Re: amd64 kernel, but 32bits packages installed?

[Leen Smit]

And how does make-nfsroot determine wether to install 64 bit nfsroot?? I've been following these guides : http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/FAI_Cross-architecture http://www.osburg.org/Ubuntu-fai http://woonuk.springnote.com/pages/1447230.xhtml all to no avail, Im still getting a 32bits nfsroot. How does fai go trough the /etc/fai-amd64/nfsroot  file? It seems it just reads the first bit, the I386 part.. my current config looks the following. I try to create a nfsroot with "export APT_CONFIG=/etc/fai-amd64/apt_arch.conf; fai-setup -C /etc/fai-amd64 -v" -- /etc/fai-amd64/apt_amd64.conf: APT {       Architecture "amd64";     } -- /etc/fai-amd64/make-fai-nfsroot.conf : NFSROOT=/srv/fai/nfsroot-amd64 FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="lenny http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian --arch amd64" TFTPROOT=/srv/tftp/fai FAI_ROOTPW='$1$BaZ/tg2M$x9byuA77AzsQZ./PZODSq0' FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--exclude=dhcp-client,info    == /etc/fai-amd64/NFSROOT PACKAGES install fai-nfsroot module-init-tools dhcp3-client ssh rdate lshw hwinfo portmap bootpc rsync lftp rsh-client less dump reiserfsprogs usbutils psmisc pciutils hdparm smartmontools parted mdadm lvm2 dnsutils ntpdate dosfstools cvs jove xfsprogs xfsdump sysutils dialog discover mdetect console-tools console-common expect iproute udev subversion vim PACKAGES install I386 grub lilo read-edid PACKAGES install AMD64 grub lilo linux-image-2.6-amd64 aufs-modules-2.6-amd64 PACKAGES install IA64 elilo gnu-efi efibootmgr PACKAGES install SPARC silo sparc-utils PACKAGES install ALPHA aboot Thomas Neumann wrote: On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:03:27 +0200, Leen Smit If you want to install a 64bit system on your client, you must boot a 64bit kernel and use a 64bit nfsroot during the installation. Have a look at your fai.log if this is correct in your environment. 64bit nfsroot can install 64 and 32 bit clients 32bit nfsroot can only install 32bit clients I'm using 32bit nfsroots only as a fallback on old hardware and on 32bit VMware clients. (Paravirtualization can not be enabled while trying to run using a 64bit nfsroot/kernel. Either disable PV during install or boot 32bit.) tschüß thomas P.S.: At least with VMware ESX 3.5 / ESX 3.5i. -- Leen Smit Systems Admin Service2Media B.V. Arnhemseweg 2 3817 CH Amersfoort Capitool 41 7521 PL Enschede Tel +31 (0)35 626 46 12 Fax +31 (0)35 626 46 13