FAI does not nfs mount my mirror

[Konrad, Martin]

Hi Thomas,
> OK, I guess I know the problem. In the past fai.conf was copied from
> /etc/fai into the nfsroot and used during installation. This is not
> done any more by default.
>
> You should define most variables in your config space in class/*.var.
I can confirm that this solves my problem. But it seems I still need 
these variables in fai.conf as well. If I remove them from fai.conf 
fai-setup -f fails with a strange error complaining about a missing 
Package file on my mirror while Package.gz and Package.bz are where they 
should be (cf. attached file). So it seems this does not follow the DRY 
principle.

It might be good idea to mention in the fai.conf man page that these 
variables should go into the config space as well.

I have no idea what happens if the variables have different values in 
fai.conf and the config space.

Thank you very much!

Martin

P.S.: BTW, the same probably applies to other variables (like 
FAI_ROOTPW) as well.

-- 
Martin Konrad
Control System Engineer
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Michigan State University
640 South Shaw Lane
East Lansing, MI 48824-1321, USA
Tel. 517-908-7253
Email: konrad at frib.msu.edu
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