Grml Kernel
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Since some newer hardware won't work properly with Lenny's 2.6.26 kernel, and it's not always easy to get (working) AUFS modules for newer Debian kernels, it might be easier to use a "Grml" kernel, since Grml also uses AUFS. Here's how to do it for e.g. 3.1.0.
Note: 3.1.0 is the current stable Grml kernel, and it has aufs integrated, so you do not need any aufs-modules package for it. If you are using Broadcom NICs, you may need newer firmware-bnx2 than the package in Lenny for 2.6.33 - see here.
Step-by-step
1. In $FAI_ETC_DIR/NFSROOT, remove any other linux-image or aufs-modules package and add:
PACKAGES aptitude I386 linux-image-3.1.0-grml PACKAGES aptitude AMD64 linux-image-3.1.0-grml64
2. In $FAI_ETC_DIR/apt/sources.list add
deb http://fai-project.org/download squeeze koeln
3. Now you are done and can rerun make-fai-nfsroot and modify your PXE configuration accordingly.
4. You can also install the grml kernel into your new system by using it in package_config/DEFAULT
See also
External References
- "New packages in FAI repository" (linux-fai mailing list, 11-Jan-2010)
- "More robust network booting" (grml development blog, 29-Dec-2009)
