Hi Colin,

Thanks for the reply,

But the problem is that we have lots of machines like that and we use
kickstart to automate the installation.
That's why i need the anaconda running with the nic.

Any idea?
Thanks!!


On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Colin Coe <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hmmm.
>
> OK, You have an installation CD but you can't install because of
> problems with the NIC.  Can you specify no networking when you
> install?  That way, once you have the node installed you can go back
> and get networking happening which should, in theory, be easy than in
> a install environment.
>
> CC
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Diego . <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry to insist, but i really need to install rhel5 on that machine...
> > Anyone can help me?
> >
> > thanks!!
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Diego . <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Colin,
> >>
> >> When i change the modules.alias, the eth0 "comes up". But dhcp on
> anaconda
> >> gives me the following:
> >> dhcp: ioctl SIOCGIFFLAGS failed: 19 No such device
> >> eth0 is not a wireless adapter
> >>
> >> If i setup manually the IP addres I get:
> >> sesult of pumpSetupInterface is pumSetupInterface failed: get link - 19:
> >> No such device
> >> only have one network device: eth0
> >> eth0 is not a wireless adapter
> >>
> >> My guess is that or could be something about the firmware, or how this
> >> version of anaconda works. I tried rhel6 and the driver loads fine, and
> i
> >> can ping a server. But kickstart gives me and error: no method for
> cmdline,
> >> and if i change boot options the maximum i get is no image files to
> install
> >> error.
> >>
> >> I tried also uncompressing the inirtd.img of the original rhel5 and
> added
> >> the kernel on rhel6 bootcd puting all the modules under /modules.cgz,
> and
> >> here i have some problems making anaconda load e1000e module.
> >>
> >> So i'm a little bit lost here :)
> >>
> >> thanks for the patienca!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Colin Coe <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Just re-read the original post.  Does the NIC ever come up?  What
> >>> happens if you specify an address rather than using DHCP?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=4024463&lang=en&cc=uk&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=4024462&taskId=135
> >>>
> >>> The above link does not show RHEL or Fedora support although it does
> list
> >>> Suse.
> >>>
> >>> Have you tried rhel6 beta 2, just released?  What about Fedora 13?
> >>>
> >>> CC
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Diego . <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> > @trevor:
> >>> > I tried rhel6 beta boot CD, using the anaconda on that CD and the one
> >>> > with
> >>> > the rhel.. still the same problem.
> >>> > @Colin:
> >>> > How can i increase dhcp timeout?
> >>> > passing nicdelay=90 will  to the kernel at isolinux.cfg will work?
> >>> > Thanks for the quick reply!
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Colin Coe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Wild guess, is the switch the dc6000 plugs into have spanning tree
> >>> >> enabled?  This can cause a 50 second delay before the port is usable
> >>> >> which may be long enough for DHCP time out.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> CC
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Diego . <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> >> > Hello!
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > I have a install boot CD, which i use with kickstart to install
> >>> >> > rhel5 on
> >>> >> > workstations, with kernel version 2.6.18-92.el5
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > My problem comes with hp dc6000, the install cd can't get the eth
> >>> >> > up, so
> >>> >> > can't download the ks file nor reach other install images.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > The ethernet model is:
> >>> >> > Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > The driver it needs is the e1000e.ko, which is included on the
> >>> >> > /etc/modules.cgz on the install boot CD. Also i added a new alias
> on
> >>> >> > modules.alias for the card:
> >>> >> > alias pci:v00008086d000010DEsv*sd*bc*sc*i* e1000e
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > But when acandona runs it shows me the ethernet screen
> >>> >> > configuration,
> >>> >> > asking
> >>> >> > me or manual or dhcp config. DHCP never works
> >>> >> > If I change the terminal during this, i can see this message:
> >>> >> > eth is not a wireless card
> >>> >> > dhcp fails
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Any tip or help?
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Thanks!!
> >>> >> >
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