Bug#581596: linux-2.6: pxe-booting a qemu-kvm or kvm guest with virtio network (fai-client) produces kernel panic

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:38:36PM +0200, Holger Fischer wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> it's not a kernel problem.
> When installing the newer initramfs-tools from official lenny fai repo 
> (http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/lenny/,  
> initramfs-tools_0.93.4-grml02_all.deb)
> pxe boots fine with virtio-net guests
> (both with plain lenny 2.6.26... and backported 2.6.32 from squeeze).
> 
> Possibly you want to assign this bug initramfs-tools.

newer initramfs-tools has several network boot fixes indeed.

can you please test that it works with latest 0.97 in squeeze.
that one should install just fine in lenny.

thanks