A slight optimization here could be to use in-kernel dhcp for init1 netbooting instead of packaging dhcpd and then sleeping for 5 seconds during the bootup to g

A slight optimization here could be to use in-kernel dhcp for init1 netbooting instead of packaging dhcpd and then sleeping for 5 seconds during the bootup to get a lease -- last time I tried it the in-kernel version ensures a lease is acquired before the init script is run.