> On 4 Nov 2008, at 17:36 , Thomas Lange wrote: > >>> I'm running fai-server 3.2.12 on etch. I would like to create a NFS >>> root for lenny/amd64. Unfortunately, it fails every time. I've >> What does uname -a say? Is this a 32 or 64bit kernel? >> You need at least a 64bit kernel (the userspace may be 32bit) to >> create a 64bit nfsroot on this machine. > > Hi Thomas, > > thank you for your prompt responses. Since I really need lenny, and I > can't upgrade our current machine running fai-server, I decided to do > something different. > > I first installed lenny/amd64 on a virtual machine, and copied the setup > from the main fai-server. Then, I changed dhcpd.conf to advertise this VM > as a fai-server. Further, I created another VM on my laptop, to be the > test-client. When I try to install lenny/amd64 on this test-client using > fai, kernel crashes during boot. Specifically, it never installs, and > during the boot process I get this message: > List of all partitions: > No filesystem could mount root, tried: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown > block (0,255) >
I'd bet it tells you a lot more. Things you should look for: - Is it booting the kernel you expect it to boot? - Does it find the matching initramfs? - If that is all fine, does it try to use the NFS server you'd expect it to use? Best, Michael
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