Thomas Lange wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:30:03 -0800, Allan Bailey <[email protected]> said:> I've built and tested FAI 3.2.15 from an ubuntu hardy server (x86_64) > using VMware instances, and they boot and install fine. > With the same vmlinuz and initrd an actual hardware box hangs at > mounting /. I've tested with break=mount and break=mountroot, and I > only get the initramfs prompt with break=mount. > The bootlog is here: http://pastebin.com/m2518c13d This box has two network cards. Maybe the kernel swaps eth0 and eth1, so you do a PXE boot from the first network card, which is then detected as eth1 by the kernel. There maybe also problems when you are using 2.6.24 and unionfs/aufs with ubuntu. I think there were some problems with older ubuntu kernel versions in the past.
The PPA unionfs/aufs packages work fine with Ubuntu, which is what I used when I set up my FAI server because the official packages had bugs. Also, check to make sure the network card drivers you need are in the initrd - this is exactly the behavior you'll see if the network drivers aren't there. With a VM, it's a virtual interface, so there aren't any 'real' hardware drivers for a specific model NIC. If it's a problem with a multi-interface NIC, an older thread between myself and Ralf Utermann describes a patch that worked for me in that instance: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01553.html
HTH, Ryan
