kernel installation problems

[Andreas Sindermann]

Mike Henson writes:
 > Greetings,
 > 
 > I have a 2.8.4 FAI install server that I cannot get to install a
 > kernel. My install client PXE boots, partitions the disk and appears
 > to work up until invoking task_configure where I get the following
 > logged to shell.log:
 > 
 > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
 > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst .
 > Searching for splash image... none found, skipping...
 > /bin/ls: /boot/vmlinuz-*: No such file or directory
 > Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
 > 
 > If I ctrl-c before rebooting and check /tmp/target/boot grub is there
 > but the kernel is missing. I have also tried LILO and the kernel does
 > not install either. Can someone enlighten me on what might be
 > happening? I cannot find any references to kernel installation in the
 > docs.

What is the software.log file saying about the installation of the
kernel (should be located somewhere before the grub stuff above)?

Andreas