[debian-lan-devel] How to add workstation or add2dhcp not working

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Robert,

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 10:00:21AM +0100, Robert Rettig wrote:

> according to the Setup_A description I did the following tasks:
> * installed mainserver in combined mode

Can you explain in more detail how you did that?  Following exactly
<URL:https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/debian-lan.git/tree/debian/README.Debian?h=jessie>?

> * switched on a client on the 10.0.0.0 lan and run debian-lan add2dhcp on
> the mainserver

How did you install the client?  Did you run "debian-lan-chroots"
on the server after installation sucessfully?

> * tried rebooting the client and waiting for PXE boot, but instead it is
> only showing some PXE-T01 File not found message.
> * if I switch on another client as node and !not! configuring it with
> debian-lan add2dhcp, thab it will show a bootmenu:
> ** see: http://screencast.com/t/Kc0Q6elEXh ^1
> *** the menu choice Debian-LAN Live System is not working
> *** If I install Debian-LAN: Debian Installer + FAI (amd64), it will produce
> a gnome desktop client 'guest00'. But I cannot login into it.
> **** http://screencast.com/t/nrCq1oiDrXj and
> http://screencast.com/t/TQGbbkl7RBn

Can you login on the console?

> I don't get how accomplish the whole debianLAN way.
>
> I also setup a fai server with the iso from http://fai-project.org and I am
> working with the guide from there. Adding new clients here is working as
> expected.
>
> But the DebianLAN setup seems to be broken for me.

Thanks for the report.  I have to check if something in the jessie
release has been modified.  Note that only the packages in jessie are
supported, not backports or newer fai versions.

Best regards,

     Andi