Description of problem: Booting from the rescue cd-rom, the system hangs when attempting to start eth0. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-11.2.0.55 F-6.93-x86_64-rescuecd.iso 2007-04-26 6ce7acb3ac9cb8a2630f6ccfb8e64081d0aa0128 [sha1sum] How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot rescue cd-rom 2. choose language, keyboard; start network, IPv4 only, DHCP 3. Actual results: hang Starting Interface, "Attempting to start eth0"; no progress after waiting 5 minutes. "top" run from shell on C-A-F2 shows ananconda spinning at 99% CPU. C-A-F4 shows "<7>eth0: no IPv6 routers present". Expected results: Network interface configured and started; rescue mode proceeds. Additional info: Hardware is nVidia CK804; consumer-grade router+switch provides DHCP server. Drivers [firewire], sata_nv, pata_amd were loaded automatically. Runs fine when booted from installed system.
Known, worked on it today. Have it working mostly, need more testing. Will commit fix tomorrow.
So static network configuration is working now, but DHCP still hangs for some reason. It could be that I'm using a system with an e1000 NIC, but I don't know. Can you test out rawhide tomorrow and see if the rescue CD works for you to bring up the network?
I noticed this same problem with the f7t4 rescue CD, though I'm using the i386 version and have a Realtek 8139 NIC. The FC-development-i386-rescuecd.iso dated 27/4/07, sha1sum 7505063e7624c077d4bc191e43a6756d5c3baa9c has the same problem. My DHCP server logs show a DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST, ACK sequence that looks OK to me. David says 'static network configuration is working now'. It wasn't broken for me: both the f7t4 and 27/4/07 rescue CDs handle static configuration just fine.
Today's (2007-04-28) Rawhide FC-development-i386-rescuecd.iso for i386, 102502400 bytes, sha1sum 9b187693be8ec6c79c9be1d49bc04b10f10af8a5, shows no improvement. IPv4 DHCP (no IPv6) still hangs with ananconda spinning at 99% CPU. Manual configuration of IPv4 (no IPv6) succeeds.
The problem persists in today's (2007-05-01) Rawhide FC-development-i386-rescuecd.iso for i386, 102586368 bytes, sha1sum 9c6b7a9aa46dca5c21881d4031ddffb734b5603a. This is contrary to the claim of the daily rawhide report: 20070501 changes: ----- anaconda-11.2.0.57-1 * Mon Apr 30 2007 Jeremy Katz <katzj> - 11.2.0.56-1 - Fix rescue mode networking (dcantrell, #238080) -----
The problem persists in today's (2007-05-02) Rawhide FC-development-i386-rescuecd.iso for i386, 102586368 bytes, sha1sum 552905763371fee09fb6bdfa5b1f2015693b93f6. [The daily rawhide report for 20070502 did not show any changes to anaconda, but I re-tested anyway in case there might have been some hiccup in mirroring, the push of new packages, or the rawhide report itself.]
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 240804 ***