I posted this on May 12th, but here it is again: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-195.html " Bug fixes include: - Increase amount of time we wait for network controllers to establish a link " The exact patch to do this is below. In short, the default time to wait for a link was 5 seconds, is now 15, and can be set via the "linksleep=" command line parameter. Note: this feature was introduced in 9.1.2, so is present only in RHEL3U2, not even Fedora Core 2 (anaconda v10) from checking... diff -rc -C 1 anaconda-9.1/loader2/loader.c anaconda-9.1.2/loader2/loader.c *** anaconda-9.1/loader2/loader.c Fri Sep 26 22:38:41 2003 --- anaconda-9.1.2/loader2/loader.c Tue Apr 13 21:14:10 2004 *************** *** 88,89 **** --- 88,90 ---- + int num_link_checks = 15; *************** *** 528,529 **** --- 528,531 ---- loaderData->ethtool = strdup(argv[i] + 8); + else if (!strncasecmp(argv[i], "linksleep=", 10)) + num_link_checks = atoi(argv[i] + 10); else if (numExtraArgs < (MAX_EXTRA_ARGS - 1)) { diff -rc -C 1 anaconda-9.1/loader2/loader.h anaconda-9.1.2/loader2/loader.h *** anaconda-9.1/loader2/loader.h Mon Jul 7 23:50:55 2003 --- anaconda-9.1.2/loader2/loader.h Tue Apr 13 21:14:10 2004 *************** *** 94,95 **** --- 94,97 ---- + extern int num_link_checks; + /* 64 bit platforms, definitions courtesy of glib */ diff -rc -C 1 anaconda-9.1/loader2/net.c anaconda-9.1.2/loader2/net.c *** anaconda-9.1/loader2/net.c Thu Sep 4 20:57:24 2003 --- anaconda-9.1.2/loader2/net.c Tue Apr 13 20:57:37 2004 *************** *** 125,127 **** logMessage("waiting for link..."); ! while (tries < 5) { if (get_link_status(dev) != 0) --- 125,127 ---- logMessage("waiting for link..."); ! while (tries < num_link_checks) { if (get_link_status(dev) != 0) Cheers, Phil
