Why the system deployed via kickstart does not comes up with network or IP address after installation ?
Issue
- Systems is deployed via kickstart.
- After installation when the system is booted, its network remains down and the interface name in
ifconfig
output is seen as__tmpXXXX
. - Observed this issue when using Intel NIC, where as when using Broadcom NIC there is no issue.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Any minor version)
- System deployed via Kickstart.
- Intel NICs on system.
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