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Greetings<br>
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As a newbie I have reached the point of bombing out with my first
client. In FAI-Guide my failure is listed under section 5.7.1 as:<br>
<blockquote>Begin: Mounting root file system... ... <br>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!<br>
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with the suggestion "Check initrd ... for a missing driver." [I
paraphrased]. This makes sense, I will eventually figure out what
is missing, but I'm missing the tools that make this job easy.<br>
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The kernel module tools [lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, ...] don't
function on the nfsroot for me. They work nicely on the host
kernel. But I feel stuck on the bigger question: What module
"should" be in place based on the hardware of fai-client. Since
fai builds without the client hardware present, there can be no
"self discovery" in the OS build process? I have not modified the
"simple" example so it appears my demohost may be built with
strange hardware.<br>
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I hope to be easily trainable and my question: "Is there a toolkit
for looking into a cold metal machine for matching up hardware and
drivers?" In the absence of a tool, is BIOS output adequate for
the purpose of a manual search?<br>
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Thanks IN ADVANCE if this is a quick answer.<br>
If not -- I'll slog away until I have joy in holding my first
fai-built client.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Geo<br>
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