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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0017596 | CentOS-8 | general | public | 2020-07-16 20:00 | 2020-07-16 21:29 |
| Reporter | alex4108 | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| OS | CentOS | OS Version | 8.1.1911 | ||
| Product Version | 8.1.1911 | ||||
| Summary | 0017596: Ethernet driver not present in preboot environment, can't kickstart on Intel Generation 8 or newer | ||||
| Description | When using an Intel NUC Generation 8 or later, and attempting to load a kickstart file over http, the console is flooded with: dracut-initqueue[pid]: Warning: dracut-initqueu timeout - starting timeout scripts The ethernet device on the system did not request a DHCP lease per the DHCP server's logs. The ethernet device does give a green status light showing physical link present, and the orange activity light flashes indicating traffic is passing. It appears the ethernet device isn't registering in the preboot environment. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | 1. Obtain hardware meeting criteria 2. Obtain any CentOS 8 installation media 3. Match my boot parameters: initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS-8-1-1911-x86_64 quiet nomodeset ks=http://<a remote URL to a kickstart file> 4. Observe timeout | ||||
| Additional Information | This may be reproducible on other systems using an integrated NIC and Intel processor generation 8 or newer. I don't have any additional hardware that's generation 8 or newer that isn't a NUC. Confirmed the reproduction using an Intel NUC8i7BEH and NUC10i7FNH I am able to work around this by attaching any generic USB NIC. The preboot environment detects the USB NIC and is able to fetch the kickstart file to perform the installation | ||||
| Tags | "firmware", 8.1, centos 8, dracut, kickstart | ||||
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-16 20:00 | alex4108 | New Issue | |
| 2020-07-16 20:00 | alex4108 | Tag Attached: "firmware" | |
| 2020-07-16 20:00 | alex4108 | Tag Attached: 8.1 | |
| 2020-07-16 20:00 | alex4108 | Tag Attached: centos 8 | |
| 2020-07-16 20:00 | alex4108 | Tag Attached: dracut | |
| 2020-07-16 21:27 | alex4108 | Tag Attached: kickstart |
