Re: new to the list and fai

after a little kernel info reading it seems i just have to replace the /dev/nfs by root=/dev/eth10.5 rootfstype=ext3 and it should work ? How can i setupt this in FAI ? is it something like: fai-chboot -v aoe-enabled-kernel /dev/eth10.5 testhost ? regards, Jean

Re: new to the list and fai

Jean Spirat wrote: after a little kernel info reading it seems i just have to replace the /dev/nfs by root=/dev/eth10.5 rootfstype=ext3 and it should work ? How can i setupt this in FAI ? I'm not sure if that is enough. Defining /dev/nfs usually makes the initrd (or, in FAI's case, also liveh

disk_config help

So all I want for my disk layout to be is 500 meg /boot partition (and make that bootable) 2 gig swap partition everything else in / this doesn't work, what am i doing wrong? thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/srv/fai/config/disk_config# cat SERVER # generic disk configuration for a fai isntall server

Re: disk_config help

Hi! > So all I want for my disk layout to be is > > 500 meg /boot partition (and make that bootable) > 2 gig swap partition > everything else in / > Do you want to use setup_harddisks or the (newer) setup-storage to achieve this? > this doesn't work, what am i doing wrong? thanks. > > [EMAIL

Re: disk_config help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 kegstand wrote: > So all I want for my disk layout to be is > > 500 meg /boot partition (and make that bootable) > 2 gig swap partition > everything else in / > > this doesn't work, what am i doing wrong? thanks. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/srv/fai/config/

I'll try disk_config and LVM

I don't quit understand the instructions in the wiki about what else I need, to use LVM and setup_storage. I am trying this as my disk_config, the errors I get are Error: could not read device /dev/lvm thanks for any help. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/srv/fai/config/disk_config# cat PEANUTSERVERLVM dis

question about fai boot cycle near end

So I have booted my client machine , through fai, in client has presented me the list of the disk partitions , etc., showing me that stuff is almost all installed. then i see it trying to ssh to the local client machine. I assume what I really want it to do is ssh to the fai-server so it can run

Re: I'll try disk_config and LVM

> I don't quit understand the instructions in the wiki about what else I need, > to use LVM and setup_storage. > > I am trying this as my disk_config, the errors I get are > > Error: could not read device /dev/lvm > Do you modprobe dm-mod in one of your class/* files? Which version of FAI are

fai default install kernel is vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-486

My fai server is running debian etch amd64 . I am booting i386 clients. I do this because VirtualBox doesn't support 64 bit guests yet, but that is not today's' problem. I have this in my make-nfs-root config file: # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # following

Re: I'll try disk_config and LVM

> > I don't quit understand the instructions in the wiki about what else I need, > > to use LVM and setup_storage. > > > > I am trying this as my disk_config, the errors I get are > > > > Error: could not read device /dev/lvm > > > > Do you modprobe dm-mod in one of your class/* files? Which v

Re: I'll try disk_config and LVM

> Maybe we don't really need that one, the solution is probably quite simple: > You're using setup_harddisks, and not setup-storage. You need to set > USE_SETUP_STORAGE=1 in one of your class/* scripts as well... > Best, > Michael is this enough, does this set it, or do i have to put 'USE_SETUP_ST

Re: I'll try disk_config and LVM

> > Maybe we don't really need that one, the solution is probably quite simple: > > You're using setup_harddisks, and not setup-storage. You need to set > > USE_SETUP_STORAGE=1 in one of your class/* scripts as well... > > Best, > > Michael > > is this enough, does this set it, or do i have to put