[00:02] Not sure it is a mounting issue. it is complaining about error inserting unionfs [00:12] ah [00:12] then its a unionfs issue :) [00:12] which kernel are you using? [00:13] you need the unionfs modules package for that kernel [00:13] and i need to go bed now, it's 2:13 am here... [00:13] i think unionsfs modules are provided by the linux-modules-extra(-$version) packaga [00:14] good luck :) +please report back. either here or on the list [00:16] 2.6.24-1 [00:16] I'll check into that thanks. [01:32] wraith (~wraith@s010600a0c98b36c3.cg.shawcable.net) left irc: Quit: using sirc version 2.211+KSIRC/1.3.12 [01:34] wraith (~kvirc@S010600a0c98b36c3.cg.shawcable.net) joined #fai. [01:37] wraith (~kvirc@S010600a0c98b36c3.cg.shawcable.net) left irc: [02:44] istaz_ (~olivier@204.209-242-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be) joined #fai. 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[09:01] alleeHol (~ach@dialin-212-144-131-033.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #fai. [09:06] allee (~ach@dialin-212-144-131-187.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [09:10] MT (~MT@62-47-220-195.adsl.highway.telekom.at) left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [09:16] MT (~MT@62-47-227-171.adsl.highway.telekom.at) joined #fai. [09:37] MT, hi! have you checked your code with perl 5.10 already? [09:40] nope [09:40] MT (~MT@62-47-227-171.adsl.highway.telekom.at) left irc: Quit: This computer has gone to sleep [09:45] .oO( na dann gute nacht :) [09:55] alleeHol (~ach@dialin-212-144-131-033.pools.arcor-ip.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [10:32] ajf (~alex@82-70-11-70.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk) joined #fai. [10:32] Hi [10:33] I've been trying to use the new setup-storage script from svn [10:35] MT (~MT@80.109.167.79) joined #fai. [10:35] The installation seems to go alright, but the installed system doesn't boot [10:38] fai-guy_ (~fai-guy@p4FC22E5C.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) joined #fai. [10:41] Is it me, or is the script broken at the moment? [10:41] ajf, you will need to provide more information, like error message or logfiles, our crystal ball is in repair :) [10:41] usually setup-storage works.. [10:41] ajf, paste.debian.net is a good place to post logfiles [10:41] or the mailinglist [10:42] fair point :) The boot fails with 'waiting for root filesystem' [10:43] which kernel version? [10:43] which distro? [10:43] lvm? [10:43] scsi, pata, sata? [10:43] as said, the crystal ball is broken.. [10:44] Sorry, I was just looking for the specific details... [10:44] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p4FC23721.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [10:44] Its LVM that seems to be the problem [10:44] I'm using the 'Simple LVM example' from the wiki page ATM [10:44] which distro? which kernel version? [10:45] Etch with the fai 3.2.5 on amd64 [10:46] and 2.6.18? [10:47] umm... I guess so. Would that be the default? Lemme just reboot and check ... [10:47] 2.6.18 is the default [10:48] 2.6.18-6-amd64 [10:48] MT, do you have any idea what could be wrong? [10:49] It eventually times out and drops into the busybox ash shell [10:50] I'm guessing the initrd is missing some kernel modules? [10:51] I'll double check, but I don't think I've got a /dev/mapper directory [10:52] no idea thus far [10:52] are you using latest setup-storage? there have been some changes recently [10:52] yes. [10:52] ajf, are the lvm modules loaded in the initramfs? [10:53] ajf, if you've been following the howto on the wiki page, you should have got lots of debug output [10:53] I spent hours last Friday not even getting the install to work before I noticed that the scripts were in a state of flux ... [10:53] Thus, if you could paste your fai.log, that would be very very helpful [10:54] Nick change: fai-guy_ -> fai-guy [10:55] about that. One thing I haven't set up correctly yet is remote logging to the fai-server :( [10:55] I can sort that out and have another go. [10:55] well, if you just give it another go, could probably copy off the file via scp or the like [10:55] after all, we don't need the package install thingy [10:56] one more point [10:56] did you take care of the part written in bold face? [10:56] and add lvm2 to one of your client classes as well [10:57] (in the first entry in the list of steps to take care of) [10:57] I added lvm2 to the end of package_config/FAIBASE [10:58] ok, that should be fine [10:58] lemme double check the nfsroot ... [10:59] yep, I've justed chrooted in and all the extra packages specified on the wiki page are installed [11:00] ok, that's fine for the nfsroot [11:00] but we need to check that for the client as well [11:00] but as soon as you can provide the fai.log, we'll do that [11:01] yeah, I'm with you on that. It might take me a few moments though. One last thing to check would be the presense of the lvm kernel modules in the initrd [11:02] yes, but again this affects only the initrd on the client [11:05] I see your point. I'll try and get that log file. Meanwhile, there is no /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/drivers/md directory on the client initrd. I'm guessing if all had gone well there would have been [11:08] hmm, yes: [11:08] bear:/tmp/initrd# ls lib/modules/2.6.18-6-xen-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/ [11:08] dm-mirror.ko dm-mod.ko dm-snapshot.ko [11:15] I'm a bit confused setting LOGUSER in /etc/fai/fai.conf. The wiki says the logs are written to /var/log/fai/$hostname, but the fai.conf says the user will need write permission to /srv/tftp/fai [11:16] well, depending on what shall be done... [11:16] fai-chboot will be called to disable (yet another) PXE boot for the client [11:16] thus /srv/tftp/fai [11:16] oh ok [11:16] but the log files will be copied to /var/log/... [11:24] right, another install is under way and all being well I should get the logs this time. Assuming I haven't messed up somewhere :) [11:27] which I obviously have :( [11:28] After editing fai.conf do I need to rebuild the nfsroot? [11:29] well, not really [11:30] could might just want to copy fai.conf into the nfsroot [11:32] cheers. I'll try and engage my brain a bit more from now on! :) [11:37] ok. I've got a log file. It didn't quite end up where I thought it would though! [11:37] It ended up in /home/fai/hostname [11:37] I also had to enter a password on the install client [11:38] so probably you'd need to change the home directory of the fai user [11:38] Action: MT does not use central logging for FAI, so pretty much no idea about that [11:39] more of a problem though is the fai.log contains about 10 or so lines [11:43] huh? [11:43] siggg (~jean@tra78-5-88-172-128-32.fbx.proxad.net) joined #fai. [11:43] that's not terribly much... [11:46] yeah, I seem to have broken something when copying /etc/fai/fai.conf onto the nfsroot [11:51] it would appear that running fai-setup doesn't just copy the fai.conf, but also appends a FAI_CONFIG_SRC line [11:53] which would explain the "Error: Provide the URL to obtain the fai config storage in $FAI_CONFIG_SRC" line in my otherwise unimpressive fai.log [11:57] rebuilding the nfsroot also fixed the needing to enter a password for the remote logging [12:01] where should I post the fai.log file to? Is there anything else I can provide? [12:02] paste.debian.net [12:04] http://paste.debian.net/2677/ [12:05] My eventual aim is to setup up LVM on top of RAID1, but I thought I'd start with the simplest setup-storage example I could find [12:06] yeah, indeed :-) [12:06] hmm, you've got [12:06] FAI_FLAGS: v [12:06] I'm off to grab a sandwich. Thanks for your help. I'll be back in about 15 mins [12:06] that should be verbose [12:06] not just v [12:06] I could postpone that sandwich trip though ... [12:07] :-) [12:08] I haven't touched FAI_FLAGS [12:09] ah, and please add [12:09] export debug=1 to one of the scripts in class/ [12:09] like FAIBASE.var [12:11] fai-chboot is setting FAI_FLAGS to v [12:12] correction [12:12] i am when running fai-chboot -Ifv hostname [12:13] I think the fai guide needs updating. But maybe that's what you get from being impatient! :) http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/fai-guide/ch-impatient.html [12:14] probably that should read -lFv [12:14] -IFv [12:14] my bad [12:14] you might have been too impatient :-) [12:15] so it's an uppercase i [12:15] an uppercase f [12:15] and a lowercase v [12:15] IFv [12:17] I've fixed that and added debug=1 to the end of FAIBASE.var [12:18] A new install is in progress [12:18] ok, then go and grab your sandwich :-) [12:20] sudo make me a sandwhich [12:24] *** No rule to make target [12:24] http://paste.debian.net/2680/ [12:24] tssss [12:24] MT, fix your makefile, then :) [12:24] you're right about the sandwich [12:25] brb [12:25] :) [12:26] h01ger, yeah, seems to be missing something [12:27] probably /dev/fridge is not mounted [12:27] ajf, could you try 2 things: [12:28] first, is dm-mod.ko and the like still missing in the initrd? [12:28] if so, try running chroot /target update-initramfs -k all -u [12:28] on the client [12:28] seems like the lvm2 postinst is run after mkinitramfs [13:03] Do I have to do anything special to get a console on the client? [13:07] you might need to add createvt to the FAI_FLAGS [13:07] in case -IFv doesn't do that anyway [13:07] you could also add sshd to the flags [13:08] I'll be offline now for some hours or so [13:08] it would be cool if you could tell me about your progress at tautschn@model.in.tum.de [13:09] doh. Well thanks for your help. My sandwich was good, but I'd wish I'd postponed it for longer! :) [13:09] as it seems like we need to take care of some more things when integrating setup-storage, which should happen soon [13:10] ajf, maybe running update-initramfs solves your issues [13:10] (hopefully :-) ) [13:10] I'll find out in about 3 mins time [13:10] if this is the case, or whatever else is to be blamed: it would be nice if you could tell me later on [13:11] sure thing, I'll let you know [13:11] I think I need to leave in a few secs, I'll be back online tomorrow at the latest [13:12] fair enough, I'll drop you an email. Thanks again [13:14] update-initramfs run, rebooting now ... [13:15] :) [13:16] That works [13:16] hey, cool :-) [13:16] mounting your root-fs ok? [13:16] yeah, whole system boots. [13:16] ok, so you might just want to add the update-initramfs call to one of your scripts! [13:17] I'll note that and we'll have this in the examples once setup-storage gets integrated into mainline [13:17] thanks for testing this! [13:17] well, then, have fun with the raid+LVM setup :-) [13:18] I'm pretty sure that we'll encounter some troubles there [13:18] it's just too untested [13:18] no problems. Thanks for helping out. I'm gonna try RAID + LVM later [13:18] but we'll get to fix this here online in the next days if you wish [13:18] good luck! [13:18] I'm not trying to keep any existing partitions so it might work out fine [13:19] MT (~MT@80.109.167.79) left irc: Quit: This computer has gone to sleep [13:54] mludi42 (~or4000@213-205-85-140.net.novis.pt) joined #fai. 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[22:26] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p4FC22E5C.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) left irc: Quit: gn8 [22:47] okay stupid question from someone who's having problems getting fai to find the debian mirror, is there a way to tell it to look for a non network source, say...A CD-Rom? [22:50] Irinix: you can try using file:///media/cdrom [22:51] Irinix: is it having trouble finding it during the client installation or the nfsroot construction? [22:51] Its not getting to nfs root construction so I'm assuming it's the client install [22:51] granted my network infrastrucure is kind of hobbled together here in my bedroom, so it might be in the network that its getting lost. [22:52] I'm a hobbiest using literally decade old machines and a hub from I don't know when. [22:54] you are supposed to create a nfsroot on your server before installing on any client, unless you are using the fai-cd [22:54] why do I feel your palm hitting your forehead as you say that to me? [22:56] damn I'm demasked [22:56] its okay, I use that same tone of text when I'm answering a windows question for someone. [22:58] so I probably deserved it. [22:58] well it's not like I'm a fai expert either [22:59] so are you using the fai-cd from the website ? otherwhise which method are you using? [22:59] fai boot floppies [23:00] my hardware is just old enough to not support cd-rom booting [23:00] or network booting for that matter [23:00] so I was going to put the debian installs together on CD and boot fai from floppy looking for that cd [23:01] wow, you really are using old hardware [23:02] indeed. Mostly early Pentium one dells [23:04] trouble is that with recent version of fai and kernel, the kernel doesn't fit anymore on a floppy [23:04] but what you will probably want to do first is : apt-get install fai-server [23:04] ouch, may need to update my fai [23:04] Did that [23:04] then configure you /etc/fai/make-nfs-root.conf and fai.conf [23:05] and then run : fai-setup [23:05] all the fai installs on my server are done, with the exception of (that I didn't realize till you pointed it out) the NFS root [23:06] oh and copy the exemple script in /usr/share/doc to your fai configuration space (usually /srv/fai/ or something like that) [23:06] Irinix: but how did you manage to create a bootfloppy without the nfs root? [23:07] I thought it didn't allow you to do that [23:07] IDK. It's been a while since I've had time to work on this project, and I had a disk sitting on my desk labeled "Fai Boot Floppy" [23:09] which would be why I'm having problems I'm assuming. =/ [23:10] I just thought about something, but to avoid the need to create a fai boot floppy (and making a fitting kernel) you shoud probably use a floppy to boot via PXE [23:10] http://rom-o-matic.net/ may be a good place to find that [23:11] I know I have that kicking around somewhere. [23:11] but I never tried PXE myself [23:11] and I even think I saw mention of it in the FAI faiq [23:11] yes it's probably in it [23:12] you should look at the fai guide on the website, it's useful [23:13] and they have a quickstart chapter > http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/fai-guide/ch-impatient.html [00:00] --- Tue May 13 2008