ubuntu-installer tries to download ISO before DHCP finishes

[Drew Weaver]

Hello,

I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 via ipxe on a Dell R660xs.

When the system boots up it tries to download the ubuntu-server ISO before the NIC gets done coming up.

I've tried adding bootdelay=1000 nicdelay=1000, etc etc to the kernel line but no matter what it always tries to download the ISO before the NIC is done getting an IP address.

This only happens on this hardware as far as I know. I've tried reporting this as a bug but busybox doesn't have ubuntu-bug.

[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

This is also broken in 23.04 as well

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[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

Just trying to get this bug looked at by a human at some point. Been trying for weeks.

[Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Bug reporting is about finding & fixing problems thus preventing future users from hitting the same bug.

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

> I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 via ipxe on a Dell R660xs.

What exactly are you booting via ipxe?

[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

Okay can you just fix the bug or tell me how I can fix it?

On Wed, Sep 6, 2023, 3:05 PM Erich Eickmeyer <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> Bug reporting is about finding & fixing problems thus preventing future
> users from hitting the same bug.
>
> I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg.
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your
> problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or
> https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at
> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709.
>
> ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Package changed: debian-installer (Ubuntu) => subiquity (Ubuntu)
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2034566
>
> Title:
> ubuntu-installer tries to download ISO before DHCP finishes
>
> Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 via ipxe on a Dell R660xs.
>
> When the system boots up it tries to download the ubuntu-server ISO
> before the NIC gets done coming up.
>
> I've tried adding bootdelay=1000 nicdelay=1000, etc etc to the kernel
> line but no matter what it always tries to download the ISO before the
> NIC is done getting an IP address.
>
> This only happens on this hardware as far as I know. I've tried
> reporting this as a bug but busybox doesn't have ubuntu-bug.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/2034566/+subscriptions
>
>

[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

This is what ipxe is loading but that shouldn't really matter given that this exact same process works on 8 other Dell server models.

:ubuntu22
kernel Ubuntu22.04/vmlinuz ksdevice=bootif autoinstall ks=http://10.1.0.1/Ubuntu/ks1604.cfg ip=dhcp url=http://10.1.0.1/uefi/Ubuntu22.04/ubuntu-22.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso ds=nocloud-net;s=http
://10.1.0.1/Ubuntu20/ initrd=initrd rootdelay=20
initrd Ubuntu22.04/initrd
boot

Can anyone explain why nobody has looked at this yet?

[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

Also I wanted to point out that it even says while it is booting:

initramfs: Begin: waiting up to 180 secs for any network device to become available ... done.

Then 3 seconds later it shows the ISC DHCP header and it starts trying to get an IP address.

After that it tries to do DHCP on the DRAC (lol) and the two NICs then before DHCP responds back with an IP address it starts trying to netboot and download the ISO.

[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

Also instead of just marking this incomplete it would be rad if you could tell me exactly what you need me to send you to convince you that this is a real problem and it's happening on 80 servers.

[Drew Weaver (aweaver614)]

Okay a workaround for this is adding: modprobe.blacklist=cdc_ether modprobe.blacklist=usbnet to the kernel line.

This means that ubuntu is trying to use the DRAC as a network interface to download the ISO file (lol).

Are you ever going to look at this?

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

possibly a duplicate of bug #2037202