Using the "normal" (grafical) install method, the network is not configured (skipped) if I use a SMC Ultra (ISA) card. When I do use a PCI network card, the network is configured (ie. I do get the appropriate dialog). I do suppose that this is also true for other ISA network card. As this did work in previous Red Hat version (you were asked what network card you have), I suppose this is a bug.
I am seeing similar behaviour for old NE2000 clone ISA cards.
This is actually not a bug. The network configuration screen is skipped if the installer does not "see" a network card. Since the installer is not capable of auto-probing ISA cards, it is not seeing the NIC. The workaround for the ISA-card problem is to boot the installer with "linux isa" which will prompt the user to identify the ISA cards which are in the system and then the installer will configure support for them.
Since this used to work in earlier RH installers, and the change was not documented in the RH Install Guide (that I can see), and the workaround was also not presented there, this is surely at *minimum* a documentation bug? I'd argue that it would probably make more sense for the installer to ask a question, something like "No PCI network card detected. Is an ISA network card installed?" and do the ISA dialogue if Yes is selected. Relying on (undocumented?) new command line parameters is surely not exactly clear positive progress towards a more user-friendly installation process? Jonathan <jonathan>