On Tuesday 21 August 2012 at 13:05:04, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Thilo Uttendorfer > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I uploaded the current FAI version 4.0.3 to the FAI testing PPA on > > launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~fai/+archive/testing > > > > The packages are not very well tested, but anyway, It's a start. Any > > feedback is appreciated. > > Did you use dracut or initramfs-tools/live-boot for the nfsroot?
I use live-boot. > I've just had a brief look at the sources of fai 4 and dracut, and to > my reading, it seems that this combination works only with aufs, which > has been removed from quantal. I see that you have uploaded to precise > only, which still has aufs so there is no problem. However, I'm > looking at fai in quantal, which requires the use of ovlerayfs > instead. Never tried dracut, but at least live-boot supports overlayfs since precise: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/live-boot/+bug/961295 But dracut sounds interesting. Will it replace initramfs-tools/live-boot in the future? Thilo -- Thilo Uttendorfer Linux Information Systems AG Putzbrunner Str. 71, 81739 München Fon: +49 89 993412-11, Fax: +49 89 993412-99 [email protected], http://www.linux-ag.com
