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Bug#606515: marked as done (Preseed installation does not wait for network to be ready)

Your message dated Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:38:54 +0000
with message-id <E1Pm154-00027i-WF@franck.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#606515: fixed in netcfg 1.60
has caused the Debian Bug report #606515,
regarding Preseed installation does not wait for network to be ready
to be marked as done.

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Package: network-preseed
Version: 1.41


We are experiencing problems automatically installing Debian Lenny on a number 
of dedicated servers using PXE and preseed.
Our setup works correctly with some hardware configurations, while others give 
a "Failed to retrieve the preconfiguration file" error message.

If we manually press "Continue" and tell Debian installer to fetch the 
preconfiguration file a second time from the menu, installation does work 
properly.


I suspect the reason it does not work the first time is that Debian installer 
does not bother to wait before the network link is ready, before attempting to 
fetch the preconfiguration file.
When I press alt-F4 and look at the messages it shows:

==
23:15:29 main-menu[1624]: INFO: menu item 'network-preseed' selected
23:15:32 kernel: eth0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex Flow control: none
==

So if I understand the messages correctly the network-preseed routine is 
executed 3 seconds before the link is actually up?



We assign a static network configuration to the servers using boot parameters  
like this:

==
kernel http://INSTALL-SERVER/main/installer-
amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux 
netcfg/choose_interface=auto debian-installer/locale=en_US kbd-
chooser/method=us console-keymaps-at/keymap=us netcfg/disable_dhcp=true 
netcfg/get_ipaddress=$ip netcfg/get_netmask=$netmask 
netcfg/get_gateway=$gateway netcfg/get_nameservers=127.0.0.1 
netcfg/get_hostname=$hostname netcfg/get_domain= preseed/url=http://INSTALL-
SERVER/kickstart.php/debian-preseed

(where $ip $netmask $gateway and $hostname is filled in with the information of 
the server being provisioned)
==


KVM over IP screenshot of the error message: 
http://image.bayimg.com/gabigaade.jpg
Screenshot of the messages: http://image.bayimg.com/gabihaade.jpg



Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos

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--- Begin Message --- 
Source: netcfg
Source-Version: 1.60

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
netcfg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

netcfg-static_1.60_i386.udeb
  to main/n/netcfg/netcfg-static_1.60_i386.udeb
netcfg_1.60.dsc
  to main/n/netcfg/netcfg_1.60.dsc
netcfg_1.60.tar.gz
  to main/n/netcfg/netcfg_1.60.tar.gz
netcfg_1.60_i386.udeb
  to main/n/netcfg/netcfg_1.60_i386.udeb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 606515@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Matt Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org> (supplier of updated netcfg package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:59:07 +1100
Source: netcfg
Binary: netcfg netcfg-static
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.60
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Matt Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>
Description: 
 netcfg     - Configure the network (udeb)
 netcfg-static - Configure a static network (udeb)
Closes: 399071 414117 496647 606515 610553
Changes: 
 netcfg (1.60) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Matt Palmer ]
   * Increase the frequency of DHCP discover packets sent during DHCP
     configuration using udhcpc.  This should ameliorate some problems with
     DHCP configuration when a link is slow to become available.
     Thanks to Ferenc Wagner for the patch.
   * Clarify the requirements for hostnames.  Closes: #399071.
   * Modify ethtool-lite so that it distinguishes between "ethtool failed"
     and "ethtool says link is down".  This should reduce link up/link down
     confusion.  Closes: #496647.
   * Wait for up to 3 seconds (in 0.25s increments) looking for the link on
     an interface.  Add a progress bar to show the progress of this
     operation.  Closes: #414117.
   * Wait for link detection on static interface configuration.
     Closes: #606515.
   * Release DHCP lease at the completion of the install.  Closes: #610553.
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