On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:28:19AM +0200, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > What one could do: > > - Boot your x86_64 with some sort of live-CD or anything else that gets you > into > a native x86_64 environment
Nice try. First attempt with d-i beta3 netinstall cd failed: e1000 drivers too old. On the board, there's a 82563EB chip which needs very recent support. I'll try to pick up a "normal" PRO/1000 card or something even older... > - install the necessary FAI packages there and run make-fai-nfsroot > - find some way of installing your tailored kernel > * make-fai-nfsroot -k > * have the initial make-fai-nfsroot install it > * cp $kernel $NFSROOT ; chroot $NFSROOT ; dpkg -i $kernel > * most probably even dpkg -x $kernel $NFSROOT will do > - copy your $NFSROOT to your FAI server > > If the first 2 steps aren't possible at all (probably due to your RAID > controller), grab someone elses NFSROOT for x86_64 (e.g., I do have one), it > might be sufficient to get your own x86_64 running to build an NFSROOT > yourself. Nevertheless, thanks for your suggestions... Steffen
