initiramfs-tools: configure_network retry indefinitely option
Bug #1489979 reported by
Lucas Magasweran
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
initramfs network booting by default fails after a fixed number of attempts/timeout to configure the network. For example, in an automation environment with heavy DHCP usage, a system will give up trying to get a DHCP lease after 265 seconds. This will require manual intervention or a hardware watchdog to power-cycle the system in order to retry getting a DHCP lease.
This patch for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS adds a notimeout kernel command line for casper that tells configure_network to instead retry indefinitely with an increasing retry interval.
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