Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installation failed to start when auto6 is used in network configuration
Issue
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 has some regressions on installer side as this is working fine with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1.
- The installer is unable to start and it just starts the
dracutconsole. - Using
auto6network configuration method. - In kickstart:
network --device=<macaddress> --ipv6=auto
- In boot parameter:
ks=file:/ks.cfg geoloc=0 hpsa_monitoring_agent=1 ifname=mynetdev:<macaddress> bootdev=mynetdev ip=mynetdev:auto6 nameserver=<ipv6 address>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
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