Boot Server != Root Server

[Geert Stappers]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 09:08:19AM +0200, Robin Schroeder wrote:
> Anders Jackson schrieb:

 [ yes, the Internet has people that speak other languages then English ]

> >I wouldn't mind if you guys took this in English.  I would guess that
> [...]
> 
> I'm sorry.

No worries Mate,
there will allways be different people

> Short description of my problem:
> How to initialize a FAI installation from an already available DHCP 
> server, but use another server for providing the nfs root?
> 
> There are several solutions for my problem:
> 
> 1. (my favourite solution)
> Use the option "next-server [IP];" in dhcpd.conf
> The FAI client will then try to open a tftp connection with the 
> "next-server" which is our FAI server.
> 
> 2.
> Use the command
>     fai-chboot -k "nfsroot=192.168.1.111:/export/nfsroot"
> and substitute the IP address with the FAI server IP. This will modify 
> the pxelinux.cfg so the FAI install kernel tries to mount the nfs root 
> from another server.
> 
> 3.
> Modify the option line in dhcpd.conf:
>     option root-path 
> "/usr/lib/fai/nfsroot,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,acregmin=1800,acregmax=1800,acdirmin=1800,acdirmax=1800";
> with
>     option root-path 
> "[IP]:/usr/lib/fai/nfsroot,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,acregmin=1800,acregmax=1800,acdirmin=1800,acdirmax=1800";
> The result should be the same as solution 2.
> 
> Okay, that's it.

What about getting it in the manual? ...

> Greetings from Bochum/Germany
> Robin Schröder

Cheers
Geert Stappers