Bug 13821 - Kickstart fails to start network
Summary: Kickstart fails to start network
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-07-12 19:45 UTC by laurence
Modified: 2007-03-27 03:32 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2000-07-13 19:32:59 UTC
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description laurence 2000-07-12 19:45:55 UTC
While doing a kickstart install, the network doesn't come up for %post, so all of our network based commands fail.  We are using the following 
net line

network --bootproto static --ip 192.168.6.231 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.6.1 --nameserver 192.168.6.253

The IPs have been changed to fake ones, but that's the same line.  The host doesn't have DNS entries, and isn't going to get them.  If it can't 
bring the net up automatically, i'd be perfectly willing to have the script do so at the beginning.  However, all attempts to bring the net up by 
hand using ifconfig, netstat, etc. have failed.  Please help, as it's becoming somewhat urgent and rather troubling.  If we ignore the errors and 
reboot the machine, we do end up with functioning networking.  Puzzled am I.

For your time I in advance give to you thanks

Laurence Berland

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-07-13 19:32:57 UTC
You should be able to ifup eth0 in your post section.


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.