fixup initial faiserver bootstrap & small bugs

[automated-distro-installer] / pxe-server

diff --git a/pxe-server b/pxe-server
index eb9622acdb67446209a8bf841f2b923f50c3b75c..1f75adb61ebb3a443ae7a2e4e7029adc3a728991 100755 (executable)
--- a/pxe-server
+++ b/pxe-server
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ HOST makes the pxe server only for that specific host
 
 -h|--help  Print help and exit
 --         Subsequent arguments are never treated as options
--p         Persist. Otherwise, wait for 2 dhcp acks then remove.
+-p         Persist. Otherwise, wait for dhcp acks then remove.
 -r         Don't redeploy fai config.
+-a         Wait for 2 dhcp acks instead of the default 3. Some distros
+           do 2, some do 3.
 EOF
     exit $1
 }
@@ -47,12 +49,14 @@ EOF
 persist=false
 args=()
 redep=true
+acks=3
 while [[ $1 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         --) shift; break ;;
         -h|--help) usage ;;
         -r) redep=false; shift ;;
         -p) persist=true; shift ;;
+        -a) acks=2; shift ;;
         *) args+=("$1"); shift ;;
     esac
 done
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ fi
 
 case $type in
     :|true) persist=true ;;
+    arch) acks=2 ;;
 esac
 
 ##### end command line parsing ########
@@ -138,9 +143,10 @@ fi
 if ! $persist; then
     # fai's debian jessie 8.5ish does 2 dhcp requests when booting,
     # roughly 4 seconds apart. Earlier
-    # versions did just 1. Whatever.
-    echo "waiting for 3 dhcp acks then disabling pxe"
-    ack-wait 3
+    # versions did just 1. Now testing on a vm, it does 1.
+    # bleh.
+    echo "waiting for $acks dhcp acks then disabling pxe"
+    ack-wait $acks
     set-pxe :
     if [[ $type == fai ]]; then
         # fai server can contain sensitive info, so turn it off