Bug 811515

Summary: RHEL5u7 answerfile network configuration problem
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: ZHANG <zhangliang1417>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Version: 5.7   
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2012-04-11 13:47:13 UTC Type: Bug
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Description ZHANG 2012-04-11 10:18:02 UTC
Created attachment 576738 [details]
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Description of problem:
I want to install RHEL5u7 with answerfile, and I want to use MAC address in the kickstart file , so I tried below in the answerfiel 
"network --bootproto dhcp --device 5C:F3:FC:3F:2D:4F"
the installation get the Ip with this MAC, but the comes a problem that the answerfile is wrong with the 
network --bootproto dhcp --device 5C:F3:FC:3F:2D:4F

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Steps to Reproduce:
1.install the rhel5u7 with the answerfile 
2.network --bootproto dhcp --device 5C:F3:FC:3F:2D:4F
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Expected results:
is there something wrong with my answerfile or ?

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Comment 1 David Cantrell 2012-04-11 13:47:13 UTC
It looks like device 5C:F3:FC:3F:2D:4F does not exist on your system.  Verify you are using the correct MAC address.

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Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2012-04-11 13:53:00 UTC
You can't use the MAC address like that in RHEL5.  Sorry.  You can specify a network device by MAC address on the command line with ksdevice=, but not in the kickstart file itself.