> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 04:30:22PM +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: > > >>>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:55:52 +0200, Steffen Grunewald <[EMAIL > > >>>>> PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > - a new kernel has to be used (for support of newer e1000 chips, and > > > Areca RAID controllers) > > fai-kernels 1.12 includes the 2.6.17 kernel. It that ok for you? > > Since I need the arcmsr module, almost every kernel will do if if can be > patched. If the 2.6.17 source is available, I'm fine... > > > > - it has to be a complete x86_64 installation > > > > > - etch for x86_64 is still incomplete > > I know. Since today I only tested the FAI packages (even FAI 3 beta20) > > on sarge machines. I will start with etch support tomorrow but it will > > take some days to find all quirks in etch. > [...]
Is so incomplete that you can't use it? In case you are using it for some server applications only, it should probably be alright. What one could do: - Boot your x86_64 with some sort of live-CD or anything else that gets you into a native x86_64 environment - install the necessary FAI packages there and run make-fai-nfsroot - find some way of installing your tailored kernel * make-fai-nfsroot -k * have the initial make-fai-nfsroot install it * cp $kernel $NFSROOT ; chroot $NFSROOT ; dpkg -i $kernel * most probably even dpkg -x $kernel $NFSROOT will do - copy your $NFSROOT to your FAI server If the first 2 steps aren't possible at all (probably due to your RAID controller), grab someone elses NFSROOT for x86_64 (e.g., I do have one), it might be sufficient to get your own x86_64 running to build an NFSROOT yourself. HTH, Michael
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