Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 373611
network install fails with airo wireless
Last modified: 2008-08-02 19:40:35 EDT
Description of problem: Network install not possible with airo wireless. Returns immediately to the install media selection screen when http or ftp are selected. The console log indicates that Anaconda is not recognising the airo device as a network device. Excerpt from console log: INFO - modules to insert airo XXX YYY INFO - loaded airo from modules/modules.cgz INFO - inserted /tmp/airo.ko INFO - need to set up networking INFO - going to pick interface CRITICAL - no network device in chooseNetworkInterface Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F8 boot.iso How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot F8 boot.iso CD on PC with PCI airo wireless NIC 2. choose install or upgrade 3. follow to the install media selection screen and choose http or ftp Actual results: Returns to install media selection screen immediately Expected results: Network install continues using airo network device Additional info: Not tried on machines with other network cards yet (wireless or wired) - will try that next
By default we skip wireless devices -- does it work if you add 'allowwireless' to the kernel parameters?
Passing 'allowwireless' worked - Anaconda accepts HTTP media type selection and goes on to request wireless network details. Apologies - I should have found that myself in docs or code. Wireless network is then not working for me but that is another story and I expect a local issue :-)