There are certainly some TS variables that you can add into the boot image to
slow down the reboot:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh273375.aspx
SMSTSAssignmentsDownloadInterval and Retry sound like places to start
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [mssms] Slow network stack can't even start task sequence
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:00:31 +0000
>
> Thanks to this list I have been reading about the interaction between fast
> SSDs and slow network stack initialization, SMSTSMPListRequestTimeout, &c.
>
> But I have a problem where the computer I am trying to deploy to will
> automatically reboot before starting a task sequence. Looking at smsts.log, I
> see that it can't find a management point and gives up.
>
> If I open a command prompt to interrupt the automatic reboot, I can see that
> the computer has no IP address when the task sequence gives up, but obtains
> an IP address a few seconds later.
>
> Is there a way to make the task sequence engine/bootstrapper/whatever wait a
> little longer to give the computer time to obtain an IP address before giving
> up? Would I have to use a pre-execution hook for that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
>
>
>
