[rhelv5-list] kickstart using ksdevice=link doesn't find the right NIC

[Jason Edgecombe]

Paul Krizak wrote:
> 'ksdevice=link' has always been flaky, IMHO.
>
> The workaround we use that works quite well is to use the IPAPPEND
> feature of PXELINUX.
>
> So for the pxelinux.cfg/<config> file, something like this:
>
> default linux
> label linux
>   kernel vmlinuz-rhel5c-u2-x86_64
>   append load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd-rhel5c-u2-x86_64.img network
> ksdevice=bootif ks=nfs:163.181.34.137:/path/to/ks-rhel5c-x86_64 text
> noipv6
>   IPAPPEND 2
>
> Notice the "ksdevice=bootif" and the "IPAPPEND 2".  These options work
> in conjunction to allow the PXE ROM to temporarily store the MAC of
> the device that it used in RAM, then kickstart can fetch that and use it.
>
> The benefit is that you can use any NIC in the system that supports
> PXE.  You configure the BIOS to boot from the NIC you want, and
> pxelinux and kickstart will take care of the rest.
Thanks for the info, but unfortunately, our network security guys won't
let me do pxe. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Jason