Hi, "Chris Rouch" <chris.rouch@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 2/7/07, Michael Welle <m.welle@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I do kickstart installations and try to assign a static ip >> address to the clients: >> >> network --device eth0 --hostname xx --ip xx.xx.xx.1 >> --bootproto static --nameserver xx.xx.xx.2 --gateway xx.xx.xx.3 >> --netmask 255.255.255.0 >> >> After a successful installation process the clients come up and try to >> reach a dhcp server (see dhcp discovers in a network trace). Since I >> have no dhcp server in this network the clients come up without a >> network connection. Seems like a bug to me (FC5 works as expected with >> the same setup). Any hints? > > I've seens something similar, but in my case I kickstarted one machine > and then moved the disk to the server I really wanted it on > afterwards. I assumed the network funnies were due to this. > > Your network stanza certainly looks ok to me. the order of the parameters seems to be irrelevant? > If you think it's a bug, put it in bugzilla. If you want a workaround, > save a working ifcfg-eth0 and copy it in place after the install, > either manually or via kickstart's postinstall (to put the file on the > system) and /etc/rc.local (to put it where it belongs after the > reboot). Thanks for the hint. I will implement that. Michael -- biff4emacsen - A biff-like tool for (X)Emacs http://www.c0t0d0s0.de/biff4emacsen/biff4emacsen.html
