any clue why this would happen in disk_config / etch

[kegstand]

> Ok, seems like FAI 3.2.8 is not fully compatible with etch :-); I guess you will
> need to hack the disk-info script in your NFSROOT. I think it should suffice to
> look at the code of disk-info and do the reverse of what the comment in line 17
> says, that is:
>
> - throw away line 18
> - put [ `cat /sys/block/$device/removable` -eq 1 ] && isdisk=0
>  back in place

ok i did it.  I have run the script from the command line, I got no
output.  Should that work?
I don't know where '$device' is going to be set.