Bug 242017 - Anaconda cannot be used for remote installation
Summary: Anaconda cannot be used for remote installation
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 7
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Cantrell
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-01 10:15 UTC by Tomas Pecina
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-08-23 18:33:29 UTC
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Description Tomas Pecina 2007-06-01 10:15:35 UTC 
Description of problem:

During remote installation, anaconda asks for manual network configuration
despite the fact that all the parameters are supplied in grub.conf. This
behavior was not observed in FC6, which installs smoothly with the same kernel
parameters.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

F7

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy F7 vmlinuz&initrd.img to /boot.
2. Change /boot/grub/grub.conf for remote installation, supplying ip, netmask, etc.
3. Reboot.
4. Retest with FC6 vmlinuz&initrd.img files, which should work normally.
  
Actual results:

The remote system hangs up, prompting for keyboard entry.

Expected results:

The installation proceeds.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Tomas Pecina 2007-06-02 19:29:21 UTC 
I found that IPV4 can be used for the former IP parameter, but it does not solve
the problem of the system hanging up showing the configuration screen and
waiting for keyboard entry, only fills in the IP address field.
Comment 2 David Cantrell 2007-08-23 18:33:29 UTC 
This has been fixed in rawhide.  The stage 1 loader was always prompting for
network configuration information regardless of boot parameters.
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