Robert, Thanks for the tip. I am now able to run the prepareclient command and the getimage from the server.
My goal is to be able to reimage an existing server to another Linux distro. The docs say that one option is to boot the client from its own hard drive, and that you can simply copy the updateclient command and run it with the autoinstall option. Does si_updateclient have any dependencies that I need to be concerned about? Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] si_prepareclient not working on debian > > I had this same problem before. > > The documentation is wrong. you need the boot_i386 package > installed on the client for si_prepareclient to operate. Use > aptitude to select the package and then make sure > systemimager-server doesn't go in. > > Be forwarned you might run into alot of bugs using 3.6.3. I > did and it took about 4 days of work to get a usable imaging workflow. > > If you have anymore issues just post to the list and I'll see > if I can answer them. > > Robert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] si_prepareclient not working on debian > > > >I used the version in unstable, and I am having the same problem with > > si_prepareclient. It looks like the version in unstable is > the same as > > testing and stable, 3.6.3. Anymore suggestions. Am I doing > something wrong > > or aer the debian packages just broken? > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Bernard Li > >> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:26 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] si_prepareclient not working on debian > >> > >> I would recommend that you grab the systemimager version from > >> debian unstable. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Bernard > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Alan > >> > Holmes > >> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:23 > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] si_prepareclient not > working on debian > >> > > >> > I am using the debian stable version > >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of > >> > > Bernard Li > >> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:45 AM > >> > > To: [email protected] > >> > > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] si_prepareclient not working > >> on debian > >> > > > >> > > Hi Alan: > >> > > > >> > > Which version are you using? Are you using the version > >> from Debian > >> > > unstable? > >> > > > >> > > Cheers, > >> > > > >> > > Bernard > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on > >> behalf of Alan > >> > > Holmes > >> > > Sent: Tue 26/09/2006 17:46 > >> > > To: [email protected] > >> > > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] si_prepareclient not working > >> on debian > >> > > > >> > > > So, besides installing from source, which I really prefer > >> > not to do > >> > > > because the apt db doesn't know about it then, are there > >> > > other options > >> > > > for resolving this. It would seem like it might be better > >> > > to just scp > >> > > > or rsync the initrd_template dir from the image server. > >> > Has anyone > >> > > > tried this. Are there other files that prepareclient > >> > > requires that are > >> > > > not in the initrd_template dir? > >> > > > >> > > I tried copying the files in > >> > > /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/initrd_template/ > from the image > >> > > server to the client and then si_prepareclient failed with a > >> > > different error. > >> > > Unfortunately I was able to capture the exact error message. > >> > > > >> > > I decided to try a different technique. Instead of > installing the > >> > > packages from the debian repository I tried the > >> > > download.systemimager.org/debian files and I am still > getting the > >> > > error that the > /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/initrd_template/ > >> > > directory can't be found be the prepareclient program. > >> > > > >> > > Anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this? > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > ----------- > >> > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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