scsi problems

Thomas Lange lange at informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE
Mon Oct 21 10:41:58 CEST 2002


>>>>> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:28:03 -0400 (EDT), Mark Hedges <hedges at scruzbox.com> said:

    > Do I use the TFTP server?  I use a floppy boot disk created with
    > a custom light-weight kernel with all the Ethernet drivers.  Is
    > this the kernel that must support all SCSI, or the one unpacked
    > to /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19?  The boot floppy
    > mounts the root partition with NFS.  Which package unpacks to
    > /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/boot?  Documentation confused me.
If you boot from floppy disk you do not need TFTP. The kernel in
/usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 should be the same as on the
floppy disk. It WILL BE the same kernel if you use the command
make-fai-bootfloppy. The kernel is used from floppy disk, but all the
kernel modules come from /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/lib/modules/2.4.19/....

-- 
Gruss Thomas



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