[lug] Redhat 7.2 Network Configuration Problems

[Hugh Brown]

After you set it up and it comes up as dhcp, use your favorite editor
and edit /etc/sysconfig/network and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

and be done with it.

Hugh

On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 12:16, Glenn Ashton wrote:
> 
> Experiencing weirdness with the KRUD 7.2 install using kickstart on
> a
> Dell Poweredge 2550.
> 
> Initially, the server configured itself (using Dell's tool to generate a
> kickstart script) for DHCP.  I didn't think this was an issue, for I
> thought I would merely use the handy graphical configurator to resetup the
> network to something I liked.  
> 
> Regrettably, logged in as root and using the Network Configuration tool
> supplied by Redhat actually did nothing as it would not save changes.
> 
> Next step was to try and drop the desire choices into the kickstart script
> and reinstall.  No joy, still DHCP.
> 
> Anyone have any similar issues with the Redhat Network Configurator?  Any
> suggestions?
> 
> My next step is to try the install by hand, and add the Dell supplied
> packages from the kickstart floppy (NIC,RAID card, etc).  Can you just
> specify these during the anaconda install or do you have to add them post
> install?
> 
> Boy this will teach me to not install Solaris! ;-)
> 
> -Glenn Ashton 
> 
> P.S.  It is also fair to suggest that "why don't you run netconfig?" but
> that didn't actually work either.  I am mostly curious as to why the
> latest and greatest seems to be so difficult to make work.
> 
> 
> 
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