Mike Horansky wrote: > [...] >>- are you using fai on an Ubuntu machine to install UBuntu, or on a >>debian machine to install Ubuntu? > > > My buildserver is debian sarge i386.
I assume you mean installserver, say, the machine where the fai-server package is installed? (please use that word, it's more clear and it's the word we use all over). > For i386 Dapper, I run > make-fai-nfsroot on the sarge buildserver. For amd64 Dapper I > installed fai-server (2.10.5 from the FAI repository) on a preexisting > Dapper-amd64 box and ran make-fai-nfsroot there, then copied the > generated nfsroot over to the sarge buildserver. That is not exactly a way how FAI is intended to be used. The standard way to use FAI is to install the same distribution as the one on the install server. In the Wiki it's documented how you can use FAI to install other distributions, and I made some extra packages for this. Having another distribution, plus another CPU Bitness is an even more complex scenario. > [...] > I noticed FAI packages in the ubuntu repository, but they are 2.10.1 > only. It didn't occur to me that they may have specific fixes for > ubuntu. > But they have as far as I know :) See launchpad.net > >> In the case you are trying to install Ubuntu from a Debian machine, >>then it's not intended behaviour to try installing Ubuntu in the >>NFSRoot, there's a different method installing other distributions >>than the one of the install server, where the nfsroot is always the >>same as the distribution and version running on the server, only the >>base image changes. > > > If this is not considered a bug with upstream FAI, I can just document > the tweak in the FAI wiki somewhere. It's a good idea to document that, first, maybe in the multidistribution section. (the packages I made for this are a bit oudated, so you could add a section about dapper amd64.) If you find time, please try if the original dapper packages fix the problem. > [...] > I understand, though, if this is not germaine to the upstream FAI. We, should see what we can do to incorporate the fixes done in Ubuntu in upstream FAI, as long as they don't interfere with correct function in standard Debian. Henning -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
