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[09:53] hi [09:53] i'm trying to setup fai, but i'm getting an error when i run fai-setup: [09:53] W: Failure trying to run: chroot /data/fai/nfsroot mount -t proc proc /proc [09:53] Aborting [09:54] any idea what the cause of this might be? [09:55] mludi42 (~or4000@213-205-85-140.net.novis.pt) joined #fai. [09:55] roots: are you root? [09:56] whoami [09:56] root [09:56] does "chroot /data/fai/nfsroot" work? [09:57] try fai-setup -v and paste the output to paste.debian.net [09:57] not acutally, i'm getting: [09:57] chroot /data/fai/nfsroot/ [09:57] chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory [09:58] there you go: http://www.pastebin.ch/222 [09:59] you're chroot is broken [09:59] a broken mirror [10:00] or you /data partition is mounted with nosuid [10:02] recreating the mirror [10:07] istaz_ (~olivier@59.242-242-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be) joined #fai. [10:07] istaz (~olivier@47.199-241-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be) left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [10:08] /data is mounted with "defaults" [10:17] roots: try with an official mirror [10:20] Mrfai: ahh, looks way better now. thanks for pointing me to the fact that the mirror is broken! i didn't actually check if the mirror is allright... [11:01] http://www.pastebin.ch/223 any clue on this? [11:25] as far as i understand this, fai is looking for an entry that's not existant. [11:29] siggg (~jean@dyn-83-156-148-130.ppp.tiscali.fr) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [11:49] roots, looks that mirror is broken too. try a different one [11:50] h01ger, thanks for answering [12:18] hm, changed the mirror to ftp.ch.debian.org, but i'm still getting the error: http://www.pastebin.ch/225 [12:27] roots: try de.debian.org [12:37] still same error. it's working when i remove "etch-proposed-updates" from /etc/fai/apt/sources.list [12:42] that's ok for me... [12:52] ErKa (~keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [13:07] mettler (~mettler@dsl-62-220-14-162.berlikomm.net) joined #fai. [13:24] antares (~antares@mail.lipn.univ-paris13.fr) left irc: Quit: Quitte [13:26] ajf (~alex@82-70-11-70.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk) joined #fai. [13:35] Anybody successfully used fai for a client using the bnx2 network chipset? [14:08] please do not commit something into the svn currently. I will do the cleanup of our svn directory now [14:31] Is it possible to use apt-pinning during fai-setup? For example, if I want to install a debian sid kernel into an otherwise debian etch nfsroot? [14:33] There may be problems when usinf a kernel from sid with the libc from etch. [14:37] doh! [14:37] Mrfai, really? [14:37] IME not for normal usage, maybe when building modules [14:39] My install client is a Dell PowerEdge 1950 and its prooving a real PITA [14:40] it hangs indefinately when trying to mount the NFSROOT. [14:41] If I try a newer kernel, the kernel has been stripped of the Broadcom (eth0) firmware [14:44] h01ger: I have no experiences with kernel from sid, I just tried once to install it, but it depends on newer libc versions. [14:45] Action: h01ger quite often used sid kernels [14:45] without problems [14:47] backported sid kernels, or plain from sid repository? [14:47] plain [14:52] isn't it recommending rather than depending a new libc? [15:05] svn cleanup is completed [15:22] das gehört nicht ins debian/changelog :) [15:31] ok, kann ich rausnehmen [15:32] es tut auch nicht wirklich weh.. aber ;) [15:36] Mrfai (~lange@suenner.informatik.uni-koeln.de) left irc: Quit: leaving [15:48] siggg (~jean@dyn-83-156-148-130.ppp.tiscali.fr) joined #fai. [16:08] mettler (~mettler@dsl-62-220-14-162.berlikomm.net) left irc: Quit: [BX] The Invisible Man uses BitchX, you just can't see it! [16:10] ErKa (~keryell@m2.wifi.enstb.org) joined #fai. [16:21] siggg (~jean@dyn-83-156-148-130.ppp.tiscali.fr) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [16:28] mludi42 (or4000@213-205-85-140.net.novis.pt) left #fai. [16:34] Mrfai (~lange@kueppers.informatik.uni-koeln.de) joined #fai. [16:57] maks (~max@baikonur.stro.at) joined #fai. [16:58] maks (max@baikonur.stro.at) left #fai (bella ciao). [17:02] mludi42 (~or4000@213-205-85-140.net.novis.pt) joined #fai. [17:14] fai-guy (~fai-guy@p4FC23743.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) joined #fai. [17:14] My fai installer isn't booting properly. [17:15] http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/fai-guide/ch-booting.html#s-booterror section 4.9.1 [17:15] I get dropped into the busybox shell as described [17:16] looking at live.log, I have 'Mounting unionfs on /root failed: No such device' [17:17] maybe an nfs problem. use the nfs-kernel-server, not the user space server [17:17] already using [17:18] SERVER:srv/fai/nfsroot is mounted on /live/image [17:19] but the config dir hasn't been mounted anywhere [17:21] mounting config is done afer the nfsroot is mounted. I think you nfsroot is not mounted [17:22] mount says that it is [17:22] ls /live/image says that it is :) [17:23] mludi42 (~or4000@213-205-85-140.net.novis.pt) left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [17:23] where's the script that does the mounting kept? [17:25] So, what is you problem? [17:26] shouldn't something a bit more exiting happen than just being dropped into a busybox shell? [17:28] if you are dropped into a busybox shell, the nfsroot is not mounted or not mounted corretly. [17:28] what does cat /proc/cmdline says? [17:30] initrd=initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686 ip=dhcp rootdelay=30 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot boot=live FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt FAI_ACTION=install BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686 [17:30] PS I've got a really lame graphical terminal console (Dell DRAC5) in which I can't copy and paste [17:31] moutn [17:31] ignore that - focus in wrong window :( [17:32] your cmdline looks good [17:33] append the strings debug, then you should get more verbose messages of the initrd when mounting [17:34] ok, rebooting now [17:35] thanks for your help BTW. Its taken me ages to even get this far today. [17:38] ajf: your welcome [17:39] still 'mount: Mounting unionfs on /root failed: No such device' [17:40] do you see the mount request on your nfs server? is the network device enable on your install client? [17:40] the nfsroot does mount [17:41] but the unionfs mount then fails [17:42] http://alexfisher.me.uk/unionfs.bmp [17:42] see screenshot [17:43] perhaps its just the kernel I'm using? [17:48] there are problems with unionfs and newer kernels. Wait.. [17:48] or maybe the version of initramfs-tools I used [17:48] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/150788 [17:49] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/137765 [17:49] try to switch to aufs (another unionfs) [17:49] I think I can go back to using 2.6.18, but I need newer initramfs-tools and/or klibc for the system to boot at all [17:49] before upgrading those, the boot sequence just hung at mounting root fs [17:50] which hardware do you have? [17:51] poweredge 1950 [17:51] with Broadcom bnx2 chipset [17:51] hence how I ended up using the odd kernel version [17:52] having had no luck with 2.6.18, I tried kernels from lenny and then sid. Unfortunately, they don't ship with any bnx2 firmware. [17:52] 2.6.22 from sid Dec2007 does though. [17:53] however, after messing around with different kernel versions all day, the system still didn't boot [17:53] With help from #debian-kernel, the problem was eventually put down to buggy initramfs-tools and/or klibc [17:53] roots (roots@77.109.130.108) left #fai. [17:54] so I've upgraded them to the versions in sid at the end of last year. This has gotten me further, but now I've hit another problem. [17:54] It looks as if I might be able to start over with stock etch kernel and backported initramfs-tools/klibc [17:55] but for now, I have to go home. [17:55] Thanks for the help though [17:55] I've got a way forward to try in the morning [17:59] ErKa (~keryell@m2.wifi.enstb.org) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [17:59] tomorrow is a day of in (parts of) germany, so I will not be there. [17:59] I don't think the version of klibc or initramfs-tools is a problem. [17:59] well wish me luck then! :) [18:00] and enjoy your day off. [18:00] unionfs might be the problem. I will replace it with aufs soon [18:00] it certainly didn't boot at all until I replaced them [18:01] The #debian-kernel folks recalled problems relating to nfsroots with klibc/initramfs-tools [18:02] If the IRC of #debian-kernel is logged anyway, you might want take a quick look through it. [18:02] But don't look to much as they give fai a bit of a slaging off! :) [18:03] TTFN [18:21] ErKa (~keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) joined #fai. [18:24] allee (~ach@allee.mpe.mpg.de) left irc: Ping timeout: 480 seconds [19:52] Mrfai (~lange@kueppers.informatik.uni-koeln.de) left irc: Quit: leaving [20:31] ErKa (~keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [20:45] ErKa (~keryell@keryell.pck.nerim.net) joined #fai. 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