[Fai-commit] r5599 - trunk/doc

[Thomas Lange]

Author: lange
Date: 2009-10-27 14:08:07 +0000 (Tue, 27 Oct 2009)
New Revision: 5599

Modified:
   trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt
Log:
add info about custom kernel iside the nfsroot


Modified: trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt	2009-10-26 11:06:59 UTC (rev 5598)
+++ trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt	2009-10-27 14:08:07 UTC (rev 5599)
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@
 
 The warning messages from dpkg about dependency problems can be
 ignored.  If you have problems running fai-setup, they usually stem
-from `make-fai-nfsroot(8)` Adding '-v' gives you a more verbose output
+from `make-fai-nfsroot(8)`. Adding '-v' gives you a more verbose output
 which may help you pinpoint the error. The output is written to
 '/var/log/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.log'.  It may help to enter the chroot
-environment manually
+environment manually using this command.
 
 ----
 faiserver# chroot /srv/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir
@@ -2730,6 +2730,15 @@
 +
 Read the man page of `fai-class(8)`
 
+- How to use a custom kernel inside the nfsroot?
++
+Build your customized kernel by building a kernel package using
+`make-kpkg(8)` and use the option `--initrd`. Copy this Debian package
+to a local repository and add it to /etc/fai/sources.list. Add the
+name of your package to /etc/fai/NFSROOT. Then rebuild the nfsroot.
+
 - On http://www.layer-acht.org/fai you will find an example how to fully
 automatically install a system using the Debian Installer (d-i) in
 conjunction with FAI's softupdate (see <<softupdate>>).
+
+