Help with NetworkManager

[Terry Polzin]

On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 16:41 -0400, j.e.aneiros wrote:
> No, it is not necessary 'cause I'm giving the entry hd:sdb1, and
> that's working, but thanks anyways.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Terry Polzin <foxec208 at wowway.com>
> wrote:
>         
>         On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 16:23 -0400, j.e.aneiros wrote:
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         >
>         > I hope this is the right place for posting this question.
>         >
>         >
>         > I'm trying to perform an installation using kickstart and I
>         having a
>         > hard time trying to disable NetworkManager during the time
>         previous to
>         > the real installation, it says it is trying to configure
>         eth0.
>         >
>         >
>         > I'm using a CDROM based installation with a kickstart file
>         on a USB
>         > memory. The line I'm typing for the kernel is as follows:
>         >
>         >
>         > linux ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg
>         >
>         >
>         > I also tried
>         >
>         >
>         > linux ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg nonet noipv6
>         >
>         >
>         > But still getting the timeout popup message.
>         >
>         >
>         > I don't want any human intervention during the install,
>         besides
>         > putting the CD in and taking it out.
>         >
>         >
>         > I need to have the network configured to access the machine
>         via ssh
>         > after the reboot. All this is intended for remote install
>         purposes in
>         > several machines.
>         >
>         >
>         > Any suggestion will be of help.
>         >
>         >
>         > Thanks in advance.
>         >
>         > --
>         > J. E. Aneiros
>         > GNU/Linux User #190716 en http://counter.li.org
>         > perl -e
>         >
>         '$_=pack(c5,0105,0107,0123,0132,(1<<3)+2);y[A-Z][N-ZA-M];print;'
>         > PK fingerprint: 5179 917E 5B34 F073 E11A  AFB3 4CB3 5301
>         4A80 F674
>         >
>         >
>         
>         
>         I think you need to specify that your ks file is
>         on /dev/sdb1/ks.cfg  /ks.cfg may be leading the installer to
>         believe
>         that the ks file is on /dev/sda someplace/
>         
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> 
> -- 
> J. E. Aneiros
> GNU/Linux User #190716 en http://counter.li.org
> perl -e
> '$_=pack(c5,0105,0107,0123,0132,(1<<3)+2);y[A-Z][N-ZA-M];print;'
> PK fingerprint: 5179 917E 5B34 F073 E11A  AFB3 4CB3 5301 4A80 F674
> 

OK have you tried putting a fixed IP address on the port? NM is probably
sending out a DHCP request that is not being responded to, regardless of
it's use during the install process you may want to 
address it.