>>>>> On Thu, 28 May 2009 12:56:15 +0200, Torsten Schlabach
>>>>> <tschlab...@gmx.net> said:
> To ask a simple question:
> There is no FAI install kernel anymore; FAI is using a stock Debian
> kernel now, right?
Yep, FAI is using a stock Debian kernel, which includes some
hooks/plugins for initramfs. We use the live-initramfs packages that
add some script into the initrd.
> Is there mabye a FAI initrd
You can find the "FAI initrd" inside the nfsroot. /srv/fai/nfsroot/...../boot
> system" howto it says "the NFS support must be statically compiled into
> the kernel".
That's not true nowadays.
> Also quite honestly I could use some pointer to understanding that /live
> dir in the initrd which is used by FAI today ... What's in there which
> is no longer in the NFS root for example? Does the whole install run out
> of the /live dir now?
That's part of live-initramfs, but you do not need to care about this.
FAI is runnung from /. AFAIK /live is only used during boot, before a
pivot_root is done.
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regards Thomas
