custom kernel not getting installed

[pll at lanminds.com]

Hi all,

Continuing to debug the rebuild of my FAI server, I've discovered 
that my custom kernel is not getting installed.  In DEFAULT.var,
I have:
	kernelimage=kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb

and in /fai/files/packages I have:

	ls -l /usr/local/share/fai/files/packages/
	total 1104
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1125660 Jun 27 14:05 kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb

I can't seem to find anywhere in the logs where one can see what 
variables are defined, or where it might be attempting to install any 
custom kernel image.

I logged into 'client' after an install had comleted, but before it 
had rebooted (removed 'reboot' keyword from DHCP config).

Once there, I did 'chroot /tmp/target dpkg -l | grep kernel' and 
there was nothing returned.  Apparently my kernel wasn't installed.

So, I went over to /fai/files/packages/ and sure enough, there's the 
package.  So I tried:

	chroot /tmp/target dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb
	dpkg: error processing /tmp/kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
	cannot access archive: No such file or directory
	Errors were encountered while processing:
	  /tmp/kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb

I then thought, "Well, maybe with the chroot, dpkg can't see the 
actual directory I'm sitting in.  So I:

	cp kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb /tmp/target
	chroot /tmp/target dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18_10.00.Custom_i386.deb

And that worked.

The question is, why isn't the kernel package getting installed 
automatically during the install phase?

I have $kernelimage defined in DEFAULT.var, the DEFAULT class is 
definged, and the kernel package in /fai/files/packages.
What else am I missing?

Thanks!

Btw, I'm trying:

	dpkg --root=/tmp/target -i /fai/files/packages/kernel_img.deb

as someone described in the archives, but I don't think I should 
*have* to do that, should I?


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Seeya,
Paul
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