Problem with Intel igb network driver on client

[Carsten Aulbert]

On Tuesday 01 September 2009 13:44:52 Gordon Grubert wrote:

> I've rebuild the initrd like Carsten mentioned:
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
> ...
> grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
> ...
> Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/igb/igb.ko
> ...
>
> Are the grep messages normal? I got the tip, that the initrd
> has to contain a modules.pcimap file listing the igb driver.
> The initrd does not contain this index file created by depmod.

You might need to bind mount proc into the chroot before entering it, IIRC:

mount --bind /proc /srv/fai/nfsroot....../proc

HTH

Carsten