fai-installation fails

[Matthias Lechner]

Thanks a lot!
that solved the problem!

but why does fai use this "kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386"-entry instead of "kernel-image-2.4-386", which would be much easier?
regards
mat

Am 16:00 22.02.05 +0100 schrieb Alexander Bugl:
>Hi!
>
>> after rebooting grub is trying to boot the default entry, but fails with error 
>> message "Error 1 - File name must by either an absolute pathname or 
>> blocklist".
>> error.log tells me the following:
>> shell.log:E: Couldn't find package kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
>> shell.log:ls: vmlinuz-*: No such file or directory
>> shell.log:ls: /tmp/target/boot/vmlinuz-*: No such file or directory
>
>> fai-kernels is installed, the correct KERNELPACKAGE ist set 
>> in /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
>
>KERNELPACKAGE is IMHO only used for generating the NFS root (and as such
>it is defined in /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf).
>
>But you have to install a kernel package on the machine which is due to
>be installed, and that has failed (see your above cited error messages).
>This may be because there is no Debian package named
>kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386 (see <http://packages.debian.org>).
>
>Try using kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 or the more generic kernel-image-2.4-386,
>then the installation should run through. You can define this in
>/usr/local/share/fai/class/DEFAULT.var, if you use the simple example files.
>
>Best regards, Alex
>
>-- 
>Alexander Bugl,  Central IT Services, ZMAW
>Max  Planck  Institute   for   Meteorology
>Bundesstrasse 53, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
>tel +49-40-41173-351, fax -298, room PE042 

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Matthias Lechner
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Urologische Klinik der LMU
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