-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Thomas Lange wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:25:05 +0100 (MET), Holger Mense <[EMAIL > >>>>> PROTECTED]> said: > > > During a fresh install I am copying the fai-kernelimage to > > /tmp/target/boot/vmlinuz-fai. In /tmp/target/etc/lilo.conf I added a > > special section for vmlinuz-fai called "reinstall". With the following > > append line, the kernel uses the FAI nfsroot and starts a fresh install: > > append="ip=dhcp devfs=nomount FAI_ACTION=install root=/dev/nfs > nfsroot=123.456.789:/debian/fai/lib/nfsroot > FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt,syslogd" > > Why don't you just add the class FAI_BOOTPART to your client? It does > nearly the same, so you can boot the reinstallation from local disk. I am not using anything of the script and hook templates delivered together with FAI. I never looked at FAI_BOOTPART and must overlooked it in the documentation. Furthermore I made an extra debian package with just the vmware-image in it, so I can update the FAI kernel on all already installed clients. MfG Holger Mense - -- Holger Mense Rechnerbetrieb Mathematik -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBwZqwHjdfhHqYjTQRAkkRAJ9JS6ZisdXmUnIZc/Cy+XhxCjiJ6wCfc8EP SzPYVLqKFLLp7eWlyHasrKo= =mAqT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----