woody problems

[Per Foreby]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Thomas Lange wrote:

> >>>>> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:57:34 +0200 (MEST), Per Foreby <perf at efd.lth.se> said:
>
>     >> >   ...
>     >> Try fai-kernels 1.7.1 which uses a newer kernel (2.4.26) than in
>     >> 1.6. This should fix problems with a sk98lin network card.
>
>     > Does this mean that I'll have to upgrade the installation server to sarge,
> No you can use fai 1.6 and the kernel from 1.7.1
>
>     > or are the versions in download/woody only safe recommendations? In case
>     > of the latter, would it even be wise to try fai-2.6.1 on a woody server?
> YOu can install fai 2.6.1 on a woody server (use the newest
> debootstrap) but then you should install sarge on your install
> clients, while the server is running woody.

Ok, thanks for the explanation. I just tried fai-kernels-1.7.1, and
voila, no kernel panic. So now I only have to learn how to configure fai, but
having used solaris jumpstart since 1992, that shouldn't be so hard.

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