From 21a42d450e169ece3d1feef6ebef92aad5f2e635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:41:02 -1000
Subject: Do not prompt for NIC selection in cmdline mode (#492586)

If we need to ask the user which NIC to use and are in cmdline mode,
tell them we cannot do that and exit.
---
 loader/net.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'loader')

diff --git a/loader/net.c b/loader/net.c
index 84ddd7a6d..3a3fae9d1 100644
--- a/loader/net.c
+++ b/loader/net.c
@@ -1791,6 +1791,15 @@ int chooseNetworkInterface(struct loaderData_s * loaderData) {
         logMessage(WARNING, "wanted netdev with link, but none present.  prompting");
     }
 
+    if (FL_CMDLINE(flags)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "No way to determine which NIC to use, and cannot "
+                        "prompt in cmdline\nmode.  Halting.\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Please use the ksdevice= parameter to specify the "
+                        "device name (e.g., eth0)\n or the MAC address of "
+                        "the NIC to use for installation.\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
     startNewt();
 
     if (max > 70)
-- 
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