[...] > I am trying to setup FAI with Ubuntu 7.10.<br> > Following the documentation, I got an FAI server running (but buggy) > and a client booting from PXE.<br> > <br> > *) The first thing I don't understand is why the NFSROOT is located in > /srv/fai/nfsroot/<u>live/filesystem.dir</u> after doing "fai-setup"<br> > According to /etc/exports (automaticly generated) the server exports > /srv/fai/nfsroot (as a "ro" filesystem).<br> > <br>
The export is fine, as live-initramfs takes care of doing the right thing then. > So nfs-client install cannot mount the device saying:<br> > "mount failed 13<br> > "mount: device is busy<br> > And endless loop on this message.<br> This is strange and definitely some kind of error, but I've never seen this so far. What does the log on your FAI server say about the mount request? > <br> > *) The second question is "Do I have to change PXE boot definition to > point on "/srv/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir" ?<br> > <br> > I've already tried to do so, and I get messages saying that filesystem > is "read only" (so it can't "touch" or write some files).<br> > Seems to be fine because this filesystem has to be mounted as a "live > system" during install process.<br> > <br> > So why do it try to write something in it ?<br> > <u><br> There are parts that need to be written on every boot-up, just temporary things. Prior to live-initramfs this was solved by mounting parts of the file system as tmpfs. Now live-initramfs takes care of everything. You definitely need to debug the mount problem, possibly by checking the logs on the server. HTH, Michael PS.: No HTML mails please!!!
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