vi Config [specify arch* variables]
- note: default target is enough. you dont need to specify fai-server.
- we are just going to install the nfsroot which will automate
- the install process. fai-server is actually the target you will
- need as a running system to have pxeboot/nfsutils and stuff.
+ note: you dont need to specify fai-server as a target. we are just
+ going to install the nfsroot which will automate the install
+ process. the packages of the fai-server target have to be running
+ on the computer on which you are right now following these
+ instructions.
note: you might want to fetch hdw binaries from a mirror.
edit your /etc/hdw-get.conf file.
where <nfsroot> is the directory to install the fairoot.
- 2) edit the following files to match your needs, and restart services
+ 2) adapt the hdw-get.conf file in the fai nfsroot tree
+
+ note: again you might want to use a mirror. edit hdw-get.conf, but make
+ sure it is the one from fairoot.
+
+ 3) edit the following files to match your needs, and restart services
/etc/dhcpd.conf
/etc/inetd.conf
(have a look at chapter "fai server configuration")
- note: again you might want to use a mirror. edit hdw-get.conf, but make
- sure it is the one from fairoot.
-
- 3) adapt configs in ./fai (see chapter "fai config files")
+ 4) adapt configs in ./fai (see chapter "fai config files")
- 4) pxeboot your install candidates. this is actually not fully
+ 5) pxeboot your install candidates. this is actually not fully
automated. have a look athe bootdisk section if your client does
not support pxeboot.
(after using cfdisk, sync to disk file!)
- reboot and finaly wathc your target system to get hdw'ed :)
- 5) optional: login, build a new kernel or do other modifications.
+ 6) optional: login, build a new kernel or do other modifications.
fai config files
of hardware called floppy disk, you may create a bootdisk containing the
install kernel (the pxe stuff is replaced by the bootdisk).
-- compile a customized kernel < 1.4 mb. do not unset needed features!
+- compile a customized kernel <= 1.3 mb. do not unset needed features!
(use ./misc/arch/${hdw_arch}/linux.config as .config + modify)
- copy bzImage to fai/files/boot/vmlinuz_custom/<ip>
-- create bootfloppy/image
-
- easy way: (create the bootdisk)
-
- mknod /dev/boot255 c 0 255
- dd if=bzImage of=/dev/floppy/0
- rdev /dev/floppy/0 /dev/boot255
-
- lilo way: (create an image)
+- create bootfloppy image
dd if=/dev/zero of=bootdisk.img bs=1024 count=1440
yes | mke2fs -q -i 40000 -m 0 bootdisk.img
mkdir -p /mnt/tmp ; mount -o loop bootdisk.img /mnt/tmp
mkdir -p /mnt/tmp/{boot,etc} ; cp bzImage /mnt/tmp/boot/vmlinuz
+ cp misc/fai/lilo.conf /mnt/tmp/etc/lilo.conf
+ (change boot, disk map and image values)
+ touch /mnt/tmp/boot/map # enough? if not take yours from /boot
+ lilo -C /mnt/tmp/etc/lilo.conf
+ umount /mnt/tmp
+ (you may store bootdisk.img in the clients config space)
- [to be continued ...]
+ finaly: (create the boot floppy)
+ dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/floppy/0
troubleshooting
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