FAI 3.3.3 + Ubuntu Lucid

Waldemar Brodkorb fai at waldemar-brodkorb.de
Fri Mar 19 09:46:16 CET 2010


Hi Stephan,
Stephan Hermann wrote,

> Hi Waldemar,
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:40:19 +0100
> Waldemar Brodkorb <mail at waldemar-brodkorb.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Stephan,
> > Stephan Hermann wrote,
> > 
> > > Hi Guys,
> > > 
> > > I'm porting the last changes from Waldemar and others to a new FAI
> > > Package for Ubuntu Lucid (which will be 10.04 LTS).
> > > 
> > > Looks like, that the server stuff (pxe dhcp etc.) is all
> > > working...so no worries here.
> > > 
> > > Now, Using an Ubuntu Lucid Kernel, (generic flavour) the boot up
> > > process stops at something around the lines:
> > > 
> > > Console: switching to colour framebuffer device 80x30
> > > 
> > > I tried to disable it via modeset but failed here..
> > 
> > May be some of the upstream stuff get reverted by my old stuff?
> > Can you try 3.3.4 without any changes to FAI itself (may be just
> > NFSROOT needs some touching for the correct package names.)
> 
> I'll give it a shot :) 
> 
> >  
> > > Does anyone has an idea, what could that be and how someone can
> > > workaround it?
> > > 
> > > Waldemar, did you have any success using a lucid boot kernel for
> > > your install client?
> > 
> > Yes, sure. We are using always lucid kernels.
> 
> So, even as tftp boot kernel ?

Yes, sure. All necessary stuff to boot a lucid kernel and initrd is
in upstream integrated, as far as your NFSROOT takes care of any
package name differences between Debian and Ubuntu.

Have fun,
        Waldemar


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