dhcptimeout command line option is ignored by Anaconda in RHEL 5 and RHEL 6
Issue
- Anaconda documentation lists "dhcptimeout" as a valid parameter for anaconda. When I pass
dhcptimeout=300to anaconda, dhcp gives up after 45-60 seconds (the default timeout). See/usr/share/doc/anaconda-13.\*/command-line.txtfor more information. -
Anaconda is started with the command line option
dhcptimeout=150, but it stops sending DHCPDISCOVER requests after only 60 seconds:boot: linux dhcptimeout=150 ks=http://server.example.com/ks.cfg
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3 and earlier
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.7 and earlier
- A "slow" network where responses from the DHCP server may take longer than 60 seconds
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