Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-04 Thread Stephan Hermann
Dear Colleagues, I applied a patch to setup_storage/Volumes.pm from trunk to the FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu. Please test those packages from the Ubuntu FAI PPA: https://launchpad.net/~fai/+archive/ppa Thx, \sh signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Stephan Hermann
Hi Paul, I don't think it's really an FAI problem, but more a kernel or hardware problem. Could you try to install a simple ISO image of Ubuntu Lucid Server flavour? It would also be a good idea to exchange the boot kernel with the linux-image- server package on tftp... Please test again and i

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hello, On Thursday, August 12, 2010 03:11:21 am Paul Santos wrote: > The PXE boot starts off OK, but the server crashes shortly before > mounting the NFS root device. the same problem we had. It's a problem of the initrd. This "ipconfig" binary crashes. We're using the one out of hardy, which

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Stephan Hermann
Hi, oh wow...again this shitty problem.I had this with lenny. What can be the cause? 1. PXE boot uses the first available NIC from the machine (mostly NIC1 in the bios settings) 2. Boot Kernel but gets the second NIC for DHCP request udevs numbering of NICs does not depend on the bios, bu

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hi, On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 02:50:47PM +0200, Stephan Hermann wrote: > this section works together with pxelinux and the IPAPPEND=2 setting > in the pxelinux.cfg/-file ok, this IPAPPEND=2 is useful to get another speedup. But I still need to replace ipconfig from lucid with the version from hard

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Stephan Hermann
Hi Juergen, I have a working lucid setup running without any tweaks of ipconfig... I wonder if there is something else happening during before or during kernel dhcp request via ipconfig... you could try to use debug=1 as kernel append variable to get more info from the initramfs thingy... Reg

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hi Stephan, On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 06:51:46PM +0200, Stephan Hermann wrote: > I have a working lucid setup running without any tweaks of ipconfig... lucky you. :) > I wonder if there is something else happening during before or during > kernel dhcp request via ipconfig... > > you could try to

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-12 Thread Stephan Hermann
Guten Morgen ;) On Friday, August 13, 2010 05:27:37 am Juergen Kahnert wrote: > Hi Stephan, > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 06:51:46PM +0200, Stephan Hermann wrote: > > I have a working lucid setup running without any tweaks of ipconfig... > > lucky you. :) > > > I wonder if there is something els

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-14 Thread Michael Prokop
* Juergen Kahnert [Thu Aug 12, 2010 at 06:18:56PM +0200]: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 02:50:47PM +0200, Stephan Hermann wrote: > > this section works together with pxelinux and the IPAPPEND=2 setting > > in the pxelinux.cfg/-file > ok, this IPAPPEND=2 is useful to get another speedup. But I still

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-15 Thread Juergen Kahnert
Hello, On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 05:23:40PM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > Please check out #552554 - this might fix your problem. we don't have the problem that ipconfig never time out. It will time out but without configured network interfaces, which causes a kernel panic because of the missing

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-08-17 Thread Michael Prokop
* Juergen Kahnert [Mon Aug 16, 2010 at 06:37:55AM +0200]: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 05:23:40PM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > Please check out #552554 - this might fix your problem. > we don't have the problem that ipconfig never time out. It will time > out but without configured network in

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-13 Thread Stephan Hermann
HI Michael, On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:36:31 pm Michael Prokop wrote: > * Juergen Kahnert [Mon Aug 16, 2010 at 06:37:55AM +0200]: > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 05:23:40PM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > > Please check out #552554 - this might fix your problem. > > > > we don't have the prob

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-15 Thread Michael Prokop
* Stephan Hermann [Mon Sep 13, 2010 at 02:42:42PM +0200]: > On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:36:31 pm Michael Prokop wrote: > > Sure. But just complaining doesn't help anyone. > > If neither > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=36;filename=0001-ipconfig- > > fix-infinite-loop.patch

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-15 Thread andrew bezella
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 23:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: [...] > Thanks to the work by Julien BLACHE the situation of klibc-utils > improved a lot with package version 1.5.20-1. If anyone still > notices any problems WRT DHCP stuff in initramfs that's something we > can and should address right no

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-15 Thread Michael Prokop
* andrew bezella [Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 03:21:35PM -0700]: > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 23:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > Thanks to the work by Julien BLACHE the situation of klibc-utils > > improved a lot with package version 1.5.20-1. If anyone still > > notices any problems WRT DHCP stuff in ini

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-15 Thread Stephan Hermann
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:21:35 -0700 andrew bezella wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 23:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > [...] > > Thanks to the work by Julien BLACHE the situation of klibc-utils > > improved a lot with package version 1.5.20-1. If anyone still > > notices any problems WRT DHCP stu

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-15 Thread Stephan Hermann
Moins, On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:57:14 +0200 Michael Prokop wrote: > * Stephan Hermann [Mon Sep 13, 2010 at 02:42:42PM > +0200]: > > On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:36:31 pm Michael Prokop wrote: > > > > Sure. But just complaining doesn't help anyone. > > > > If neither > > > http://bugs.debian.o

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-16 Thread Michael Prokop
* Stephan Hermann [Thu Sep 16, 2010 at 08:26:35AM +0200]: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:21:35 -0700 > andrew bezella wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 23:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > [...] > > > Thanks to the work by Julien BLACHE the situation of klibc-utils > > > improved a lot with package

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-16 Thread Michael Prokop
* Stephan Hermann [Thu Sep 16, 2010 at 08:28:45AM +0200]: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:57:14 +0200 Michael Prokop wrote: > > Well, right now we're in the freeze stage of squeeze and whatever > > different dhcp client alternative could be an option, besides having > > to proberly rewrite several line

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-17 Thread Stephan Hermann
Hi Michael, On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:27:00AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > * Stephan Hermann [Thu Sep 16, 2010 at 08:28:45AM +0200]: > > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:57:14 +0200 Michael Prokop wrote: > > > > Well, right now we're in the freeze stage of squeeze and whatever > > > different dhcp cli

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-17 Thread Stephan Hermann
Moins, On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:03:08AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > Thinking of 5 years support of Lucid on a server, it would be worth. > > > Help is appreciated :) > > git clone git://git.debian.org/git/kernel/klibc.git > cd klibc > git show 2028152b7af7700e01bd3300c3f7d903afbf34de > g

Re: Updated FAI 3.3.5 packages for Ubuntu Lucid

2010-09-17 Thread andrew bezella
On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 08:26 +0200, Stephan Hermann wrote: > I'm not into klibc in general, but is it possible to pinpoint the > changes in ipconfig or whereever and somehow produce a patch which we > could propose as SRU for Lucid? > > Thinking of 5 years support of Lucid on a server, it would be