On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:50:34AM +0200, Thomas Lange elucidated: > Have you called make-fai-nfsroot first? Maybe make-fai-nfsroot did not > completed properly.
That seems to be the problem I've having now... which is wierd because it almost seem to complete once. A couple of problems I'm having in make-fai-nfsroot and debootstrap is: ==================================== Starting internet superserver: inetd Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing . Automatically converting /etc/network/interfaces succeeded. Old interfaces file saved as interfaces.dpkg-old. hostname: Unknown host Creating base.tgz ==================================== So it appears I have problem with a bad hostname, but I'm not sure where that is coming from... also at the end of make-fai-nfsroot, I see: ==================================== Upgrading /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot Adding additional packages to /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot: dhcp3-client ssh portmap file rdate cfengine cvs bootpc rsync wget rsh-client less dump reiserfsprogs dpkg-dev ext2resize strace hdparm parted dnsutils grub ntpdate dosfstools sysutils dialog libdetect0 discover mdetect read-edid kudzu hwtools E: Package cfengine has no installation candidate ==================================== I imagine I've screwed something up somewhere. Dale
# $Id: fai.conf,v 1.70 2003/04/03 09:38:34 lange Exp $ # /etc/fai/fai.conf -- configuration for FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) installserver=192.168.1.1 httpserver=$installserver ftpserver=ftp.us.debian.org debdist=woody # distribution: woody, sarge, sid #FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="$debdist ftp://$ftpserver/debian"; #FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="$debdist http://$httpserver/debmirror/debian"; FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="$debdist file:/home/debmirror/debian" FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--arch i386 --exclude=pcmcia-cs,ppp,pppconfig,pppoe,pppoeconf,dhcp-client" # Location of the Debian mirror; this is used for creating the nfsroot # and for installing packages on the install clients # # - FAI_SOURCES_LIST can contain more than one line # there you can use nfs, ftp or http access. If undefined, FAI will # use /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list instead # - if FAI_DEBMIRROR is defined, install clients mount it to $MNTPOINT # Access to an official Debian mirror via FTP or HTTP FAI_SOURCES_LIST="deb ftp://$ftpserver/debian $debdist main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US $debdist/non-US main contrib non-free deb ftp://$ftpserver/debian $debdist-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ $debdist/updates main contrib non-free" # Access to Debian mirror created by mkdebmirror FAI_SOURCES_LIST="deb http://$httpserver/debmirror/debian $debdist main contrib non-free deb http://$httpserver/debmirror/debian-non-US $debdist/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://$httpserver/debmirror/debian $debdist-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb http://$httpserver/debmirror/debian-security/ $debdist/updates main contrib non-free" # # Access to Debian mirror via NFS mounted directory # # NFS remote location of mirror FAI_DEBMIRROR=$installserver:/home/debmirror # mount point where the mirror will be mounted; # must not be used by other filesystems MNTPOINT=/mnt2 # define both MNTPOINT and FAI_DEBMIRROR or none FAI_SOURCES_LIST="deb file:$MNTPOINT/debian $debdist main contrib non-free #deb file:$MNTPOINT/debian/ $debdist-proposed-updates main contrib non-free #deb file:$MNTPOINT/debian-non-US $debdist/non-US main contrib non-free #deb file:$MNTPOINT/debian-security/ $debdist/updates main contrib non-free" # local repository # this repository holds your local packages that can be installed to # the install clients FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY="deb file:/fai/files packages/" # extra packages which will be installed into nfsroot # add lvm, raidtools2 only if needed NFSROOT_PACKAGES="expect" # the encrypted root password on all install clients during # installation process; used when log in via ssh; pw is: fai FAI_ROOTPW="56hNVqht51tzc" # location of a identity.pub file; this user can log to the install # clients in as root without a password; only useful with FAI_FLAGS="sshd" #SSH_IDENTITY=/home/admin/.ssh/identity.pub # this kernel package will be used when booting the install clients KERNELPACKAGE=/usr/lib/fai/kernel/kernel-image-2.4.20_fai1_i386.deb # Beowulf nodes can only connect to their master server - called # atom00 for the clients - so they must know it during # installation. This line will be added to $nfsroot/etc/hosts NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS="192.168.2.1 node1 192.168.2.2 node2 192.168.2.3 node3" # if your install server has multiple ethernet device, use this one to # determine its hostname. Default eth0. Set to the interface to which # the Beowulf clients are connected. SERVERINTERFACE=eth0 # LOGUSER: an account on the install server which saves all log-files # and which can change the kernel that is booted via # network. Configure .rhosts for this account and PAM, so that root can # log in from all install clients without password. This account # should have write permissions for /boot/fai. For example, you can use # write permissions for the group linuxadm. chgrp linuxadm # /boot/fai;chmod g+w /boot/fai. If the variable is undefined, this # feature is disabled LOGUSER=fai # use ssh or rsh for copying log files to user fai and for changing # tftp symbolic link FAI_REMOTESH=ssh FAI_REMOTECP=scp # the configuration space on the install server FAI_CONFIGDIR=/usr/local/share/fai # the location of the config space, as seen by the install client # this should be <install server>:$FAI_CONFIGDIR # it can also be overwritten in T170 via BOOTP and DHCP FAI_LOCATION=$installserver:$FAI_CONFIGDIR # which of DHCP and/or BOOTP should the server create setups for. # Default are to create setups for both FAI_BOOT="bootp" # # the following variables are read only for most users # # directory on the install server where the nfsroot for FAI is # created, approx size: 160MB, also defined in bootptab or dhcp.conf NFSROOT=/usr/lib/fai/nfsroot # the local configuration directory on the install client FAI=/fai # the type of operating system (linux, sunos) OS_TYPE=`uname -s | tr /A-Z/ /a-z/`
