Summarizing my situation:
Client HW: HP
DL385
Client OS: RHEL3U5
The boot cd is mounted via the
virtual cdrom thru HP’s ILO port.
My isolinux.cfg contains the entry:
label ap10903-02-net
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=http://10.1.181.252/cgi-bin/avamar/dl385_data_node initrd=initrd.img
text
And on the boot: line I use:
Boot: ap10903-02-net ksdevice=eth0
ip=10.196.254.122 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.196.254.1 <nicdelay/linksleep=options>
I’ve
used both nicdelay and linksleep with values of 50, 500, 5000, and 50000 with no
discernable boot delays.
The result is:
I see
vmliniz and initrd loading.
I am
presented the “welcome to red hat linux” blue screen (I’m in
text mode)
Then
I see the usb and raid controller drivers load
Then
I see a “determine hostname and domain”
(
I think this is where the timeout occurs )
Then
I am prompted to “choose a language”
In a
different terminal window I am “pinging” the 10.196.154.122 IP during
the whole boot process. Once the “choose a language” prompt
appears, then the interface begins responding to my pings.
My next step is to include the Kickstart config
in the initrd.
If anyone sees any issues with my method,
please drop me a note.
Thanks
-Bill
From:
kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vivek.Kalia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:49
AM
To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: "pump"
times out -- extend a few seconds more?
Regarding experience of parameters
nicdelay=50 linksleep=50
I
used them today to circumvent the Anaconda "time-out" and can confirm
that they worked in the required manner.
My
previous http builds were failing to contact the apache server due to the
time-out. With these values in place, I could see Anaconda waiting about 50
seconds while the NIC initialised; the build then completed normally.
I
am still investigating the root cause of the time-out, but this seems a good
circumvention.
Vivek
Kalia
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