Kernels in FAI FAQ

[Thomas Lange]

Hi,

this is a short explanation, which different kernels are used in FAI.

Your install server runs a kernel, which version can be determined by
uname -r. This version is not determined by fai, it's just the kernel
you installed on your install server when you do a manual installation.


In fai.conf you can specify the Debian package in the variable
$KERNELPACKAGE which contains the path to the kernel package, that
will be installed into the nfsroot. This is the kernel that is booted
by the install clients and runs during the installation.
Example: KERNELPACKAGE=/home/lange/kernel-image-2.4.20_t1_i386.deb 

At the end of the installation process, the kernel for the new system
on the install client will be installed. Therefore the variable
$addpackages is used. It should contain the Debian packages name
without the full path and the revision number.
Example: addpackages="kernel-image-2.4.20-atoms"

Hope this helps
-- 
best regards Thomas