[00:03] lazyb0y_ (~henning@v683.vanager.de) joined #fai. [00:04] lazyb0y (~henning@v683.vanager.de) left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [03:23] pll (~user@c-76-24-131-239.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) joined #fai. [03:24] Hi all, is there an easy way to use the same disk_config/ file for both hda and sda drives? [06:41] MT (~MT@ppp-82-135-13-158.dynamic.mnet-online.de) joined #fai. [06:41] MT (~MT@ppp-82-135-13-158.dynamic.mnet-online.de) left irc: [06:48] ErKa (keryell@m2.wifi.enstb.org) joined #fai. [06:52] MT (~MT@dove.informatik.tu-muenchen.de) joined #fai. [07:08] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p57B9BB7D.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) joined #fai. [07:32] MT (~MT@dove.informatik.tu-muenchen.de) left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [07:32] MT (~MT@dove.informatik.tu-muenchen.de) joined #fai. [07:40] MT (~MT@dove.informatik.tu-muenchen.de) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [08:13] Mrfai (~lange@kueppers.informatik.uni-koeln.de) joined #fai. [10:20] hi, i have some problems to configure a right menu.lst for a opensuse system with the postinst from simple examples [10:22] it seems that suse assumes sda1 as hd(0,1) [10:31] any hints, what's going wrong ? [10:44] i dont see what your problem is, if you know what suse expects.. [10:52] there is something strange, in a by hand installation hd(0,1) is sda2 [10:55] i have no idea. the last suse i dealt with was 7.2 :-) \o/ [12:14] ctp (~ctp@brsg-4d0795f3.pool.mediaWays.net) left irc: Quit: Leaving [13:03] ok, after reducing my disk_config to one single partition the menu.lst is ok. [13:42] Hi all, is there an easy way to use the same disk_config/file for both hda and sda drives? [13:44] I have a number of machines, all of which need to have the same partitioning, but some are SATA, some are PATA. It seems silly to have multiple partitioning config files for this... [13:45] ls [14:35] disk_config disk1 <-- meens the first disk drive hda or sda never mind [14:36] but i dont know what happens if you have both inside a machine [14:37] fai-guy: each system would only be a single drive type. There would never be a system with both SATA or PATA drives. [14:37] so I can just say 'disk1' ? [14:38] yes this works fine for me [14:38] Cool. I'm trying to migrate from an old config from 2.x to 3.x and the old disk configs use 'disk_config sda' or 'disk_config hda' [14:40] as far as i know this should work to [14:40] but disk1 is more portable i think [14:41] agreed. [14:41] thanks. [14:41] np [15:28] allee (~ach@allee.mpe.mpg.de) left irc: Remote host closed the connection [15:31] allee (~ach@allee.mpe.mpg.de) joined #fai. [15:54] ErKa (keryell@m2.wifi.enstb.org) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [16:04] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p57B9BB7D.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) left irc: Quit: leaving [17:41] math (~math@p54B491B5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) joined #fai. [17:48] Kann FAI in etch schon /-SW Raid? [17:48] ist version 3.1.8 glaub uch [17:51] I've seen a raid1 setup on http://www.heinlein-support.de/upload/slac07/thomas_lange_fai.pdf like at page 26 [17:51] is this possible with etch-fai? [17:53] math, first: you want to use 3.2.4 from the fai homepage for etch, if you dont have a working etch setup already (then migration might be an issue). [17:54] second, magic-harddisc (or whatever its called now,MT?) is not part of fai yet. but you can install and use it, go to faiwiki.debian.net, there are instructions how to use it [18:06] Mrfai: hm, might it be the case that softupdate does not use the -u hostname but $HOSTNAME (of local computer) instead? [18:09] Lin (~igor@200.179.57.57) left irc: Quit: Ex-Chat [18:23] mikap: I have no softupdate experiences. Let's see.. [18:23] I've upgraded to fai-3.2.4 (from 3.1.8), but now there is a missing $TFTPROOT, but the NEWS.Debian.gz file doesn't explain this. ATM, I don't use the TFTP from tftpd-hpa, nor the PXE mechnism from fai => how do I disable this? [18:23] mikap: yes -u is only used when doing dirinstall [18:25] math: just set TFTPROOT=/srv/tftp/fai [18:25] in make-fai-nfsroot.conf, and things will work not not complain any more [18:29] Mrfai: thanks I thinks this worked.. at least fai-setup is running again :-) [18:33] h01ger: can't find the magic-harddisc addon.. can you provide an url? [18:34] math, look at recent changes in the wiki.. [18:34] http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/Storage_Magic [18:36] Mrfai, under which name to you plan to integrate it in fai now? [18:36] ahh yes I've got it, many thanks [18:43] h01ger: this is up to MT, but I propose storage-magic [18:44] storage-magic sounds nice but the name is very similar to partition-magic from symantec [18:49] Mrfai, as written on the list: "magic" is not a good name for something deterministic. and MT said he doesnt care, you should decide. why not setup-storage? its in the tradiotion of setup-harddisc but its obvious, that its something advanced... [18:50] Lin (~igor@200.179.57.57) joined #fai. [18:54] I will talk to MT about the name before including it. [19:04] grrr, mkdebmirror seems to have horked my mirror. [19:04] I hate computers. [19:07] math (math@p54B491B5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) left #fai. [19:19] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p54BD412B.dip.t-dialin.net) joined #fai. [19:37] has anyone else had problems with the mkdebmirror script? [19:39] Mrfai: thanks for verifying; could this behaviour be adjusted in an upcoming release? :) [19:48] Corey (~Corey@199.17.59.129) joined #fai. [19:49] need some help [19:50] I'm setting up an fai server and when booting the clients and doing a network boot it starts and stops at the mount NFS. [19:50] with which error code? [19:50] when looking at the install guide it says there is a permissions problem [19:51] so what does your /etc/exports looks like? [19:51] mikap: sure. please file a bug report for this [19:52] Mrfai: ok, thx [19:52] Mrfai: against package fai-client? [19:54] export reads /srv/fai/config *(async,rw,subtree_check export reads /srv/fai/config *(async,rw,subtree_check,no_root_squash) [19:55] export reads /srv/fai/nfsroot *(async,rw,subtree_check,no_root_squash) [19:55] m ok and what does syslog say when you are trying to mount it manualy using mount ip:/srv/fai/config /mnt/randomfolder [19:56] don't know. I'm a little new to linux but the other guy here that just left knows it pretty well and has been helping me but he can't figure it out and has left [19:57] ok, reading syslog is done by typing tail -f /var/log/syslog press CTRL+C to abort viewing the file. [19:57] the install client boots and then gives me a (initramfs) prompt [19:59] that command says no such directory [19:59] at the (initramfs) i type vi live.log [19:59] ok [20:00] and what do you get? [20:00] in the last three lines [20:00] it tells me that it starts running a script and then has IP info and says begin mounting nfsroot [20:01] ok you should try out your nfsroot to see that it actually is accessible [20:01] then it has the mount command and the nfsroot directory on my install server but then a lot of lines saying rpc failed : 2 [20:01] ok how do I do that [20:02] ok the you need to start the portmapper [20:02] mikap: yep. fai-client [20:02] on the fai server type /etc/init.d/portmap start [20:03] says already running. should I do restart at the end of command [20:04] okay try that and try to restart your nfs server aswell (unless its being used for something vital right now) [20:05] I have tried restarting the the install server machine and redoing the fai-setup command and still same problem [20:06] there is indeed something fishy about you nfs server [20:06] run mkdir /mnt/testmount [20:06] then [20:06] the install guide says the error I'm getting is a permissions problem on the server but doesn't say how to fix it. [20:06] mount 127.0.0.1:/srv/fai/nfsroot /mnt/testmount [20:06] cag (~cag@dslb-082-083-081-120.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [20:07] allt his from the fai server [20:07] hi [20:07] hi [20:07] Corey: I had this error just the other day and it was due to errors in my exports config and the portmapper was shut down [20:08] ok [20:08] I did the testmount [20:08] did it work? [20:08] no errors came up [20:08] hi h01ger - here i am again from fsk [20:09] intresting [20:09] hi cag [20:09] you said you got same error. Portmapper says it's already running and I showed you my lines in the exports file [20:09] Corey: how about taking away the "*" sign in your exports [20:10] after a fresh install of fai-server, our client stops at: NET: Registered Protocol Family 17 [20:10] (fresh install of ubuntu server)... [20:10] anyone have an idea ? [20:10] it originally had my install servers ip and subnetmask where the star is but we took it out and when reloading the nfs kernel server it gave errors and told us to put the star in [20:11] Corey: mine looks like this /srv/fai/nfsroot 172.16.196.0/255.255.255.0 (async,rw,no_root_squash) [20:12] the ip address is that your install servers IP then [20:12] it is the anme of the network which is allowed to connect to my nfs server [20:12] I realize I have an error in my exports, it shouild not have rw. [20:15] yeah the default when it was created is ro [20:16] what happened when you took away the asterisk (*)? [20:18] same [20:18] ah I got it [20:19] you are running a nfs v2 server right? [20:19] yeah [20:20] aha open up your /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg/ and change v3 to v2 in the root= options [20:24] it just says root=/dev/nfs [20:25] which file did you open? [20:26] I just did a new install yesterday of debian and the fai-quickstart and all supporting packages with apt so I'm assuming I have the most uptodate stuff [20:26] I opened the linux config file for the install client [20:27] os sorry for being vauge if you open the same file and look for nfsroot= (not root= my bad) [20:28] Corey: mine looks like this: nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot,v2,tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 [20:32] mine says nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot boot=live [20:32] it was auto created by fai-chboot -IFv HP22 [20:32] ok im ptobalby using an older version, try appending ,v2 right after /srv/fai/nfsroot [20:33] I see [20:35] I have to get to a class. thanks for the help. I'll be back on tomorrow around 11am looking for help to fix it. Thanks again [20:35] good luck [20:36] Corey (~Corey@199.17.59.129) left irc: Quit: Leaving [20:46] cag (~cag@dslb-082-083-081-120.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Quit: leaving [20:48] tostado (~tostado@dslb-082-083-081-120.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [20:53] I'm seeing an error on my install clients: looping forever (NFS Root) [20:53] any ideas what causes this? [20:56] which installation stage and what error message? [20:58] install client tftp's the kernel which is supposed to NFS mount from the fai server. It boots that kernel, but then can't NFS mount. [20:59] It appears that the client does not accept the DHCPOFFER from the DHCP server. [20:59] ah ok so can you take a quick look at the messages from the nfs server (syslog) [20:59] oh [21:00] There doesn't seem to be anything in syslog on the nfs/fai server [21:00] pll: whats your grub command line ? [21:02] fai-guy: where do I find that? [21:03] which grub command line [21:06] anyway pll your dhcp probably works fine since you are able to fetch the kernel [21:07] right, it's not dhcp, I know that's rock solid. [21:07] I'm mucking with the nfsroot, and I'm fairly certain it's something in there. [21:07] ok what have you done with it? [21:08] ran aptitude to attempt to fix a broken package dependency... [21:08] portmap disagreed with libc6. [21:08] ok that should not matter for the mounting of the nfs root [21:08] this is fai 2.6.x [21:08] oops, 2.8.x [21:09] ah thats true, but since you have not mounted the nfsroot yet this should not bother you just yet [21:09] pll: you'll find it in your pxe config for the host [21:10] Ahh, it looks like grub might have not been installed into $nfsroot/boot [21:10] there's not $nfsroot/boot/grub dir... [21:14] tostado (tostado@dslb-082-083-081-120.pools.arcor-ip.net) left #fai (Kopete 0.12.4 : http://kopete.kde.org). [21:17] pll: there is no point in installing grub in the nfsroot since you never boot it from drive [21:18] what faiguy was refering to is the boot nfsroot options in /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg/ [21:19] btw you should know that the nfsroot cannot be running gutsy only feisty or later [21:21] kugg: thx, that's what i meen, too many beer tonight and no fai-server here to looking for ;-) [21:27] tostado (~tostado@dslb-082-083-079-229.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [21:34] kugg: I'm running debian sarge/woody/... [21:35] my pxelinux.cfg/default file has: [21:36] append auto rw root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.95.34.145:/usr/lib/fai/nfsroot nfsaddrs=kesaddrs=kernel idebus=66 ip=0.0.0.0::10.95.0.1:255.255.0.0:::dhcp [21:41] ErKa (keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) joined #fai. [21:41] ok, i think there is boot=live missing [21:41] initrd=initrd.img-2.6.18-5-486 ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot boot=live FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,reboot FAI_ACTION=install [21:42] The FAI_FLAGS... is set in the DHCP config, correct? [21:42] ^^ this is what i get if i add a client by calling "fai-chboot -IBv " [21:43] Hmm, I get: [21:43] append ip=dhcp devfs=nomount FAI_ACTION=install root=/dev/nfs FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,syslogd,reboot [21:44] We issue the FAI_ACTION and FAI_FLAGS via DHCP. [21:44] as well. [21:45] i think boot=live is nessassary as well but no guarantee [21:46] is that a new fai 3.x thingy? I'm running fai 2.8... [21:46] yes this is new since 3.x [21:46] 3.2.x i think [21:47] okay, so I *think* the boot=live thing might not apply here. [21:47] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p54BD412B.dip.t-dialin.net) left irc: Quit: i't too tired ... sry tomorrow more [21:47] *unless* boot=live is an NFS thing... [21:56] boot=live is not an NFs thing. 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