fai - fully automatic installation

fai [options] ACTION

fai starts a fai-action, e.g. an installation or a softupdate. If the variable FAI_ACTION is defined, this action will be performed. The command line argument will override the value of FAI_ACTION. You can also define your own actions which will be executed when specified.

ACTION is required.

-h|--help

Show help, version and summary of options.

-N|--new

Renew the list of defined classes. By default, FAI uses the list of classes which was created during the first installation and skips calling fai-class(1). You need to use this option for the first softupdate if the system was not installed with FAI, and you can use it in subsequent runs as well.

-v|--verbose

Create verbose output.

install

starts an fully automatic installtion:

1.

setup the fai environment (create ramdisk, get configuration date,...)

2.

define classes and variables

3.

partition the local hard disk and create file systems

4.

install new software packages

5.

call configuration scripts

6.

check and save the logfiles

sysinfo

starts a system rescue system

1.

setup the fai environment (create ramdisk, get configuration date,...)

2.

define classes and variables

3.

do different types of hardware detection and print hardware info

4.

save the logfiles

softupdate

starts a softupdate:

1.

fetch FAI configuration according to /etc/fai/fai.conf

2.

define classes and variables

3.

update the installed packages

4.

install new software

5.

call configuration scripts

6.

check and save the logfiles

Running with action "install" on an already running system will almost certainly destroy it.

This program is the central part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). See the FAI manual for more information on how to use FAI. The FAI homepage is http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai.

This manual page was written by Henning Glawe <glaweh@physik.fu-berlin.de> and Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>.