How to disable "biosdevname" during the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ?

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Issue

  • The installed RHEL-6 servers should have "ethX" network interface device names instead of new "emX".
  • How to disable "biosdevname" during the attended installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ?
  • How to disable "biosdevname" during the automated installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through kickstart file or PXE ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • biosdevname
  • PXE
  • kickstart

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