That seems strange to me, since initramfs-tools isn't where the problem script lives; the problem script comes from live-initramfs
-Robin On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 10:51:24PM -0500, Choate, Jon wrote: > 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. -- 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/
