On May 27, 2011, at 15:48, Randall Martin wrote:
> I’m having trouble installing SL6 on a Dell PE1950 via PXE kickstart.
Works for me:
# dmidecode |grep Product
Product Name: PowerEdge 1950
# lspci|grep Ethernet
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit
Ethernet (rev 11)
> The node boots and loads the installer, but I get a message “Waiting for
> NetworkManager to configure eth0” followed by the error “Network Error: There
> was an error configuring your network interface”. It looks like the bnx2
> ethernet driver isn’t loaded. What is the procedure to add this driver to
> initrd in the install media? Would creating a driver update image that is
> referenced in the kickstart file be a more elegant solution?
When we have trouble with PXE installs, it usually turns out that the switch
port was forgotten too be set to "portfast".
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