various improvements

[automated-distro-installer] / faiserver-setup

diff --git a/faiserver-setup b/faiserver-setup
index 1bfbacb547e18f00fc2dd50da79f1f5615a029d8..3b9ab80f14fef060f1dc20ac94bf48698e127922 100755 (executable)
--- a/faiserver-setup
+++ b/faiserver-setup
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# initial setup of a fai server on debian
+# Initial setup of a fai server on debian. works on localhost.
+# Set's the current ip as the tftp server. I vaguely remember
+# that using a hostname does not work
+# Requires changing dns to point faiserver and running fai-redep
 
 set -eE -o pipefail
 trap 'echo "$0:$LINENO:error: \"$BASH_COMMAND\" returned $?" >&2' ERR
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ std_arg="-u nfs://faiserver/srv/fai/config"
 fai-chboot -Iv $std_arg default # reset so we are idempotent
 kernel=$(fai-chboot -L '^default$' | awk '{print $3}')
 type -t host &>/dev/null || apt-get -y install dnsutils
+# resolve host using gateway address
 my_ip=$(host faiserver $(route -n | sed -rn 's/^(0\.){3}0\s+(\S+).*/\2/p') | \
                sed -rn 's/^\S+ has address //p')
 k_args=$(fai-chboot -L '^default$' | \