>>>>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:49:22 +0200, Gordon Grubert
>>>>> <grub...@physik.uni-greifswald.de> said:
> Supermicro X8DTU. Sorry, but I could not find the exact
> network chipset description. On the server everything is
> running fine.
Run lspci (maybe from a live CD like grml) and you should see which
network card this is.
> In the nfsroot, the module igb.ko is present. Probably, it
> was copied by make-fai-nfsroot from the server (same
> architecture, kernel etc. on the server and the new client).
> Inside the nfsroot, the module is listed in the file
> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions in the
> function auto_add_modules(), too.
Yes, in my initrd the igb driver is also available. It seems to be
available by default.
> Booting the client, the PXE boot process begins, the
> initrd is loaded followed by:
> Monting root file system ... ...
> Uniform multi-platform E-ide-driver
> ... ide0 ...
> ... ide1 ...
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init!
Mmm, did you spacify boot-live in your pxelinux/cfg config file?
> I do not know, why the igb driver is obviously not found.
> IMHO, the testing of the ide modules (to find the root file
> system) is caused by the file (inside the nfsroot)
Why should IDE modules be needed when trying to mount the nfsroot? Do
you boot from network or from CD?
--
regards Thomas
