@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ nova show $NAME | grep status | grep -q ACTIVE

 IP=`nova show $NAME | grep "private network" | cut -d"|" -f3`

 # ping it once (timeout of a second)

-ping -c1 -w1 $IP

+ping -c1 -w1 $IP || true

+

+# sometimes the first ping fails (10 seconds isn't enough time for the VM's 

+# network to respond?), so let's wait 5 seconds and really test ping

+sleep 5

+

+ping -c1 -w1 $IP 

 # shutdown the server

 nova delete $NAME