Robin, One solution that we've used was to use the bleeding edge version of live-initramfs, which uses ipconfig binary properly. Alternatively, you can go into the nfsroot and edit the do_netmount() function in the main live-initramfs script, then use update-initramfs, then copy the updated initrd to /srv/tftp/fai Thomas --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Robin Lee Powell <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Robin Lee Powell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Dual NIC = hang To: "Roel van der Made" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 4:11 AM On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 12:38:16AM +0100, Roel van der Made wrote: > > On 2/7/09 12:14 AM, "Robin Lee Powell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:59:26PM -0500, Ryan Steele wrote: > >> There have been quite a few threads on this, and it seems to be a > >> common sticking point. The workaround I used involved editing > >> the initrd and editing some of the scripts and arguments to the > >> embedded ipconfig binary which makes the request to the DHCP > >> server. The thread describing my fix starts here: > >> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01553.html > > > > Given the level of difficulty involved in cracking open an initrd > > (not that it's *hard*, just tedious and way more than just altering > > a config file or a script) is this going to be rolled into FAI > > proper at some point? > > I tend to have this work-around'ed by always have the server pxe-boot from > the first NIC (these are Dell 1950's, 2950's, MX1000 blades etc.) AND use a > >= 2.6.24 kernel for FAI nfsroot install. This works fine for me, we have > Dell deliver our servers with the bios pre-configured like this. We already *have* the hundreds of servers, and they're not configured like that. Regardless, a workaround is one thing, but FAI itself should be able to time out on a not-live NIC. -Robin -- They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something other than the default outcome?" -- http://shorl.com/tydruhedufogre http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/
