lenny/amd64 nfsroot on etch/i386

[Michael Tautschnig]

> On 4 Nov 2008, at 17:36 , Thomas Lange wrote:
>
>>> I'm running fai-server 3.2.12 on etch. I would like to create a NFS
>>> root for lenny/amd64. Unfortunately, it fails every time. I've
>> What does uname -a say? Is this a 32 or 64bit kernel?
>> You need at least a 64bit kernel (the userspace may be 32bit) to
>> create a 64bit nfsroot on this machine.
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> thank you for your prompt responses. Since I really need lenny, and I  
> can't upgrade our current machine running fai-server, I decided to do  
> something different.
>
> I first installed lenny/amd64 on a virtual machine, and copied the setup 
> from the main fai-server. Then, I changed dhcpd.conf to advertise this VM 
> as a fai-server. Further, I created another VM on my laptop, to be the 
> test-client. When I try to install lenny/amd64 on this test-client using 
> fai, kernel crashes during boot. Specifically, it never installs, and 
> during the boot process I get this message:
> List of all partitions:
> No filesystem could mount root, tried:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown  
> block (0,255)
>

I'd bet it tells you a lot more. Things you should look for:
- Is it booting the kernel you expect it to boot?
- Does it find the matching initramfs?
- If that is all fine, does it try to use the NFS server you'd expect it to use?

Best,
Michael

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