FAI 2.9 network boot problems on some machine

[Henning Sprang]

On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 14:47 +0100, Thomas Lange wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:29:34 +0100, Henning Sprang <henning_sprang at gmx.de> said:
> 
>     > But when trying to deploy FAI 2.9 on my production system, I get the
>     > following message at the same install client's command line:
> 
>     > Warning - unable to open initial console
> Search the mailling list archive for "NFS v3". This is a known issue
> with kernel 2.6.8 on the install server.
> 

Richt description found in
http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20051208.164812.d580c310.en.html
fits my symptoms here - didn't find it before when searching because the
word "warning" from the error message is nowhere in the mail :)

In my case, the important difference between the machines is that one
uses a stock debian kernel for amd instead of the standard intel one.
The amd machine doesn't have the problem.

And yes, FAI 2.9 defines v3 in the file
in /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg/C0A80084 for the host in question - after
changing it to v2 it seems to work. Where's the best place to change
that? Do I always need to do that manually after each fai-chboot run?
(which I use often when doing testing and devlopment work)

Henning