Re: Setting up nfsroot for x64 on x86-server?

hi, Am 07.01.2013 um 17:13 schrieb Thomas Lange : >> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:06:33 +0100, Sven Schumacher >> said: > >> is there a way, to set up an fai-config-server with nfsroot on an >> x86-based server, if the target-architecture is x64? > You mean creating an x64_64 (aka amd64) nf

Re: FAI performance

Am 25.09.2012 um 10:07 schrieb Thomas Neumann : >> so it would be better, to use ftp to transmit the big files. > two different entvironments and didn't know about the glory of revision > control systems. Tar'ing and copying 500MB of data gets old quite fast.] because: [...] "My config space is

Re: FAI performance

hi, Am 24.09.2012 um 17:30 schrieb Michał Dwużnik : > My config space is indeed in order of 10GB :> you mean where you have files and directories like "config/{class,debconf,disk_config ...}" ? over 10GB? It sounds like, that you transfer images etc. so it would be better, to use ftp to tra

Re: fai-guide for 4.0.3?

hi, Am 16.08.2012 um 16:39 schrieb Thomas Lange: > During the last FAI developers meeting in october 2011, some people > said, that they like to improve the FAI guide. the question is: what is missing ? I love writing, but in most cases I need a target, say something like: it would be great if

Re: Problem with su and sudo after installation

Am 05.07.2012 um 11:30 schrieb Katarzyna Myrek: > But they didn't help... looks for me like a PAM problem. Take a look into /var/log/auth.log also (for sudo) in /etc/sudoers cu denny

Re: install 32Bit-packages on 64Bit-system failed

Am 21.05.2012 um 11:14 schrieb Sabine Schmidt: > Hello, > > is it correct, that a nfsroot for Ubuntu precise 64Bit-architecture cannot > install packages for 32Bit-achitecture? I don't think so: # apt-cache search ^ia32-libs ia32-libs - ia32 shared libraries - transitional package ia32-libs-

Install Client with more than one NIC

hi, I red in the Fai Wiki, that there is no fixed solution for installing clients on eth1, eth2 ... at this time. Is that an old entry, or is there a solution, which isn't documented ? cu denny signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: Clarification regarding disk_var.sh variable significance?

hi, Am 28.03.2012 um 00:48 schrieb Thomas Neumann: > (Something that is now possible with LVM2, GRUB2 and GPT disk labels? I had two days before the same problem, to get a gpt partition table, mdadm, lvm and without /boot working. Grub2 wasn't successful installed, so I switched back to own md

Re: Custom kernel for Fai clients

Am 22.02.2012 um 17:00 schrieb Michael Senizaiz: > If you aren't going to use a custom repro (it's easy, use reprepro) you can > have a post-script for the class copy the .deb file from /files and install > it via dpkg > > fcopy /mykernel.deb /tmp > chroot $target dpkg -i /tmp/mykernel.deb >

Custom kernel for Fai clients

hi, what is the best way, to get a custom kernel (*.deb) for clients installed, without set up a Debian Archive Server. cu denny signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

German HowTo for installing SPARCs using X86 Faiserver

hi, after two weeks with a lot of try and error, reading I wrote a HowTo, how to get SPARCs installed via Fai from a X86 server: https://www.pug.org/mediawiki/index.php/FAI_SPARC_Debian Highest problem: setup-storage (Debian Squeeze version) doesn't know anything from SUN partition layou

Re: Disk setup

hi, I removed the rest of the line, because they are always "sun", but would the old partitions deleted? the other one: root@fire04:/# setup-storage -X Starting setup-storage 1.3 Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/SPARC Finding all volume groups No volume groups found Execu

Re: Disk setup

hi Thoomas, Am 17.02.2012 um 15:28 schrieb Toomas Tamm: > > root-vg-swapfs swap 1G swap sw ah, copy paste error. Thanks for that. > If this is not the problem I suggest: the problem is disklabel:sun ... I saw, that parted is used: parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel sun works, If i try it.

Disk setup

hi, FAI breaks on my disksetup. Syntax error: --- # FOR SPARC # 1. create Boot device # 2. create md device # 3. create VG on md # 4. create Filesystems # /dev/sda disk_config sda disklabel:sun bootable:1 fstabkey:uuid primary /boot 250 ext2

Re: Kernel panic if boot=live

hi, Am 16.02.2012 um 16:09 schrieb Denny Schierz: >> >> just curious if there is no aufs support in your kernel? >> cat /proc/filesystems shows what? > I've got it working. I absolutely don't know, what was the problem (which is bad), but FAI works now. Bu

Re: Kernel panic if boot=live

hi, Am 16.02.2012 um 15:09 schrieb Waldemar Brodkorb: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > just curious if there is no aufs support in your kernel? > cat /proc/filesystems shows what? arrgh aufs was compiled as module, but it seems, that the module can't load.

Re: Kernel panic if boot=live

hi, a bit closer: live.log [...] + cowdevice=tmpfs + cow_fstype=tmpfs + cow_mountopt=rw,noatime,mode=755 + [ aufs != unionmount ] + [ tmpfs = nfs ] + mount -t tmpfs -o rw,noatime,mode=755 tmpfs /cow + wc -w + echo /live/image/live/filesystem.dir + rofscount=1 + [ -n ] + mount -t aufs -o noatim

Kernel panic if boot=live

hi, I was able to create a own initrd and kernel, but if i put "boot=live" into the CMD line: [...] [ 77.044287] Sending DHCP and RARP requests . [ 79.036276] tg3 :0c:04.1: eth3: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex [ 79.126838] tg3 :0c:04.1: eth3: Flow control is on for TX and on

Re: SPARC and own kernel

hi, Am 14.02.2012 um 11:44 schrieb Thomas Lange: > You definitely need a kernel with NFSroot suport for FAI. I used the kernel, what was installed from fai-setup in /srv/tftp/fai-sparc/ ... You told, I should use the default Debian packages. cu denny signature.asc Description: Message signe

Re: SPARC and own kernel

hi, Am 14.02.2012 um 10:53 schrieb Denny Schierz: > hi, > > Am 14.02.2012 um 10:32 schrieb Denny Schierz: > >> cp: cannot stat `/srv/fai-sparc/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/boot/vmlinu?-*': >> No such file or directory >> cp: cannot stat >> `/srv/f

Re: SPARC and own kernel

hi, Am 14.02.2012 um 10:32 schrieb Denny Schierz: > cp: cannot stat `/srv/fai-sparc/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/boot/vmlinu?-*': > No such file or directory > cp: cannot stat > `/srv/fai-sparc/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/boot/initrd.img-*': No such file > or director

Re: SPARC and own kernel

hi, Am 14.02.2012 um 10:01 schrieb Thomas Lange: >>>>>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:41:08 +0100, Denny Schierz >>>>>> said: > >> I want to install several SPARC machines, X86 and LXC Linux container from a >> Squeeze X86 box. I'm able t

SPARC and own kernel

hi, I want to install several SPARC machines, X86 and LXC Linux container from a Squeeze X86 box. I'm able to install Squeeze via OpenBoot and it works with the netboot (DHCP/TFTP/NFS) Image for SPARC. Under SPARC (Sunfire v245) I installed the FAI-Quickstart, copied /etc/fai to /etc/fai-sparc,