setting up nfsroot on server whose ubuntu release differs from server's release doesn't work...

wtautz wtautz at cs.uwaterloo.ca
Thu Nov 23 15:01:46 CET 2006


Michael Tautschnig wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to install an edgy based nfsroot on a server running dapper
>> but it aborts. It DOES work when I put in dapper in
>> /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
>> and FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="dapper ftp://mirror.cs.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu"
>>
>> I ran debootstrap by hand and it told me no edgy script in
>>
>> ls -al /usr/lib/debootstrap/scripts/
>>
>> which is indeed the case.... I guess I can create my own?
>>
>>     
> As this won't be that simple, I'd rather go for a newer version of debootstrap -
> which version are you running?
>   
They appear to be the same version, but one has an edgy script in
it.

0.3.3.0ubuntu2 -dapper
0.3.3.0ubuntu7 -edgy

Probably could just grab the edgy version and install it by hand.

walter
> Best,
> Michael
>
>
>   



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