Using fai-cd from Lenny to install Etch clients

[Michael Tautschnig]

[...]

> 
> The other confusion for me is I expected to have the Lenny kernel (2.6.26-2)
> running during the install on the target.  I thought I was creating a Lenny
> live CD to install an Etch 2.6.18-6 client.  But instead the CD appears to
> use the client kernel the whole time - can anybody clue me in?
> 

[...]

Well, fai-cd just takes a kernel from the NFSROOT, it uses the following command
to choose the kernel version:

ls -tr $NFSROOT/boot/vmlinu?-* | tail -1

In case you have multiple kernels installed in your NFSROOT, this might well
pick the wrong one!?

Best,
Michael

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