works fine, and the network comes up properly. Specifically, (w/ <gateway> being the proper gateway address): #] ip route default via <gateway> dev em1 proto static metric 1024 x.x.x.0/23 dev em1 proto kernel scope link src x.x.x.x - The file /etc/sysconfig/network contains just a comment, and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 contains: [...] GATEWAY0=<gateway> DEFROUTE=yes [...] - However, this is for non-mobile, desktop workstations w/ assigned IP addresses, and I don't like having NetworkManager around potentially messing w/ the static network settings. - In the past (SL5,SL6), I've just not installed NetworkManager and everything works fine and dandy. - In SL7, however, if NetworkManager is not present, (deinstalled or not installed in the first place) the network does *not* come up properly: the ip address is fine, but the routing is wrong: #] ip route 169.254.0.0/16 dev em1 scope link metric 1002 x.x.x.0/23 dev em1 proto kernel scope link src x.x.x.x So what gives? We shouldn't need NetworkManager for static ip's.