Hi Robert,
I would appreciate it if you update the Wiki!
I operate a wheezy FAI-server with wheezy workstations since quite some
time.
Additionaly I operate a couple of Ubuntu server machines (10.04 LTS,
12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS). Now I plan to also automate the
installation/configuration process using FAI, but I definitely prefer to
use Ubuntu LTS for servers.
Therefore I started to setup a FAI-server for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machines
recently (I already made some posts concerning it on 7 and 8 July).
In the meantime I got it to work with the following setup:
FAI-server machine: wheezy (same as for wheezy-workstations)
nfsroot: wheezy (same as for wheezy-workstations)
config: separate config space for Ubuntu 14.04 (based on the
wheezy-config, but adapted to Ubuntu)
I tried to setup an Ubuntu 14.04 nfsroot, but I had quite some problems
hence I now use the wheezy nfsroot (as suggested by answers to my posts)
Specials:
- I created a Ubuntu 14.04 basefile according to your wiki
- /var/lib/fai/config was not created during installation => I had to
add a script which creates this folder during the installation (or else
softupdates will fail as the config-space cannot be mounted...)
With this setup, I could successfully install a new Ubuntu-machine and
integrate it in my Linux Network.
However, I didn't manage to get a working graphical interface (GDM/gnome).
But this doesn't matter so much for me, as I plan to use this setup to
install Ubuntu server machines, for those a graphical interface is not
necessarily required (only a "nice-to-have").
I'd definitely like to test your instructions once they are published
Regards
René
On 09/19/2014 11:56 AM, Robert Markula wrote:
Hey guys,
I would like to update the Wiki page on Ubuntu [1] with instructions on
how to install and run FAI 4.2.4 on Ubuntu 14.04 using a Ubuntu 14.04
NFSroot and installing Ubuntu 14.04 on the clients.
The current information about Ubuntu 12.04 is deprecated (12.04 is still
supported but the current LTS is 14.04) and partly incorrect. Would that
be okay with you?
Also, I managed to get FAI 4.2.4 working on Ubuntu 14.04 using a *Debian
Wheezy* NFSroot and installing Ubuntu 14.04 on the clients. Is there any
need for this constellation?
It would be great if some of you could help me testing the instructions
once they are published.
Cheers,
Robert
[1] http://wiki.fai-project.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_Linux_with_FAI
