Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.80 Severity: normal I'm still getting the timeouts on root mount refered to in bug 359926. With this version of initramfs-tools the retry fails without really retrying and it enters a loop. After 180s it times out and drops to a panic shell. IP is configured since I can ping the client. On the server I see this in syslog:
Sep 28 17:58:01 hal dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 via eth0 Sep 28 17:58:01 hal dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.8 to00:40:63:cc:0f:d Sep 28 17:58:03 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8(192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:03 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 Sep 28 17:58:03 hal atftpd[4096]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 192.168.0.8:207 Sep 28 17:58:03 hal atftpd[4096]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 192.168.0.8:207 Sep 28 17:58:03 hal atftpd[4096]: Serving pxelinux.cfg/01-00-40-63-cc-0 Sep 28 17:58:03 hal atftpd[4096]: Serving pxelinux.cfg/orac.menu to 192 Sep 28 17:58:08 hal atftpd[4096]: Serving vmlinuz to 192.168.0.8:57091 Sep 28 17:58:11 hal atftpd[4096]: Serving initrd.img to 192.168.0.8:570 Sep 28 17:58:29 hal dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 via eth0 Sep 28 17:58:29 hal dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d Sep 28 17:58:29 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8 (192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:29 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 Sep 28 17:58:30 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8 (192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:30 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 Sep 28 17:58:30 hal mountd[4554]: authenticated mount request from orac Sep 28 17:58:56 hal dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 via eth0 Sep 28 17:58:56 hal dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d Sep 28 17:58:56 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8 (192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:56 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 Sep 28 17:58:57 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8 (192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:57 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 Sep 28 17:58:58 hal dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 via eth0 Sep 28 17:58:58 hal dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d Sep 28 17:58:58 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8 (192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:58 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 Sep 28 17:58:59 hal dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.8 (192.168.0.4) fr Sep 28 17:58:59 hal dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.8 to 00:40:63:cc:0f:d0 First off the boot rom does DHCP and gets pxelinux.0 from TFTP, that then gets the config files and after a timeout boots the default vmlinuz and initrd.img. The kernel then runs and eventually the first DHCP from scripts/nfs runs, That works and an nfsmount is run. The first nfsmount results in the mountd message (with no delay) but that first nfsmount does time out and then 26 secods later scripts/nfs goes back to running ipconfig. scripts/nfs seems to get screwed up here since the nfsmount does not get retried. The DISCOVER...ACK sequence repeats every 1 second until the 180 second timeout and then I guess it ends up it a shell prompt since it won't find init. The previous version of initramfs-tools worked better than this, at least the second nfsmount would be tried and would usually succeed. I don't know the cause of this. I have NFSROOT=auto from /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf but I think that only has effect on the first pass through scripts/nfs: # get nfs root from dhcp if [ "x${NFSROOT}" = "xauto" ]; then NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${ROOTPATH} # nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>] elif [ -n "${NFSROOT}" ]; then # nfs options are an optional arg if [ "${NFSROOT#*,}" != "${NFSROOT}" ]; then NFSOPTS="-o ${NFSROOT#*,}" fi NFSROOT=${NFSROOT%%,*} if [ "${NFSROOT#:*}" = "$NFSROOT" ]; then NFSROOT=${ROOTSERVER}:${NFSROOT} fi fi The first time through this NFSROOT will start at "auto" but will end up as "192.168.0.4:/" or whatever ipconfig puts in ROOTSERVER,ROOTPATH. The second time through NFSROOT will be "x.x.x.x:/xxx" and it won't be changed. I think if ipconfig screws up the first time the retries will not correct it but will keep on trying to nfs mount with bad options. At least that's my guess as to what's happening. It might be better to split the ipconfig stage from the nfsmount stage and have both sit in a loop until they each succeed. At least then the ipconfig would work. I've never had ipconfig fail. It's not likely to either with PXE since the only way the initrd arrives is with the boot rom running DHCP and fetching pxelinux.0. So with PXE the DHCPD and TFTPD have both been woken up and tested before initramfs-tools does anything. -- Package-specific info: -- /proc/cmdline on the server root=LABEL=root -- /proc/cmdline on the clients boot=nfs 3 -- /proc/filesystems cramfs ext3 -- lsmod Module Size Used by unionfs 64896 0 savage 28416 1 drm 61556 2 savage nfsd 196644 17 exportfs 5504 1 nfsd ipv6 222304 42 p4_clockmod 5476 0 speedstep_lib 4548 1 p4_clockmod freq_table 4544 1 p4_clockmod dm_snapshot 16032 0 dm_mirror 18928 0 dm_mod 50424 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror cpufreq_userspace 4160 1 vt1211 19512 0 hwmon_vid 2624 1 vt1211 i2c_isa 4896 1 vt1211 mousedev 10788 1 eth1394 18052 0 snd_via82xx 25912 0 gameport 14344 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec 82720 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_bus 2368 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_mpu401_uart 7520 1 snd_via82xx snd_pcm_oss 35968 0 snd_pcm 74532 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 9512 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss 15872 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 3812 0 snd_seq_oss 28640 0 cx88_dvb 12356 12 cx88_vp3054_i2c 4288 1 cx88_dvb mt352 5956 1 cx88_dvb or51132 9252 1 cx88_dvb video_buf_dvb 6308 1 cx88_dvb dvb_core 69512 1 video_buf_dvb nxt200x 12036 1 cx88_dvb zl10353 4932 1 cx88_dvb cx24123 12168 1 cx88_dvb lgdt330x 7292 1 cx88_dvb cx22702 5892 1 cx88_dvb dvb_pll 12388 4 cx88_dvb,or51132,nxt200x,cx22702 cx88_blackbird 18332 0 cx8802 11428 2 cx88_dvb,cx88_blackbird firmware_class 9696 3 or51132,nxt200x,cx88_blackbird snd_seq_midi 8128 0 snd_rawmidi 22560 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 6976 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 46224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 20836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 7756 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq shpchp 34272 0 snd 48100 11 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device cx8800 29740 1 cx88_blackbird cx88xx 57732 4 cx88_dvb,cx88_blackbird,cx8802,cx8800 pci_hotplug 27196 1 shpchp serio_raw 6596 0 ir_common 27012 1 cx88xx ohci1394 30448 0 ieee1394 86584 2 eth1394,ohci1394 soundcore 9216 1 snd i2c_algo_bit 8328 2 cx88_vp3054_i2c,cx88xx via_agp 9632 1 ide_cd 35680 0 cdrom 32448 1 ide_cd via_ircc 23092 0 video_buf 22820 6 cx88_dvb,video_buf_dvb,cx88_blackbird,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx tveeprom 13808 1 cx88xx v4l2_common 14080 2 cx88_blackbird,cx8800 compat_ioctl32 1440 1 cx8800 v4l1_compat 12004 1 cx8800 btcx_risc 4744 3 cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx videodev 8928 3 cx88_blackbird,cx8800,cx88xx agpgart 29864 2 drm,via_agp psmouse 34600 0 evdev 9088 3 irda 162364 1 via_ircc crc_ccitt 2208 1 irda i2c_viapro 8148 0 i2c_core 19552 14 vt1211,i2c_isa,cx88_dvb,mt352,or51132,nxt200x,zl10353,cx24123,lgdt330x,cx22702,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_viapro rtc 12340 0 pcspkr 3040 0 8250_pnp 8704 0 thermal 12904 0 processor 25512 1 thermal fan 4516 0 button 6544 0 via_rhine 22248 0 mii 5312 1 via_rhine ide_disk 15072 6 via82cxxx 8292 0 [permanent] ide_core 111016 3 ide_cd,ide_disk,via82cxxx usbhid 36704 0 uhci_hcd 20424 0 ehci_hcd 28040 0 usbcore 111616 4 usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd nfs 194636 0 lockd 53256 3 nfsd,nfs nfs_acl 3552 2 nfsd,nfs sunrpc 137884 13 nfsd,nfs,lockd,nfs_acl ext3 118568 3 jbd 50292 1 ext3 mbcache 8324 1 ext3 -- kernel-img.conf link_in_boot = yes do_symlinks = yes relative_links = yes do_bootloader = no do_bootfloppy = no do_initrd = yes silent_modules = yes #postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub #postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii busybox 1:1.1.3-3 Tiny utilities for small and embed ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii klibc-utils 1.4.27-1 small statically-linked utilities ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii udev 0.100-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo initramfs-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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