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[14:47] newbie (~cbc7d542@207.250.49.24) left irc: [14:54] ErKa (~keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [15:35] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-131-073.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [15:36] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-131-072.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [15:44] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-131-072.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [15:53] ErKa (keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) joined #fai. [16:01] holst: hmm, if you're doing fai-cd you don't need nfs... [16:01] lol [16:01] I just logged in [16:01] 2 seconds later I waw [16:01] was* highlighted here [16:01] siretartm holst: the last I heard was that fai-cd worked on gutsy, but I cannot confirm [16:02] I have invested 12 hours work at it [16:02] holst: ? you logged into you newly installed machine with fai, running on gutsy, installing gutsy? [16:02] yes [16:02] and, did you do net install or fai-cd in the end? [16:03] would be great if you could document how you solved the problems that occured [16:03] well, in my lab environment with vmware the pxe is filtered [16:03] so I tried to floppy [16:03] that didnt work either [16:03] stucks at GRUB [16:03] the fai-cd ALMOST work [16:03] but I get error with GRUB/10-setup [16:03] if floppies are too small, you can build a boot-cd with make-fai-bootfloppy [16:03] install-grub failes [16:04] lazyb0y_: with -B it works [16:04] i.e., with 2.88MB disk [16:04] and also, when using fai-cd, I get a problem with network interfaces [16:05] you should be able to just use ip=dhcp right? [16:05] i must manually edit /etc/network/interfaces and fix it and then restart the network [16:05] hmm, with fai-cd ip doesn't matter at all - you have everything you need on the cd :) [16:05] well, that is the problem. I didnt want to do it that way. Instead I wanted to use a custom sources.list [16:06] i dont want to mirror a mirror because we have 1000Mbps interconnectivity to certain repositories [16:06] so I need to have network working from the install CD [16:06] and the generated /etc/network/interfaces is *broken* [16:07] I dont know why [16:08] I might give it another try later, but I must go an errand now. Will you be around something later? [16:08] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-132-022.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [16:09] holst: interesting idea to use the fai-cd with an external mirror :) [16:09] still, you _should_ have a mirror, even if you uplink is great - you should save the external mirror's bandwidth... [16:10] I read that too much bandwidth are being used by students for "no good stuff" [16:10] so I thought I would fix the statistics a bit :P [16:10] about the interfaces file: I don't have it at hand where it is created, it should be possible to fix the script that generates it [16:11] that would be interesting [16:11] interesting reason to drain the ubuntu mirrors :) [16:11] but maybe I can put just the install cds deb file on the mirror? [16:11] not having to dl 20GB of debs [16:12] holst: you can do that, too, or just use apt-proxy [16:12] I prefer to have full mirrors in the original layout :) [16:12] yes and have [cdrom] enabled there pointing to file:///srv/cdmirror [16:13] again, about interfaces file: if you always have the same, simple config, to use dhcp, you could just create a correct config and copy it with fcopy [16:16] good idea. I am inspired again. I will try it when I get back [16:42] Mrfai (~lange@suenner.informatik.uni-koeln.de) left irc: Quit: Lost terminal [16:44] Mrfai (~lange@suenner.informatik.uni-koeln.de) joined #fai. [17:05] n00b (~cbc7d542@207.250.49.24) joined #fai. [17:09] Mrfai (~lange@suenner.informatik.uni-koeln.de) left irc: Quit: leaving [17:10] n00b (cbc7d542@207.250.49.24) left #fai. [17:11] bored (~cbc7d542@207.250.49.24) joined #fai. [17:12] hello ppl.. im trying fai first time and i'm getting this error when i run fai-setup.. dpkg-divert: cannot open diversions: No such file or directory .. any ideas? [17:13] bored, please paste all of the output to paste.debian.net and post the link here [17:17] sorry i realised what the problem is.. dint have enough space in the partition [17:45] sepski (~sep@217.17.211.51) joined #fai. [17:47] alleeHol (~ach@dialin-212-144-132-012.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [17:54] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-132-022.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [17:58] Nick change: alleeHol -> allee [17:59] bored (cbc7d542@207.250.49.24) left #fai. [18:20] sepski (~sep@217.17.211.51) left irc: Remote host closed the connection [18:41] pll (~user@vpn.permabit.com) joined #fai. [18:42] Hi all, I'm trying to set up a new FAI server to install etch. For some reason, the kernel package isn't installing. I keep getting an error message: Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 (from .../linux-image-2.6.18-5-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13_i386.deb) ... [18:42] Ok, Aborting [18:42] dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13_i386.deb (--unpack): [18:43] any ideas? [18:45] I've tried wget'ing the .deb from different mirrors, and while ssh'ed into the install client and chroot'ed into /tmp/target I've tried dpkg -i --force-all to no avail. Same error. [18:50] pll: I think some part of the error message is missing [18:50] all that I can see here is ... (--unpack): [18:51] but I guess there is some more after the colon ... [18:51] pll: maybe /var on the installed box is too small? [18:52] pll: what does software.log tell you? [19:02] what does $NFSROOT/var/tmp/base.tgz do? [19:03] this is unpacked after partitioning [19:03] to save a lot of time [19:03] it is done instead of calling debootstrap [19:03] the base system [19:04] so base.tgz is unpacked to /target? [19:04] and then config/FILES/ is fcopied over? [19:05] I am sorry to bother with questions, but its very tough to debug this stuff without having a clear understanding of the process [19:07] holst: you have to call 'fcopy ' in some script on the client [19:07] else nothing is copied from config/FILES [19:08] aha [19:08] so etc/network/interfaces will not appear in the target unless I say so? [19:09] now i have files/etc/network/interfaces/FAIBASE which holds my config [19:12] (30-interaces did that) [19:13] oz_: I run apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 and it dies with: [19:15] Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 (from .../linux-image-2.6.18-5-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13_i386.deb) ...\nOk, Aborting\ndpkg: error processing\n/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13_i386.deb (--unpack):\nE: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [19:15] (pretend all the versions in the above manually-typed stuff actually agree :) [19:15] pll: what does 'df -k' on the client tell you? [19:16] farm-420:/tmp/fai# df -k [19:16] Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on [19:16] rootfs 10325792 2731616 7069664 28% / [19:16] /dev/root 10325792 2731616 7069664 28% / [19:16] tmpfs 517744 4 517740 1% /tmp [19:16] tmpfs 10240 32 10208 1% /dev [19:16] tmpfs 10240 24 10216 1% /var/run [19:16] tmpfs 10240 292 9948 3% /var/log [19:16] tmpfs 10240 0 10240 0% /var/lock [19:16] tmpfs 10240 0 10240 0% /var/discover [19:17] tmpfs 10240 0 10240 0% /var/lib/discover [19:17] tmpfs 10240 0 10240 0% /etc/sysconfig [19:17] tmpfs 10240 20 10220 1% /etc/lvm [19:17] tmpfs 10240 12 10228 1% /var/lib/cfengine2 [19:17] tmpfs 10240 292 9948 3% /tmp/fai [19:17] tmpfs 10325792 2731616 7069664 28% /var/lib/fai/config [19:17] farm-419://srv/fai/config [19:17] 10325792 2731616 7069664 28% /var/lib/fai/config [19:17] /dev/sda2 479683276 465916 454850772 1% /tmp/target [19:17] tmpfs 10240 32 10208 1% /tmp/target/dev [19:17] f [19:17] [19:17] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [19:17] So, I should have plenty of room. [19:17] I'm using 2 partitions, 1 swap, 1 for everything else, on a 500GB drive. [19:18] I've tried installing with a separate /boot of < 100MB at the front of the disk as well. [19:30] pll, I think you need to have some kernel-img.conf [19:31] hmm [19:31] I'm not actually sure which of the lines is the crucial one, but mine is: [19:31] do_symlinks = yes [19:31] relative_links = yes [19:31] do_bootloader = no [19:31] do_bootfloppy = no [19:31] do_initrd = yes [19:31] link_in_boot = yes [19:31] silent_modules = yes [19:31] I have a problem, inside the chroot [19:31] when i run /etc/init.d/networking start [19:31] it complains about /var/run/network directory missing [19:32] so it cannot create the statefile [19:32] is this something somebody know about? [19:32] which chroot? [19:32] the NFSROOT? [19:32] oh, chroot /target [19:42] MT: I'll try the kernel-img.conf thing. But where does that get put? [19:43] Is that an $NFSROOT/etc file, or something that needs to be in $FAI/config/files/... ? [19:43] hmm, do you still have your client available? [19:44] yeah. [19:44] please check whether it already has a kernel-img.conf file [19:44] in /target/etc/kernel-img.conf [19:44] there is a /etc/kernel-image.conf which only has a 'do_boot_enable=no' line [19:45] hold on a sec on the /target... [19:45] nope, no /tmp/target/etc/kernel-image.conf [19:45] ah, which fai version? [19:45] 3.1.8? [19:46] err, what shipped with etch? [19:46] that one, ok [19:46] should I upgrade? would that make me happier? [19:46] just a sec [19:47] Action: pll hasn't set up an fai server since 2.8.x [19:47] hmm [19:47] ah - are you using your good old config space? [19:47] or did you start from scratch? [19:48] Nope, started from scratch. The old config was too old and crufty. [19:48] hmm, then you should have a file files/etc/kernel-img.conf/DEFAULT [19:48] We've basically got nothing in the config space. A class, a disk_config file, etc. [19:48] in your (new) config space, right? [19:48] Ahh, no we don't.... [19:48] ah, you didn't start from the example config space [19:48] nope. [19:49] ok, please merge the following from the example config space: [19:49] files/etc/kernel-img.conf [19:49] and hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE [19:49] or rename that one to hooks/instsoft.DEFAULT [19:50] that will take care of installing kernel-img.conf before installing the software packages [19:51] Okay, can do. [19:51] thanks. [19:54] The fai-doc package contains only an instsoft.FAIBASE. It appears to okay to just rename that to instsoft.DEFAULT ... [19:54] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-132-012.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [19:54] yep [19:56] is kernel-img.conf a 2.6 kernel thingy? [19:56] I think this is an entirely Debian specific thing [19:57] for the Debian kernel package only [19:57] Hmmm, well, there seems to be a man page for it, I probably ought to read it :) [19:58] Thanks for the clue. [21:03] ErKa (keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [21:08] ErKa (keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) joined #fai. [21:19] holst: about " its very tough to debug this stuff without having a clear understanding of the process" - you could start with reading the fai guide! :) [21:21] I have, and usually stuff breaks all bets are off [21:21] fai-cd not being supported under ubuntu but still i shipped with ubuntu, i dont even know how to interpret that [21:25] Im working with pure debian now [21:25] trying to get it working there first [21:49] holst: I think it might be easier to use a debian server to install debian as well as ubuntu systems [22:59] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-129-216.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. 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