You're awesome. Thank you. The --initrd flag and setting up the local repository were the two things I was missing.
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, Thomas Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Thomas Lange <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Documentation of custom kernel use > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 2:09 PM > >>>>> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:42:27 -0800 > (PST), "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> said: > > > I noticed that the wiki page: > > > http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/Using_customized_kernels_with_FAI > You are right. This is one problem with most wikis. > > > > is out of date (i.e. it uses deprecated variables > that don't > > work). Can someone point me to some more up to > date > > instructions on using a custom kernel in FAI? > Build your customized kernel by building a kernel package > using > make-kpkg and use the option --initrd. Copy this Debian > package to a > local repository and add it to /etc/fai/sources.list. Add > the name of > your package to /etc/fai/NFSROOT. Then rebuild the nfsroot. > > > but I can't find > > any documentation on that file either. > Oooops. It's really missing. I will add some word to > the guide in the next version. > > -- > regards Thomas
