error while running fai-setup for ubuntu-edgy

[Prafash Kumar]

Make sure that you have similar problem before you try something.
The log i got while it happened ...

Log from /live.log
Begin: Running /scripts/live-premount ...
Done.
Done.
stdin: error 0
FATAL: Module   not found.
mount: Mouning unionfs on /root failed: No such device
unionfs mount failed


--Prafash


On 9/18/07, Muniven Shekar-PTH473 <Shekar.Muniven at motorola.com> wrote:
> Hi Prafash,
>
> The kernel version of edgy (the ubunutu release, that I am bundling) is
> 2.6.17-10. But I am not finding the patch for this version in the site -
> http://download.filesystems.org/unionfs. Is it OK to apply the patch
> which is for 2.6.18.8 (unionfs-2.1.1_for_2.6.18.8.diff.gz)?
>
> Thanks,
> Shekar
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prafash Kumar [mailto:prafash at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:18 PM
> To: Muniven Shekar-PTH473
> Cc: linux-fai
> Subject: Re: error while running fai-setup for ubuntu-edgy
>
> Hi Shekar,
>
> Can you check if you have "uniofs" filesystem support with the kernel ?
> If not get the patch from http://download.filesystems.org/unionfs
> and rebuild the kernel.
>
> I had the same error and thomas asked me to try this.  And worked for
> me.
>
> Thanks,
> Prafash
>
> On 9/18/07, Muniven Shekar-PTH473 <Shekar.Muniven at motorola.com> wrote:
> > I am able to get past that error by having FAI 3.2.1.
> >
> > I have created a CD which has edgy contents. When I boot with this CD,
> I
> > am getting the following error:
> >
> > --------------
> > Begin: Mounting the root file system....
> > BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian ..) Built-in shell (ash)
> > Enter 'help'  for a list of built-in commands.
> >
> > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> > (initramfs)
> > ---------------
> >
> > Pls let me know where I need to look into. Is there anything that I
> can
> > check in the chroot environment?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Shekar
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-fai-bounces at uni-koeln.de
> > [mailto:linux-fai-bounces at uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Thomas Lange
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:07 PM
> > To: linux-fai
> > Subject: RE: error while running fai-setup for ubuntu-edgy
> >
> > >>>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:25:41 +0800, "Muniven Shekar-PTH473"
> > <Shekar.Muniven at motorola.com> said:
> >
> >     > I did it an hour back. I am using 3.2.
> >     > I will try installing fai-nfsroot manually.
> >
> >     > Shall I use 3.2.1?
> > Yep. That's the problem maybe. The fai-client 3.2 version is not
> > available any more. Now only FAI 3.2.1 is available from my local
> > repository.
> >
> >
> >     >> Ign http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de etch Release
> >     >> Ign http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de etch/koeln Packages
> >
> >     > Does "Ign" means ignore? Is there some issue here, or is it OK?
> > Maybe a problem. I'm not sure.
> >
> > --
> > regards Thomas
> >
> >
>
>