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This package contains support for more debian-based distributions.
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Install the additional fai-distributions package to get installation support
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for Ubuntu Linux versions breezy and hoary.
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The code should be quite fully compatible to FAI 2.9, you should be able to
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re-use you existing config space with no changes, just some additional classes
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for the additional distribution, defining different packages and some
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different installation procedures.
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It only needs one nfsroot for all.
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requirements:
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* you should have a debian and ubuntu mirror on your mirrohost,
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otherwise additional script- or config-editing will be required.
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* it can help if you had previous exposure to FAI, but is not necessarily
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much harder than get into FAI with Debian sarge only.
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usage:
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* install the deb's from the download location, including
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the package fai-distributions (look into it to see what it is about)
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* do everything you'd do with any other FAI install - read this wiki on
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how to do that.
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* copy example classes as usual in FAI
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* copy additional example classes:
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cp -a /usr/share/doc/fai-distributions/classes/*/* /usr/local/share/fai/
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* there's some problem with non-executable hooks, do:
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chmod +x /usr/local/share/fai/hooks/*
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* run make-fai-nfsroot
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* run /usr/lib/fai-distributions/dists/ubuntu_hoary/make-base-tgz ( in lib because it
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should be called from make-fai-nfsroot)
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* run /usr/lib/fai-distributions/dists/ubuntu_breezy/make-base-tgz
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* run /usr/lib/fai-distributions/dists/mandriva/make-base-tgz (this currently
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just downloads a base system image. This task needs to be solved.
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* name your install clients sarge, hoary, and breezy, or mandriva in DNS , or add them to the same classes as these example host configurations and install
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them as usual
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* for mandriva, you need a mandriva mirror at the location specified in
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files/etc/apt/sources.list/MANDRIVA and in /etc/fai/distributions
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* in general, check the config files in /etc/fai-distributions
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* for mandriva, I have no network suppport in my tests, until I manually add
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the module for my card to the config - ubuntu and debian do that well
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* also for mandriva, the X config isn't working
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what doesn't work:
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* runs only on Debian sarge as server and is only tested on i386 architecture
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* only network install is tested - cd install is some more work to do.
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* not tested running on an Ubuntu server. also "normal" FAI has issues
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running on Ubuntu Linux.
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errata:
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* MANDRIVA: problem with grub menu.lst
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* UBuntu HOARY: does only work with an ubuntu mirror on
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ftp://$mirrorhost/ubuntu"
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* Ubuntu hoary: does only work with modified instsoft.UBUNTU hook
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* FAI 2.9 general: /etc/fai/sources.list must have an entry to a repository
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which has fai-nfsroot available
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