Did you manage to mount this nfs share manually? If it works, try in busybox shell again using nfsmount (which you say fails) and send logs (dmesg).
Hadar On Jan 13, 2008 4:38 PM, Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: live-initramfs > Version: 1.110.7-1 > Severity: normal > > Following generation of a debian-live system with live-helper, following > the instructions at > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Creating_a_Netboot_Image > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Creating_a_Test_environment > > we have set up a server with working > > - DHCP (dhcp3-server, including necessary bootp/PXE bits) > - TFTP (tftpd-hpa) > - NFS (nfs-kernel-server) > > The DHCP server is working correctly. The clients are requesting the > correct files from the TFTP server, and the pxelinux boot menu appears. > pxelinux is getting the correct vmlinuz and initrd images, and > successfully booting the kernel. However, once the root filesystem is > mounted, the scripts fail to mount filesystems and copy files within > either the real root filesystem or the union overlay (I'm not sure > which). This results in failure to complete startup because /sbin/init > can't be found. > > The complete log is shown below, with errors appearing as early as > line 13. Using the busybox initramfs shell, the NFS root was mounted on > /root/live/image, with /live/image being completely empty (no mounts on > it). The /scripts/live script has hardcoded mount/umount commands > referring to /root, e.g. /root/sys, but the commands fail because there > is no filesystem mounted at this location. > > We tried fixing up the script to see if the problem was easily fixable, > but could not find where the lh_ commands source the scipts/live script > from. Modifying the copy under /usr/share/initramfs... did not seem to > work (either on the host system or in chroot/). > > If you have any suggestions of what might be wrong here, or would like > and assistance doing any testing, please let us know. > > > Thanks, > Roger > > > Begin: Running /scripts/live-premount ... > Done. > IP-Config: eth0 hardware address 00:01:02:d8:7c:37 mtu 1500 DHCP RARP > IP-Config: eth0 complete (from 192.168.1.1): > address: 192.168.1.254 broadcast: 192.168.1.255 netmask: > 255.255.255.0 > gateway: 192.168.1.1 dns0 : 144.32.128.242 dns1 : > 144.32.128.243 > domain : cscipc002.york.ac.uk > rootserver: 192.168.1.1 rootpath: > filename : pxelinux.0 > Begin: Trying netboot from 192.168.1.1:/nfsroot/debian-live ... > Begin: Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro > 192.168.1.1:/nfsroot/debian-live/live/image ... > Done. > Done. > Begin: Running /scripts/live-bottom ... > Begin: Copying config on real root fs... ... > cp: unable to open `/root/etc/live.conf': No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Setting timezone... ... > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > cp: /root/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Moving mount points... ... > Done. > Begin: Adding live session user... ... > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Configuring fstab... ... > /scripts/live-bottom/12fstab: /scripts/live-bottom/12fstab: 36: cannot > create /root/etc/fstab: Directory nonexistent > Done. > Begin: Setting up swap... ... > Done. > Begin: Setting up locales... ... > grep: /root/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED: No such file or directory > /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: 108: > log_warning_message: not found > /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: 1: cannot > create /root/etc/default/locale: Directory nonexistent > /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: 1: cannot > create /root/etc/locale.gen: Directory nonexistent > chroot: cannot execute /usr/sbin/locale-gen: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Setting up automatic login... ... > chroot: cannot execute [: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute [: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Setting hostname... ... > /scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: /scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: 34: > cannot create /root/etc/hostname: Directory nonexistent > /scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: /scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: 37: > cannot create /root/etc/hosts: Directory nonexistent > Done. > Begin: Setting up console keyboard... ... > chroot: cannot execute /usr/sbin/install-keymap: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Configuring X... ... > mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory > mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory > mount: Mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > /bin/live-reconfigure: package 'xserver-xorg' is not installed > umount: Couldn't umount /root/sys: No such file or directory > umount: Couldn't umount /root/proc: No such file or directory > umount: Couldn't umount /root/dev: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Configuring X kludges... ... > Done. > Begin: Configuring gnome-panel-data... ... > Done. > Begin: Configuring screensaver... ... > Done. > Begin: Preconfiguring /etc/modules... ... > Done. > Begin: Preconfiguring networking... ... > /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 44: > cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent > /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 129: > cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent > cp: unable to open `/root/var/log/netboot.config': No such file or > directory > /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 129: > cannot create /root/etc/resolv.conf: Directory nonexistent > /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 129: > cannot create /root/var/log/netboot.config: Directory nonexistent > Done. > Begin: Loading preseed file... ... > chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Setting up init... ... > sed: /root/etc/pam.d/login: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Configuring accessibility options... ... > Done. > Begin: Disabling update-notifier... ... > chroot: cannot execute dpkg-divert: No such file or directory > ln: /root/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Configuring power management... ... > Done. > Begin: Enabling notifications about program crashes... ... > Done. > Begin: Disabling kpersonalizer... ... > chroot: cannot execute /usr/bin/which: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Disabling kwallet... ... > Done. > Begin: Fixing language selector... ... > Done. > Begin: Disabling trackerd... ... > Done. > Begin: Disabling restricted-manager... ... > sed: /root/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common: No such file or > directory > Done. > Begin: Adding APT-CDROM source... ... > chroot: cannot execute apt-cdrom: No such file or directory > Done. > Begin: Disabling AppArmor (does not work with stacked file systems)... ... > chroot: cannot execute update-rc.d: No such file or directory > Done. > Done. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (990, 'unstable') > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-powerpc > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > > > > _______________________________________________ > debian-live-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel >
