--- subroutines-linux.orig	2003-11-06 10:58:12.000000000 +0100
+++ subroutines-linux	2003-11-06 11:00:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@
         # first test if a given filename exists on the server
 	testcmd="test -s /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot ; echo \$?"
 	ret=`$FAI_REMOTESH -l $LOGUSER ${SERVER} "$testcmd"`
+	if [ -z "$ret" ]; then
+	    echo "Error: Problem with ${FAI_REMOTESH} to ${SERVER}!"
+	    ret = 0
+	fi
 	if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then
 	    # copy the kernel to the server
 	    $FAI_REMOTECP $target/boot/vmlinuz-* $LOGUSER@${SERVER}:/boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot