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* [[Xen-tools_and_FAI_softupdates | combining FAI with xen-tools]] | * [[Xen-tools_and_FAI_softupdates | combining FAI with xen-tools]] | ||
* [[Using FAI to set up VServers]] | * [[Using FAI to set up VServers]] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://wiki.fai-project.org/index.php/User:Svamberg/Software_RAID Software-RAID with mdadm] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://fai-project.org/download/developers/setup_harddisks patched version of setup_harddisks]: Code refactoring, LVM/RAID support and POD manual page: 2003 by Sam Vilain] | ||
* [http://www.linuxma.com/fai_raid/ LVM & RAID] | * [http://www.linuxma.com/fai_raid/ LVM & RAID] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://wiki.fai-project.org/index.php/User:Svamberg/Logs_to_mail FAI-Logs via Mail] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://wiki.fai-project.org/index.php/User:Svamberg/Making_documentation Creating class-based documentation] | ||
* [[Using_customized_kernels_with_FAI]] | * [[Using_customized_kernels_with_FAI]] | ||
* [[Fai-updater|Perform FAI softupdates on many machines at the same time]] | * [[Fai-updater|Perform FAI softupdates on many machines at the same time]] | ||
* [[Installing laptops with PCMCIA cards using a floppy disk]] | * [[Installing laptops with PCMCIA cards using a floppy disk]] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://wiki.fai-project.org/index.php/User:Mrjazzman/DellServers Installing onto Dell PowerEdge Servers] | ||
* Automatic find out and use MAC addresses | * Automatic find out and use MAC addresses instead of IP addresses for PXE booting [[MAC_based_Booting_PXE]] | ||
* [[Saving fai-logs via rsyncd]] | * [[Saving fai-logs via rsyncd]] | ||
* [[migration2cfengine2]] | * [[migration2cfengine2]] | ||
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* [[Generate random root password during installation, encrypt and send by mail]] | * [[Generate random root password during installation, encrypt and send by mail]] | ||
* [[Using FAI to install a root Server]] | * [[Using FAI to install a root Server]] | ||
* http://rom-o-matic.net - easy way to create a PXE boot-floppy that can be used for FAI installations, with NIC's that don't have a boot-ROM built in. That way, you can boot an install kernel through PXE that doesn't fit on a floppy. Downside is, it | * http://rom-o-matic.net - easy way to create a PXE boot-floppy that can be used for FAI installations, with NIC's that don't have a boot-ROM built in. That way, you can boot an install kernel through PXE that doesn't fit on a floppy. Downside is, it ''should'' work with most cards, but it does not with ''all'' | ||
* [[FAI_Cross-architecture|How to build a i386 and x86_64 compatible FAI server on Debian Etch x86_64]] | * [[FAI_Cross-architecture|How to build a i386 and x86_64 compatible FAI server on Debian Etch x86_64]] | ||
* [[Adding hosts to install client's known_hosts]] | * [[Adding hosts to install client's known_hosts]] | ||
Revision as of 07:42, 4 October 2010
- a collection of smaller tips and tricks
HOWTOs current as of Debian Lenny
- Local testing with KVM, VDE and dnsmasq
- Variables used in FAI
- Using a grml Kernel for your NFSRoot.
- Using newer firmware-bnx2 from lenny-backports
HOWTOs for Ubuntu and other non-Debian
- Configuring console-setup, especially on Ubuntu
- Installation of Grub on Ubuntu using FAI aka UCF problem
- Mountdisk hook for getting rid of boot problems because of missing /var/run and /var/lock on the root partition
- Install Ubuntu and other distributions with FAI by using FAI multi-distribution
- Installing SLES9 32Bit and Smart PackageManager with FAI
- Ubuntu Jaunty Installation HowTo
HOWTOs for an unknown Debian version
Please sort the following HOWTOs into appropriate categories based on when they were last updated...
- An approach using template toolkit in FAI
- Another script that allows templating another template toolkit
- combining xen-tools and FAI softupdates to get Xen instances ready.
- Using gpg-authenticated debian-archives
- Using FAI to set up XEN domains
- combining FAI with xen-tools
- Using FAI to set up VServers
- Software-RAID with mdadm
- patched version of setup_harddisks: Code refactoring, LVM/RAID support and POD manual page: 2003 by Sam Vilain]
- LVM & RAID
- FAI-Logs via Mail
- Creating class-based documentation
- Using_customized_kernels_with_FAI
- Perform FAI softupdates on many machines at the same time
- Installing laptops with PCMCIA cards using a floppy disk
- Installing onto Dell PowerEdge Servers
- Automatic find out and use MAC addresses instead of IP addresses for PXE booting MAC_based_Booting_PXE
- Saving fai-logs via rsyncd
- migration2cfengine2
- Encrypting confidential files on the install server
- Generate random root password during installation, encrypt and send by mail
- Using FAI to install a root Server
- http://rom-o-matic.net - easy way to create a PXE boot-floppy that can be used for FAI installations, with NIC's that don't have a boot-ROM built in. That way, you can boot an install kernel through PXE that doesn't fit on a floppy. Downside is, it should work with most cards, but it does not with all
- How to build a i386 and x86_64 compatible FAI server on Debian Etch x86_64
- Adding hosts to install client's known_hosts
- Public key authentication for svn over ssh
- Automatically flash the BIOS and firmware, set the NVRAM and CMOS using DOS tools. This takes place before the FAI installation.
- Systems with multiple network interfaces