Re: Queries about netboot deployment of Debian Squeeze
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:29:08PM +0200, Stefan Midjich wrote:
> 2011/6/14 John Morrissey <jwm@horde.net>:
> > I ran into this, too. d-i probably hasn't read your preseed file at the
> > point it's configuring the network, so try setting the timeout earlier,
> > such as on the kernel command line:
> >
> > LABEL squeeze
> > kernel squeeze/amd64/vmlinuz
> > append [...] netcfg/dhcp_timeout=90
>
> Unfortunately I could not get the dhcp timeout problem under control.
> It was already the third d-i line from the top, making it the second
> under netcfg/choose_interface made no difference.
So it sounds like you've tried different positions in your preseed file, but
have you tried setting netcfg/dhcp_timeout=90 on the kernel command line, as
I described?
How are you having the installer retrieve your preseed file (initrd, file,
or network)?
john
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