Single FAI server, multiple Debian versions?

[Diego Zuccato]

Tks, that's indeed way easier. And more manageable, especially if the 
files are kept on a dedicated http server => no changes to nfsroot.
The con is that the file needs to be saved somewhere on the local system 
before being extracted, and that could be a problem with small disks, 
while with nfsroot it is accessible as a normal file and does not need 
to be copied.

Will dig this, too. For now I'm trying to get rid of some spurious error 
messages (related to PCI addresses that are not available, probably a 
BIOS issue) that prevent install to automatically reboot.

Diego

Il 16/01/2024 10:59, Andrew Ruthven ha scritto:
>> You can install multiple debian (and even ubuntu) releases from the
>> same nfsroot, if you run ``debootstrap`` at installtime.
> 
> It is much faster if you use basefiles, and have one per release you
> install. See https://fai-project.org/fai-guide/ and search for basefiles.
> 
> We set a class of $RELEASE_$ARCH and use that to select the basefile.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrew
> 

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