We were able to solve this by downloading the initramfs-tools-92m deb, chrooting into the nfs root, installing it, running update-initramfs, exiting and then copying the initrd file created in /srv/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/boot to /srv/tftp/fai/. This version of the tools uses the much more sensible configure_networking function rather than directly calling ipconfig.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robin Lee Powell Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dual NIC = hang On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 01:21:27PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > Thank you for that, sincerely. > > > > However, I keep asking whether any of these workarounds are > > going to make it into FAI mainline, and people keep sending me > > more workarounds, which is not what I was asking about! > > > > As far as I can tell, it's really not a problem of FAI, but an > issue in initramfs. I thus doubt that "it will make it into FAI > mainline". After a stupendous amount of research, I've figured out what you meant. :) Sorry about that. I'm coming into this not understanding FAI internal at all. The problem appears to be with /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/live inside of the live-initramfs package, which calls ipconfig without a -t option. I tried to make a workaround, but it fails badly: Running: ipconfig -t 10 eth0 IP-Config: eth0 hardware address 00:e0:81:45:ed:8a mtu 1500 DHCP RARP [ 25.776115] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! What it was actually running: echo "Running: ipconfig -t 10 ${DEVICE}" ipconfig -t 10 ${DEVICE} || echo "ipconfig -t 10 ${DEVICE} failed" | tee /netboot.config I don't understand how that caused a kernel panic, and I don't know enough of the internals to have a reasonable chance of figuring it out in a reasonable amount of time; suggestions welcome. -Robin -- They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something other than the default outcome?" -- http://shorl.com/tydruhedufogre http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ The information contained in this email message and its attachments is intended only for the private and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above, unless the sender expressly agrees otherwise. Transmission of email over the Internet is not a secure communications medium. If you are requesting or have requested the transmittal of personal data, as defined in applicable privacy laws by means of email or in an attachment to email you must select a more secure alternate means of transmittal that supports your obligations to protect such personal data. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient and/or you have received this email in error, you must take no action based on the information in this email and you are hereby notified that any dissemination, misuse, copying, or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email and delete the original message.
