We have now confirmed that the problem is the NFS mounts in /etc/fstab.
Setting the NFS entries in fstab to "noauto" completely removes the problem:
There is no timeout during boot, and no lockup any more. The machine boote
smoothly with the NFS-shares unmounted. After the machine is up, we can
We tested the upstream kernel (3.8.0-030800rc7). The problem persists with the
upstream kernel, it is even worse: The machines hang *every time* during bootup.
After some timeout, I see
"Waiting for network configuration", then
"Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration",
after that
** Summary changed:
- Possible race condition causes boottime hang
+ Possible race condition with NFS mounts causes boottime hang
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