Bugzilla – Bug 426301
network installation with dhcp client looses ip configuration after first boot
Last modified: 2008-09-15 16:02:30 UTC
Hallo, I have a network configuration that need mandatory use of proxy, so, when I want to install OpenSuSE, I send a peculiary cmdline in pxe configuration: label install kernel linux append initrd=initrd splash=silent showopts install=http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/oss proxy=http://192.168.21.253:3128 dhcpcd=-G netsetup=dhcp gateway=192.168.21.253 ipv4only=1 kexec=1 Keytable=it Language=it_IT nomdns=1 As written in http://en.opensuse.org/Linuxrc, I pass the installation repository, the proxy address and the gateway using dhcp When Yast installation procedure makes the first boot for authomatic configuration, it popups an error message saying that Network is unreacheable "Failed to connect to 192.168.21.253: Network is unreacheable" Switching to console and typing ifconfig shows that only loopback device is up. if you type ifup eth0, eth0 will be configured and then switching back to yast, clicking retry you can continue installation procedure.
Additional comment: with ifup eth0 ethernet 0 goes configured as dhcp client but without the exception to the default gateway as asked by the original commandline: dhcpcd=-G netsetup=dhcp gateway=192.168.21.253 The network card simply gets and apply ALL the parameters sent by dhcp server.
yes, this is known issue already fixed in 11.1 (for 11.0 we can't fix for installation and later doesn't make sense) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 399645 ***
as workaround "rcnetwork restart" should be enough