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| 11:45 Joelio | Rerunning the installer again seems to have worked this time (no errors after chaninging from default msdos partiiton type to GPT) |
| 11:47 Joelio | although, grub is failing to install now.. grrr |
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| 11:53 Joelio | Ahh, I see it's creating one massive GPT partition, I don't think that's right |
| 11:54 Joelio | Is there a way to have /boot as a normal partition and the root (and other LVMS) as GPT? |
| 11:55 Joelio | Also what's the difference between GPT and GPT+BIOS? |
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| 12:11 Joelio | http://www.pastebin.ca/1715617 is the disk_config |
| 12:22 Joelio | going to try with gpt-bios.. fingers crossed :) |
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| 12:31 Joelio | I now have this.. http://pastebin.ca/1715626 |
| 12:33 Joelio | but I'm getting an error.. "" Invalid file: Was expecting /\Z/ but found "disk_config disk1 bootable:1 disklabel:gpt-bios" instead "" |
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| 12:38 Joelio | Reworked the disk config.. going to try this http://www.pastebin.ca/1715630 |
| 12:39 Joelio | still unsure that this will work though |
| 12:39 Joelio | it'd be handy to have a test tool to test if config's are working |
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| 12:58 Joelio | well, it failed again! Same/similar error |
| 13:46 Joelio | .. also I'm using FAI 3.3.2, yet I seem to be using setup_storage 1.0.3 - is that right |
| 13:46 Joelio | ? |
| 13:49 mgoetze | Joelio: first of all, you can check the syntax of a config file just by running setup-storage on it |
| 13:50 mgoetze | Joelio: secondly, note that the version of setup-storage that gets used is determined by the version of fai-client installed in your nfsroot |
| 13:52 Joelio | mgoetze, I did like this.. setup-storage -f POSTGRESQL |
| 13:52 Joelio | which gave me |
| 13:52 Joelio | # |
| 13:52 Joelio | setup-harddisks is running in test-only mode |
| 13:52 Joelio | Environment variable disklist is not set |
| 13:52 Joelio | and that's it |
| 13:53 Joelio | Also, I regenerated my nfsroot yesterday, so presuambly setup-storage should be the latest. I'm using the FAI debian repo.. |
| 13:54 mgoetze | are you also using the fai debian repo in /etc/fai/apt/sources.list ? |
| 13:55 mgoetze | you can test with e.g. disklist="/dev/sda /dev/sdb" setup-storage -f POSTGRESQL |
| 13:55 Joelio | ahh, ok, makes sense! |
| 13:55 Joelio | cheers |
| 13:55 Joelio | will give it a go |
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| 14:17 Emkei | hi |
| 14:18 Emkei | I have a stupid question :) I have FAI and an image of a debian node (just tar.gz image of the whole machine without /proc /mnt etc.). I have no debian mirror or proxy, just the tar.gz file. Is it possible to extract the image on remote machine using FAI? It sounds simple but I don't know the solution :( |
| 14:19 Emkei | I don't want to download/install any modules, just extract the image. |
| 14:22 mgoetze | Emkei: it's possible, sure, though there are probably easier ways to do that sort of thing, FAI is designed for something else... |
| 14:25 Emkei | mgoetze: thx, I know :( ...but, do you have any idea how to do it with FAI? I just need some hints... |
| 14:28 mgoetze | Emkei: well you can put your tar file in basefiles and write a bunch of hooks to skip all the tasks you don't need |
| 14:29 mgoetze | Emkei: whatever you do, read the fai guide... |
| 14:29 Joelio | Anyone know how I can update the nfsroot to have the latest FAI packages... I'm sure they're the latest. I've uncommented out the FAI line in /etc/fai/apt/sources.list and ran another make-fai-nfsroot. If I chroot into the nfsroot setup-storage is 1.1.4. However, when I make a CD, the cd still says it's 1.0.3? |
| 14:29 Emkei | mgoetze: thx |
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| 14:45 leOff | hello |
| 14:45 Joelio | hello |
| 14:45 leOff | i was wondering if there is any web based frontend for fai |
| 14:46 Joelio | i.i.r.c someone wrote one in Django, but I don't think they ever properly released the code |
| 14:46 Joelio | there's an console/X GUI call faimond |
| 14:47 leOff | yah .. i've seen the screenshots in the website.. but i was really hoping for a clientless multi-platform solution |
| 14:49 Joelio | hmm, FAI is very debian centric and I don't reckon that'll change anytime soon. There are patches of SuSE etc.. maybe cobbler with kickstart (supported by the debian installer and anaconda) |
| 14:49 Joelio | but then again, I'ma debian person at heart and have begun to love FAI (when I can make it work!) |
| 14:49 Mrfai | leOff: have a look at GOSa |
| 14:50 leOff | i want it to manage debian boxes ... but without forcing the managers to have a debian box |
| 14:50 leOff | =) |
| 14:50 Joelio | leOff: oh, so when you say multi-platform, you don't mean the install targets |
| 14:51 leOff | yep .. just the managing workstations |
| 14:52 Joelio | I take it the 'management' doesn't know how to use SSH then? :P |
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| 14:54 leOff | it actually can, but the idea is provide a centralized, clientless multi-platform solution =) |
| 14:55 Joelio | I've just tried to take a look at gosa-project.org and the site seems to be down |
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| 14:58 leOff | i've also been peeping at cfengine .. |
| 14:58 leOff | but that one looks a bit overkill for what i want to do |
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| 15:05 leOff | looking at the "FAI Djangofied" thread .. there's even a youtube video, but then no link to anywhere |
| 15:05 leOff | *sigh* |
| 15:08 Joelio | yea, seem a little like vapourware when I saw it, the guy didn't want to post the code.. shame |
| 15:09 leOff | he wouldn't post the code even after being asked to? |
| 15:09 Joelio | leOff: I'm developing a configuration management system using Chef (specifically 0.8 version). I love it, but it's horses for courses as they say |
| 15:09 Joelio | yea, strange, said he was going to clean up the code and post it but never happened |
| 15:09 leOff | hmm.. i was thinking about droping him a line... |
| 15:10 Joelio | at least not that I'm aware.. been sat on these lists and IRC quite often |
| 15:10 Mrfai | I think the code will be released, but often people do not have the time to do it. |
| 15:10 Mrfai | You should ask on the mailing list for the code. This may help. |
| 15:10 oz__ | in that case, I think he wasn't allowed to |
| 15:10 Joelio | yea, would be great to test it! |
| 15:10 oz__ | it was sherman, right? |
| 15:10 leOff | oz__: yep |
| 15:11 oz__ | leOff: yea, he wasn't allowed to. the presentation was the maximum he could do. |
| 15:11 Joelio | ahh, was it code worked on for a job and there was restrictions? makes more sense.. |
| 15:11 oz__ | blame the business suites, please. :) |
| 15:11 Joelio | teasing us :) |
| 15:11 leOff | hmm.. mind if i ask ... |
| 15:12 leOff | why isn't the channel on freenode?... just wondering |
| 15:12 leOff | =) |
| 15:12 Mrfai | oz__: when did sherman say, that he was not allowed to publish the code? Do you have any references? |
| 15:15 mgoetze | leOff: because irc.debian.org points to oftc, presumably |
| 15:15 oz__ | Mrfai: do we have an irc log? |
| 15:15 oz__ | I think he said it here |
| 15:16 mgoetze | oz__: /topic |
| 15:16 oz__ | mgoetze: yes. |
| 15:16 mgoetze | anyway, dentist time :( see you later |
| 15:18 Joelio | I'm still having trouble getting the latest setyup-storage. I've even rerun fai-setup -v and re-ran fai-mirror. My /etc/fai/apt/sources.list contains the correct FAI line. Chrooting into the newly created NFSROOT shows setup-storage 1.1.4. any ideas?? |
| 15:18 Joelio | It's still 1.0.3 according to the installer :( |
| 15:18 Joelio | must be missing something simple.. |
| 15:19 Mrfai | maybe your client mounts a different nfsroot. |
| 15:20 Joelio | it's a CD Mrfai. Using fai-cd |
| 15:20 Joelio | which I mount up on a Dell DRAC to remotely install |
| 15:21 Joelio | (no PXE infrastructure) |
| 15:21 Joelio | I do have a seperate fai-i386 config directory, but that shouldn't be getting touched |
| 15:27 Mrfai | oz__: Do you found any references? |
| 15:28 oz__ | Mrfai: don't have the time now, work... |
| 15:28 oz__ | maybe it's faster to drop him a line via mail |
| 15:31 leOff | Mrfai: if you're going to bring it up, maybe i shouldn't email him also .. what do you think? |
| 15:31 Mrfai | leOff: I will mail him |
| 15:32 leOff | ok .. i'll keep an eye on the list |
| 15:32 leOff | thanks =) |
| 15:38 leOff | one other thing .. i know that fai is mostly used for deploying .. but i'm a bit concerned about the "maintaining" part ... centralized package management, etc |
| 15:38 leOff | can i count on that too? |
| 15:39 Joelio | fai-softupdate? |
| 15:39 Joelio | I'm personally just using to bootstrap the configuration client (chef) and then letting that manage the rest of the show |
| 15:39 leOff | hmm.. i probably should go read the docs now .. ;) |
| 15:39 Joelio | yea, me too! :) |
| 16:07 mgoetze | leOff: yes, i can recommend fai softupdates for keeping your systems in the desired state :) |
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| 17:03 Joelio | Ok, I finally have a new nfsroot with the latest FAI :) (woo!) |
| 17:03 Joelio | I'm still getting setup-storage errors though.. booo! |
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| 17:13 Joelio | I'm seeing errors like this.. |
| 17:13 Joelio | Command fai-vol_id -u had exit code 127 |
| 17:13 Joelio | Use of uninitialized value $device_name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/fai/setup-storage//Fstab.pm line 110. |
| 17:14 Joelio | Command fai-vol_id -l had exit code 127 |
| 17:14 Joelio | Use of uninitialized value $dev_name in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/fai/setup-storage//Fstab.pm line 70. |
| 17:14 Joelio | etc.. |
| 17:15 Mrfai | set debug=1 and sent a bug report with the log to the debian bts. |
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