`anaconda --reconfig` does not prompt for network information when started from the initscripts. i can only get it to work by pre-loading the module for my nic (eepro100). maybe add a `/sbin/modprobe eth0` to /etc/init.d/reconfig? that works fine for me, and would fall through cleanly to a no-LAN case if there is no `alias eth0` line in /etc/modules.conf
I have verified this appears to be an issue.
although my workaround (loading the eth0 module) allows anaconda --reconfig to succeed, it sets the hostname improperly. (it looks like it may be trying to do a reverse nslookup, but of course the network hasn't been brought up yet) i.e., in /etc/sysconfig/network, it sets the hostname to localhost.localdomain. /etc/hosts does not contain the proper hostname either. the workaround i'm using here is parsing the user-defined hostname out of /tmp/reconfig.log, and modifying /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network accordingly. -dann
Network configuration should be done using the other system configuration tools in a post-install environment.