On 2/7/09 12:14 AM, "Robin Lee Powell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:59:26PM -0500, Ryan Steele wrote: >> There have been quite a few threads on this, and it seems to be a >> common sticking point. The workaround I used involved editing >> the initrd and editing some of the scripts and arguments to the >> embedded ipconfig binary which makes the request to the DHCP >> server. The thread describing my fix starts here: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01553.html > > Given the level of difficulty involved in cracking open an initrd > (not that it's *hard*, just tedious and way more than just altering > a config file or a script) is this going to be rolled into FAI > proper at some point? I tend to have this work-around'ed by always have the server pxe-boot from the first NIC (these are Dell 1950's, 2950's, MX1000 blades etc.) AND use a >= 2.6.24 kernel for FAI nfsroot install. This works fine for me, we have Dell deliver our servers with the bios pre-configured like this. Currently we are in several projects where we're FAI'ing hundreds of servers :) > -Robin Luck, Roel.
