Bug 855555

Description of problem:
specifying in kickstart file:
network --bootproto=dhcp --mtu=1400 --hostname base 
ornetwork --bootproto=dhcp --mtu 1400 --hostname base 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
"Loading Fedora 17 x86_64 installer..."

How reproducible:
always

full trace:

Loading Fedora 17 x86_64 installer...
[    2.438201] dracut Warning: 'method=' is deprecated. Using 'repo=http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/' instead.
dracut Warning: 'method=' is deprecated. Using 'repo=http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/' instead.
[    2.442613] dracut: anaconda: parsing kickstart /swanbase.ks
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/sbin/parse-kickstart", line 299, in <module>
    outfile, output = process_kickstart(path)
  File "/sbin/parse-kickstart", line 289, in process_kickstart
    parser.readKickstart(processed_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 711, in readKickstart
    self.readKickstartFromString(s, reset=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 684, in readKickstartFromString
    self._stateMachine (i)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 667, in _stateMachine
    self._tryFunc(lambda: self.handleCommand(lineno, args))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 584, in _tryFunc
    fn()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 667, in <lambda>
    self._tryFunc(lambda: self.handleCommand(lineno, args))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 475, in handleCommand
    retval = self.handler.dispatcher(args, lineno)
  File "/sbin/parse-kickstart", line 112, in dispatcher
    self.output.append(command.dracut_args(args, lineno, obj))
  File "/sbin/parse-kickstart", line 83, in dracut_args
    netline = ksnet_to_dracut(args, lineno, net, bootdev=True)
  File "/sbin/parse-kickstart", line 200, in ksnet_to_dracut
    line.append("mtu=%u" % net.mtu)
TypeError: %u format: a number is required, not str
/lib/anaconda-lib.sh: line 173: /tmp/ks.info: No such file or directory


[    2.687620] dracut Warning: Signal caught!
dracut Warning: Signal caught!

Dropping to debug shell.

dracut:/#