Re: fai for boss
Rajesh pant wrote: > hello all, > i need to install BOSS, indian version of linux, a debian distribution, > using fai. > could you please guide me how to proceed. Check the multi-distribution howtos in the wiki. Basically, you need to do similar things as if you install Ubuntu or Redhat (just dpkg-based distributions are a bit simpler, even). > what changes i have to make in an already configured fai server. You need a special base image for your distribution - you can make one with the debootstrap of that distribution. Henning -- Henning Sprang http://www.sprang.de +49 (0) 176 82188257
Re: Changing the BIOS boot order in linux
> There might be a dirty way: > > Write a FAI script or a hook for the final part of the installation. > This script changes the pxe configuration in such a way that the node > does not boot locally but it boots a DOS image. > This DOS image contains tools for setting the NVRAM and CMOS. Create a > CMOS-image which has the right boot order. After the next reboot the > nodes boots from a local disk. This is intriguing, I take it you can use this method for BOIS updates too (on hardware that it'll work with of course..) -- $ echo "kpfmAdpoofdufevq/dp/vl" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge'
No SERVER in my boot.log
Hi list! I have a strange problem. My FAI installation works quite fine; just I cannot make faimond work. I have been digging a bit and I found that faimond variable is set in task_confdir() in subroutines-linux. The code tests if $monserver has been set (where could I set this) and in case it's not set, it sets this to the value of $SERVER. Just $SERVER is empty as well while all other variables which I expect in boot.log (like $NETMARK, $IPADDR, ...) are set. I tried setting monserver in my DEFAULT.var so it would not get overwritten with the empty value of $SERVER, but this also doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Regards, Torsten
Re: No SERVER in my boot.log
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:56:32 +0200, Torsten Schlabach > said: > I have been digging a bit and I found that faimond variable is set in > task_confdir() in subroutines-linux. The code tests if $monserver has > been set (where could I set this) and in case it's not set, it sets this > to the value of $SERVER. > Just $SERVER is empty as well while all other variables which I expect > in boot.log (like $NETMARK, $IPADDR, ...) are set. Check your dhcpd.conf. IIRC it's server-name. > I tried setting monserver in my DEFAULT.var so it would not get > overwritten with the empty value of $SERVER, but this also doesn't seem > to work. FAI need the variable monserver before the script class/*.var are executed. So, it's too late to the this variable there. -- regards Thomas
Re: No SERVER in my boot.log
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:23:58 +0200, Torsten Schlabach > said: > No if I don't do DHCP, my only option would be to define monserver in > fai.conf? Yep. Good idea. -- regards Thomas
fai-quickstart & tftpd-hpa
Can I safely uninstall fai-quickstart on my FAI server? I don't want to mess up my FAI system. I just want to uninstall tftpd-hpa. And fai-quickstart has a dependency on tftpd-hpa.
Re: fai-quickstart & tftpd-hpa
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:54:15 -0500, "John G. Heim" > said: > Can I safely uninstall fai-quickstart on my FAI server? Hi John, sure you can. It's just a package for easier installation packages that are needed by a default FAI setup. -- regards Thomas
mysql-server installed by FAI?
Is there anyone around who has gathered some experience installing mysql server within FAI? Apparently, the _existing_ debconf template "start_on_boot" isn't obeyed, and I'm running into trouble with the setting for the root password. I'd appreciate if you'd be willing to share your ideas. Cheers, Steffen
