On Tuesday 30 January 2007 11:16, Thomas Lange wrote: > >>>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:52:51 +0100, Adrian von Bidder > >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>>>> > > linux-source-2.6.18 2.6.18.dfsg.1-9), I can't boot boxes with e1000 > > I have the same problem on my thinkpad. > > > use nfs root. Is there a hack that'd allow me setting up nfs root > > from initrd (can I boot through an initrd with PXE?) > > Have a look at this mail. > http://www.uni-koeln.de/bin2/maillist/linux-fai/20070105.220333/174065 > and the following mails.
Cool! I failed first because I was just calling mkinitrd on the host system, which runs a different kernel from the one I boot the workstations with. So I need to call mkinitramfs -o ... -d <kernelver>. Once I saw that it was obvious enough. (and since I don't install the kernel on the host, I do this chrooted in the fai nfsroot, after adding initramfs-tools there.) > Maybe I should put the kernel and the initrd on the fai webpage. I wonder if getting rid of the fai-kernels package and making this the default method by integrating this into make-fai-nfsroot would be worth it? Not having to care about a fai kernel might be a Good Thing(tm)... cheers -- vbi -- No good deed goes unpunished.