Hi, Can you please try the following patch? It assumes that udev is installed in the nfsroot though.
Index: scripts/fai =================================================================== --- scripts/fai (revision 2980) +++ scripts/fai (working copy) @@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ osname='Debian GNU/Linux' if [ $DO_INIT_TASKS -eq 1 ]; then grep -q '[[:space:]]sysfs' /proc/filesystems && mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys + # Try to start udev if it is available + [ -x /etc/init.d/udev ] && /etc/init.d/udev start + ifup lo [ -x /sbin/portmap ] && /sbin/portmap mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts