Henning Sprang wrote: > Per Foreby wrote: >> Can I use this method on a lenny server with the stock fai package, or >> do I need a newer version from the fai repository? > > Lenny version should do fine. > >> What about softupdate after such an installation? Is it still broken in >> Ubuntu? > > Where softupdates broken in Ubuntu? I did not notice.
I read it somewhere, but i hope I'm wrong. (I just recently started investigating fai/ubuntu, so consider me a novice.) > I only use hardy and the last time I checked, it worked fine. But if you use Ubuntu's fai-client to do a softupdate against a $FAI_CONFIGDIR from Debian's fai-server, isn't there a risk that the configuration will be incompatible if the fai versions don't match? > (that said, that answers my question about throwing fai out of ubuntu: > as long as softupdates work, it should stay there, and that is > independent from initrd-stuff). Sounds wise as long as the initial installation can be done from a Debian fai server. /Per
