echo "starting network $BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS" t=0 while ! BOOT_INTERFACE=$(find_interface "$BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"); do t=`expr "$t" + 5` if [ "$t" -gt 10 ]; then break fi sleep 5 done if [ -z "$BOOT_INTERFACE" ]; then err_msg "Could not find an interface that owns MAC: $BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS" troubleshoot fi readonly BOOT_INTERFACE ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" up if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then sleep 10 ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" up if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then err_msg "Failed to ifconfig up $BOOT_INTERFACE" troubleshoot fi fi ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" "$BOOT_IP_ADDRESS" netmask "$BOOT_NETMASK" route add default gw $BOOT_GATEWAY echo "pinging to boot server $BOOT_SERVER" w=30 while [ $w -gt 0 ]; do ping -c 5 -q "$BOOT_SERVER" > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then break fi sleep 1 w=`expr $w - 5` done echo "network ready"