Problems with lenny
Hi, I'm trying to install lenny/amd64 on a test VM, from fai-server which is hosted on lenny/amd64. Installation goes well each time, but kernel never gets installed! This is what I see in the fai.log: Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64. Unpacking linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.26-1- amd64_2.6.26-8_amd64.deb) ... Ok, Aborting, since the bootloader might not handle an initrd/ initramfs image. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.26-1- amd64_2.6.26-8_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 In grub's prompt, there is only memtest86+ entry... Where should I look for the cause of this error? Best, Nikola
Re: Problems with lenny
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:21:43 +0100, Nikola Kne?evi? [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64. Unpacking linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.26-1- amd64_2.6.26-8_amd64.deb) ... Ok, Aborting, since the bootloader might not handle an initrd/ initramfs image. Which bootloader do you install? Maybe there's no bootloaded installed. -- regards Thomas
Re: Problems with lenny
On 17 Nov 2008, at 14:36 , Thomas Lange wrote: Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64. Unpacking linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.26-1- amd64_2.6.26-8_amd64.deb) ... Ok, Aborting, since the bootloader might not handle an initrd/ initramfs image. Which bootloader do you install? Maybe there's no bootloaded installed. Hi, I'm installing grub. The machine has GRUB in one of its classes. fai.log says that grub is installed.
Re: Problems with lenny
On 17 Nov 2008, at 14:36 , Thomas Lange wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:21:43 +0100, Nikola Kne?evi? [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64. Unpacking linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.26-1- amd64_2.6.26-8_amd64.deb) ... Ok, Aborting, since the bootloader might not handle an initrd/ initramfs image. Which bootloader do you install? Maybe there's no bootloaded installed. I've tried both grub and lilo, and the problem is still there. I traced the problem to preinst script in linux-image package, but I don't know what to do next. I added into the configspace/debconf this line: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64/preinst/ bootloader-initrd-2.6.26-1-amd64 boolean true Still, no luck :( I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My configuration is almost the same as the default one, expect I'm using a new class. There must be something wrong with your /etc/kernel-img.conf, which is copied by the hook instsoft.FAIBASE (so you must have the class FAIBASE defined for this to work). Either you are missing it entirely, or it doesn't have do_initrd = yes. Well, then there is the question of which FAI version your configuration is based upon, because we didn't have the kernel-img.conf stuff in versions before 2.10 I think (which is like ages ago :-) ). Best, Michael pgpRkaHwJfYNv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problems with lenny
On 17 Nov 2008, at 23:34 , Michael Tautschnig wrote: I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My configuration is almost the same as the default one, expect I'm using a new class. There must be something wrong with your /etc/kernel-img.conf, which is copied by the hook instsoft.FAIBASE (so you must have the class FAIBASE defined for this to work). Either you are missing it entirely, or it doesn't have do_initrd = yes. Well, then there is the question of which FAI version your configuration is based upon, because we didn't have the kernel-img.conf stuff in versions before 2.10 I think (which is like ages ago :-) ). Ha! Thank you :) That was the problem. I forgot to copy instsoft.FAIBASE to instsoft.NSL, and that was causing me the headaches :( Best, Nikola
Re: Problems with lenny
hiya Michael Tautschnig schrieb: There must be something wrong with your /etc/kernel-img.conf, which is copied by the hook instsoft.FAIBASE (so you must have the class FAIBASE defined for this to work). Either you are missing it entirely, or it doesn't have do_initrd = yes. Well, then there is the question of which FAI version your configuration is based upon, because we didn't have the kernel-img.conf stuff in versions before 2.10 I think (which is like ages ago :-) ). Just as a data point - I started out with FAI 3.2.4 on debian/etch and based my installation scripts on the provided config space. Currently the nfsroots are based on Debian Lenny (32bit and 64bit version) and install Debian Etch and Lenny (+ Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and SLES10 SP1) without problems. (32 and 64bit archs of all distributions from the same config space.) The scripts are heavily customized by now of course, so that's why I said it's just a data point. Maybe you could upload a zip of your config space and we can have a look at it? Btw. is anybody interested in how i pulled this of? If yes, then I would try to clean up our config space and provide it to the public. (It currently contains some sensitive data, which I don't want outsider to see.) Additionally there's some stuff that isn't coded very well and really should be redone in a better way. .;; The previously mentioned debootstrap issues is one of these. Well. Works for me. For now... Next milestone would be to install all distrib/archs from a 64bit nfsroot and keep the 32bit one just for compatibility reasons (hardware too old). tschüß thomas
