Bug 1307148

Summary: Unable to set static IP when booting from install DVD using ip= parameter
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Rayford Johnson <rjohnson>
Component: dracutAssignee: dracut-maint
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Version: 7.2CC: dekrajewski, dracut-maint-list, jstodola
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Description Rayford Johnson 2016-02-12 20:20:24 UTC 
Description of problem:

I'm unable to set static network details for an interface by passing parameters when booted to install DVD.  I"m using parameters from 20.1. Configuring the Installation System at the Boot Menu <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#sect-boot-options-installer>.


How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.  Boot RHEL7.2 installation DVD [1]
2.  Select [I]nstall
3.  Press <TAB> to edit
4.  Append a valid network configuration [2]
5.  Proceed with boot to install

[1]: SHA-256: 03f3a0291634335f6995534d829bd21ffaa0d000004dfeb1b2fb81052d64a4d5  RHEL-7.2-20151030.0-Server-x86_64-dvd1.iso downloaded from access.redhat.com

[2]: Example,  ip=192.168.10.15::192.168.10.254:host15:em1:none

Actual results:

dracut: FATAL: For argument 'ip=192.168.10.15::192.168.10.254:host15:em1:none'\nSorry, setting client-ip does not make sense for 'dhcp'
dracut: Refusing to continue



Expected results:
Static network configuration applied to interface; installation proceeds.


Additional info:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836039

The only way I was able to get connected to the network to perform a non-interactive kickstart network install was to put a dhcp server on the network.  ip=em1:dhcp worked; the system pulled its kickstart and proceeded to perform an installation completely without interaction.
Comment 2 Rayford Johnson 2016-02-12 20:33:24 UTC 
Turns out it's user error.  Apparently, I've been reading the docs/parameter wrong this whole time even as meticulous as I've attempted to be.  I was sure I was getting everything correct and it was failing me as a bug.  Please let me know how I should proceed to close this properly.  Should I just set Status: CLOSED?
Comment 3 Jan Stodola 2016-02-15 09:01:48 UTC 
Closing the bug per comment 2.
Comment 4 Don Krajewski 2019-02-25 14:59:08 UTC 
Comment 2 is not viewable. The rest of bug #1307148 is viewable. Can there be something on Comment #2 that can be made public? Thanks.
Comment 5 Rayford Johnson 2019-02-25 15:10:33 UTC 
(In reply to Don Krajewski from comment #4)
> Comment 2 is not viewable. The rest of bug #1307148 is viewable. Can there
> be something on Comment #2 that can be made public? Thanks.

Don, I believe it's now public.  I didn't realize when I posted the comment in-reply to my submission that it defaulted to private.
Comment 6 Don Krajewski 2019-02-25 15:48:46 UTC 
Thank you. 

Don