static usb ethnet addresses

[automated-distro-installer] / README

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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fai/config/distro-install-common/end
 and which shadow file / luks file(s) to copy into the new machine depends
 on fai-redep arguments.
 
-Also, setup dns in bind and wrt-setup-local.
+Also, setup dns in /p/c/host-info and firewall redirects in wrt-setup-local.
 
 After install, btrbk to setup data, and then distro-begin && distro end.
 See notes in distro-begin for other configuration.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ archlike-pxe # Setup pxe boot server from an archlike base image
 fai-redep # Deploy fai configuration to host "faiserver"
 faiserver-uninstall # uninstall fai-server
 faiserver-setup # install fai-server on the current machine
-myfai-chboot # setup fai tftp and nfs. useful for doing pxe-kexec
+myfai-chboot # setup fai tftp and nfs. useful for doing pxe-kexec or booting from a fai-cd.
 pxe-server # disable/enable pxe dhcp, tfp, and nfs. calls myfai-chboot
 wrt-setup  # setup my router in general: dhcp, dns, etc.
 
@@ -191,6 +191,24 @@ ERROR: Kernel modules directory /lib/modules/5.10.0-8-amd not available. Only fo
 
 solution: if running from fai-cd, recreate autodiscover cd as noted above in setup.
 
+## Weird package dependency errors
+
+for example: in fai.log, within instsoft.DEBIAN
+```
+The following packages have unmet dependencies:
+ libc6 : Breaks: locales (< 2.36) but 2.35-0ubuntu3.7+11.0trisquel1 is to be installed
+```
+
+In this case, it was because the basefile was missing, and so instead
+fai decided to use the wrong basefile.
+
+for example: in fai.log, within instsoft.DEBIAN
+
+```
+ftar: No matching class found in /var/lib/fai/config/basefiles//
+ftar: extracting /var/tmp/base.tar.zst to /target/
+```
+
 # What good logs look like:
 
 logging nfs traffic from server