FAI on a thumper

[Alexander Bugl]

Hi Carsten!

> we are currently trying FAI 3.3.3 on a thumper (Sun Fire x4500) but right now 
> it does not like it too much:
> Executing: parted -s /dev/sdy unit chs print free                                
> Executing: parted -s /dev/sdz unit TiB print                                     

Are you sure about sdy?

According to http://docs.sun.com/source/820-4893-13/rhel.html Table 4-1
it depends on the firmware version and on Virtual Floppy / Virtual
CD-ROM being mounted, so you should probably try sdx ...

(And you should change sdz to sdab or sdac ...)

I have no experience with Thumpers and FAI, but spent some time using
kickstart for CentOS to find the correct boot devices -- and in my case
it has been sdy and sdac, even with Firmware 2.0.2.5 and no Virtual
Floppy / Virtual CD-ROM, so in my case the table was wrong. Probably it
depends on the kernel version used ...

With regards, Alex

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