Hello This works on my System: FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--arch i386 --exclude=dhcp-client,info"
--arch and the architecture must be seperated with a space. MfG Andreas Klein On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:44:24 -0500 "John Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "linux-fai" <linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 2:50 AM > Subject: Re: mixing architectures with debootstrap > > > >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:33:41 -0500, "John Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>> said: > > > > > So, if make-fai-nfsroot is supposed to create the nfsroot in > > > /sur/share/fai/nfsroot, I can just issue my own debootstrap command > > to > > > create an root directory there? > > make-fai-nfsroot does much more than just calling debootstrap. So it > > will not work if you just install the kernel into the nfsroot. > > > Well, I got it to work but I don't know why. It seems to be some kind of > wierdness in debootstrap. From my make-fai-nfsroot.config file: > > # Of course, the original line works: > #FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--exclude=dhcp-client,info" > # > # And this works: > FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--arch i386" > # > # But when you combine them, it does not work: > #FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--arch=i386 --exclude=dhcp-client,info" > > > I modified make-fai-nfsroot to show the debootstrap command as it's really > run, complete with options. Then I cut and pasted it into a terminal window > so I was running it exactly as make-fai-nfsroot was running it. > > # debootstrap --arch=i386 --exclude=dhcp-client,info etch > /usr/share/fai/nfsroot http://ftp.debian.org/debian > E: No such script: http://ftp.debian.org/debian > > Huh? The debootstrap command works withthe --arch arguement or with > the --exclude argument but not with both. So as far as i can tell, this is > not a problem with fai but with debootstrap. Well, I am running sarge on a > AMD64 machine and trying to create a root with etch > > >