From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joseph V Moss Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 21:50:17 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] disabling nics in efi. Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Have you tried just using the 'ksdevice=3Deth2' option to tell anaconda to use eth2 for the kickstart install? > I have a bunch of HP rx2600 that have two internal nics (10/100Mbit and 1= Gbit)=20 > and one external nic (1Gbit). Is it possible to disable the two internal= =20 > ones in efi so linux won't see them? I tried to use the disconnect comma= nd=20 > in the efi shell, but they still keep showing up when I boot up linux. > I used=20 > disconnect 4C > disconnect 49 > and they report successful operation. Am I missing the point completely? >=20 > I also tried the reserve=3D boot option to avoid linux to probe them, but= that=20 > didn't work either. I probably computed the iobase and extents wrong. D= o=20 > anyone know how to determine the correct parameters? >=20 > The reason for wanting to disable the internal nics is that the redhat=20 > installer insists on fetching the kickstart file over eth0 when doing=20 > installations over the network and the external nic that I want to use=20 > becomes eth2. >=20 > Any hints is greatly appreciated. >=20 > Best regards, > Roy. > --=20 >=20 > The Computer Center, University of Troms=F8, N-9037 TROMS=D8, Norway. > phone:+47 77 64 41 07, fax:+47 77 64 41 00 > Roy Dragseth, High Performance Computing System Administrator > Direct call: +47 77 64 62 56. email: royd@cc.uit.no >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 >=20