Bug 6405

Summary:	RedHat 6.1 seems to ignore noprobe flag in ks.cfg file
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	brian
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Erik Troan <ewt>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	6.1	CC:	cahier
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description brian 1999-10-27 00:36:16 UTC

I have converted my 6.0 ks.cfg file to work with 6.1.  I
have tried to validate all of my script against the 6.1
documentation and it appears to all be valid to me.  But my
problem is that since I have the Intel Tulip 21143-PD
network cards I have to feed kickstart a noprobe to be able
to specify that it should use the de4x5 driver so that I can
install.  Then I upgrade the kernels tulip driver to version
.91 and life is happy.  Well like I said above, the 6.1
kickstart system seems to ignore the noprobe flag and still
loads the tulip driver which doesnt' work.  I can do it by
hand with expert, but I'm not excited about doing 111
machines by hand.  Here is my ks.cfg file:



###############################################################################
# Kick Start Config File for IBxx Compute Node Last Changed:
Oct 19th, 1999
# AUTHOR: Brian D. Haymore
#
# Target Machine(s): IBxx.ICEBOX
#
# To customize this file for each install change the
following options below:
#       -IP Address
#       -Ethernet card and PCI Probe *IF* installing for
KNE100TX
#       -Graphics Card
#       -Monitor
#       -Mouse
#
# NOTE: KickStart can not be used for a dual boot system.
It will always
#       install on the first IDE/SCSI drive avaliable.
#
###############################################################################

lang en

noprobe
device ethernet de4x5

network --bootproto dhcp

nfs --server 192.168.1.227 --dir
/uufs/icebox/common/admin/KICKSTART/RedHat-6.1/i386

keyboard us

zerombr yes
clearpart --all
part /boot --size 20
part / --size 750
part /var --size 100
part swap --size 128
part /uufs/icebox/host --size 200
part /scratch  --size 500 --grow

install
mouse --kickstart logimmanps/2 --noprobe
#xconfig --server "SVGA" --card "Trident TGUI9680 (generic)"
--monitor "ADI MicroScan 4P"
xconfig --monitor "ADI MicroScan 4P"
timezone US/Mountain
rootpw --iscrypted gtYDrSmlZuGlQ
auth --enablenis --nisdomain icebox --nisserver
192.168.1.227 --useshadow
lilo --location mbr

# Packages Selected for Installation
%packages
@ Base
@ Networked Workstation
@ Network Management Workstation
@ Emacs
@ C Development
@ Development Libraries
@ Kernel Development
raidtools
xntp3
autofs
pdksh
mkkickstart
popt
bzip2
egcs-g77

#Post Install Scripts
%post

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-11-30 19:19:59 UTC

This issue has been assigned to a developer for further action.

Comment 2 Erik Troan 2000-02-03 15:53:59 UTC

In the next release, you should specify "noprobe" as a kernel option to get
this behavior.