I guess the problem is this: 2016-09-27T09:29:35.650626+00:00 wickedd-dhcp4[388]: Error: option 47 has zero length 2016-09-27T09:29:35.650654+00:00 wickedd-dhcp4[388]: Error: unable to parse DHCP4 response Given that the installer does not use NetBIOS broken NetBIOS scope is irrelevant and should not make it reject DHCP packets - if it's even broken that it is empty. Also I don't think the DHCP server specially crafts packets for the installer so if everything else works with explicitly specified empty NetBIOS scope the installer should also.