Hi I'm busy with upgrading the computer lab here from breezy to dapper (ubuntu versions). The image-server (debian sarge) is unchanged from years of serving woody/sarge/hoary/breezy on Dell Optiplex GX260 and GX270 desktops.
I haven't upgraded this due to a specific boot kernel which works for my desktops for the first pxe boot. ii systemimager-boot-i386-standard 3.2.3-6 ii systemimager-common 3.2.3-6 ii systemimager-doc 3.2.3-6 ii systemimager-server 3.2.3-6 Just some notes: 0) the grub-install workaround is still necesarry (first boot of a pxe imaged client gives error 15; I boot a liveCD to grub-install, which I cannot do from the master script though the commands are there, probably ide-scsi related) 1) devfs=nomount is no longer necessary in grub. The grub-install above actually is enough now to allow booting. See http://wiki.sisuite.org/Ubuntu?highlight=%28ubuntu%29 for the breezy experience I had with above issues. New Errors: 2) I get a new error when the master script runs: ### BEGIN mount proc in image for tools like System Configurator ### logmsg "mkdir -p /a/proc || shellout" mkdir -p /a/proc || shellout logmsg "mount proc /a/proc -t proc -o defaults || shellout" mount proc /a/proc -t proc -o defaults || shellout ### END mount proc in image for tools like System Configurator ### ### BEGIN mount sysfs in image for tools that might be run during chroot ### logmsg "mkdir -p /a/sys || shellout" mkdir -p /a/sys || shellout # following line added by Jan. Two after that commented out. logmsg "Not mounting sysfs since 2.4 kernel in systemimager bombs out" #logmsg "mount sysfs /a/sys -t sysfs -o defaults || shellout" #mount sysfs /a/sys -t sysfs -o defaults || shellout ### END mount sysfs in image for tools that might be run during chroot ### All four those logmsg's generate a "no such file or directory". I have no idea why. The /a/ is there. As you can see I uncommented mounting sysfs (I get no such device and shellout if I leave it in). Then the imaging completes, but... 3) What should be eth0 is somehow converted to eth1. I can turn it on, but there is some (ubuntu-related?) problem in that permission is denied to root to run dhclient. 4) Also, X doesn't start on boot. Comments on the sysfs mounting please? regards, Jan PS. I see http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/HOWTO_Net_Boot_Ubuntu I'll help finish that when I get around to it! -- .~. /V\ Jan Groenewald /( )\ www.aims.ac.za ^^-^^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
