IP-Config no response after 2 secs giving up...

[bookie]

Hi guys!
I have decided to install Debian 8 on my main server...
I have disabled the on board network card because I have two separate network cards for this server...
the first card eth0 is for my puplic network (internet connection)
the second card eth1 is for my clonezilla server installation....
I have installed dd-wrt on my router and have a reserved ip addresses for all my computers...to keep tabs on them...
If I check "ip a" it shows the above as is....
I have also added the ip information to my /etc/network/interfaces to reflect the above...
When setting up clonezilla server it sees the two above cards and they are automatically set to the /etc/network/interfaces file
The only problem with the above was clonezilla wanted a DNS server setup and recommends adding the information to /etc/resolv.conf so I have added google and my gateway which fixed my internet problems after installing clonezilla...
I have also added nvidia for my old GeForce 9600 GT card ...should mention after reboot I had 640x480 resolution which i fixed by adding the right HorizSync and VertFresh to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file...)

All the above probably has nothing to do with my message on screen att start up...

Both my network cards are listed and then the following message:
IP-Config no response after 2 secs giving up....

I have read about the IP-Config on many threads and wondered why I am getting it on Debian 8?

Is there a way to remove this info from start up?

bookie

[bw123]

Kind of confusing the way you describe it. You have a server with X that runs clonezilla, and you installed debian on it?

And you see this ip-config error at boot time with your two interfaces listed?

Do both interfaces work correctly?

have read about the IP-Config on many threads

If you post some links to the threads, someone might have a better idea how to help.

[bookie]

Hi bw123
Don't worry I confuse myself all the time...
I have a server that has Debian 8 installed on it and have installed the software for Clonezilla Server in Debian...
I have set up everything as usual and get the title message when debian boots...
Here are a couple of links that talk about the same message...
I am not booting pxe...just standard boot...
http://askubuntu.com/questions/330832/u ... after-secs
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1501700

bookie

[bookie]

Hi again!
This is obviously a problem that has been around for a long time that seems to survive to newer versions...but no solution...
Find it strange with it being discussed many times at Ubuntu....a bug like this shouldn't be around now...

bookie

[dilberts_left_nut]

Looks like a PXE boot error (so, is your hardware and not related to any OS).
Turn off 'network boot' in your BIOS/EFI.

[bookie]

pxe boot not turned on...

[dilberts_left_nut]

Maybe in the firmware of one of your new NIC's?

[bookie]

Hi again!
Well, I did:

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$ sudo hwinfo --short

This gave me:
eth0 Realtek RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
eth1 D-Link DFE-530 TX rev c

when I look at the list of supported nic's for Debian 8 I can't find my version....

Unless someone knows different?

bookie

[bookie]

Hi guys!
I went out and bought a new nic with the same realtek R8111/8168

Well, I downloaded the R8168 driver directly from Realtek and installed that...

I can run:

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$ sudo ethtool -i eth1

This gives me:

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driver: r8168
version: 8.043.02-NAPI
firmware-version: 
bus-info: 0000:09:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

so...the driver is being used....
It didn't change anything on start up...same message...
If I removed my D-Link i didn't get any message...
When I added another nic (the same type) the message is back even if it shows the driver installed on both of the nics...

So, I don't think it is hardware related...

Anymore ideas?

bookie

[leopard]

Have you tried to pass a boot parameter:

"ethdev_timeout=[number of seconds]" ?