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<DIV>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</DIV>
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<DIV>Thomas<BR>--- On <B>Sat, 2/7/09, Robin Lee Powell <I><rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org><BR>Subject: Re: Dual NIC = hang<BR>To: "Roel van der Made" <rvandermade@ebay.com><BR>Cc: linux-fai@uni-koeln.de<BR>Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 4:11 AM<BR><BR><PRE>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"
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> 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/linux-fai@uni-koeln.de/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
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