packages avail during install

[Thomas Neumann]

On Monday 07 July 2014 17:42:58 Peter Keller wrote:
> During the installation procedure in FAI 4.2, I found I need a certain
> package. Where/How do I install a package to be available during the
> install time? Does it somehow have to go into the nfsroot? I have no
> idea how to add packages at all to whatever fai-make-nfsroot creates...

If you just want to install a package in the nfsroot you can do

  chroot /srv/fai/nfsroot su -
  apt-get update
  apt-get install <package>

or

  chroot /srv/fai/nfsroot/live/initr[....] su -
  apt-get update
  apt-get install <package>

There's no need to completely rebuild the nfsroot.

bye
thomas