June 2002 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

which SuSE Versions are supported by autoinstall?
by Soeren Mindorf 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Hi List, now I will start to use autoinstall for our Servers. But first I must know, which Versions are suppored by autoinstall? Is SuSE Linux Enterprise Server supported? Greets Sören -- Sören Mindorf *** Mobilcom Communikationstechnik GmbH *** CC-Systeme *** Team Linux-Administration *** Tel.: +49-4331-447-2126

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using updated yast2-module-autoinst
by felix.schumacher＠epost.de 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Hi, when I use the updated yast2-module-autoinst, I get asked wether I want to install SuSE or not (it says something about: every information for installing is present, do you really want to install? Which I do, but the default is to not.). This behaviour is different to the original, where this didn't happen. Do have to put a new entry somewhere? Bye Felix ________________________________________ Zeitschriftenabos online bestellen - jetzt neu im Infoboten! http://www.epost.de

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Monitor/Sound configuration, keyboard layout, kdm
by Andreas Weber 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Hi, when I specify the monitor using the configuration system, this is ignored during installation. It seems that the monitor is detected via DDC and only VESA standard modes are used. Does anyone know how to fix this? The <monitor> section of my config file looks is as follows: <monitor> <display> <max_hsync config:type="integer" >94</max_hsync> <max_vsync config:type="integer" >160</max_vsync> <min_hsync config:type="integer" >30</min_hsync> <min_vsync config:type="integer" >48</min_vsync> </display> <monitor_device>ECOMO 19H98</monitor_device> <monitor_vendor>ELSA</monitor_vendor> </monitor> I also configured a sound card using the configuration system. The sound card is working after installation but when logging in using kde for the first time, the SuSE hardware detection comes up, detecting new sound hardware. I could turn off the hardware detection, but this isn't really a solution... The third thing I can't get to work is installing the system with language english but with a german keyboard layout. I always get the english keyboard layout when using english language. To get a german keyboard layout, I have to configure language 'Deutsch', resulting in <language>de_DE</language>. I use kdm as my login manager. After installation is done, kdm starts up, but configuration is wrong (wrong title: SuSE Linux 7.3.99, wrong list of session types). This can be fixed by an additional run of SuSEconfig after installation is done, running it in a post-script dos not work. Is there a workaround for this, except generating kdmrc manually? Another thing which doesn't work: With the following section in the config file, the system should ask for confirmation before doing anything, shouldn't it? <report> <confirm config:type="boolean" >true</confirm> <errors> <log config:type="boolean" >true</log> <show config:type="boolean" >true</show> <timeout config:type="integer" >15</timeout> </errors> <messages> <log config:type="boolean" >true</log> <show config:type="boolean" >true</show> <timeout config:type="integer" >5</timeout> </messages> <warnings> <log config:type="boolean" >true</log> <show config:type="boolean" >true</show> <timeout config:type="integer" >5</timeout> </warnings> </report> I have never had to confirm installation so far... Regards, Andreas

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Web Frontend Configuration
by Graham White 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

I work in a Linux support role, administrating a very large number of Linux machines. I have just set up a central SuSE 8.0 autoinstall server from which various departments around site can install their Linux machines. Each of these departments will have a different configuration and will therefore need a different XML config file. I think it would be great if I could put something on my webpages that will instruct people around my site on how to use the server I have set up. This would include a section on the site where they could make up their own config file. I was wondering if there exists (or there are plans for) some sort of web front end that I can use to generate control files. I would guess that there is currently nothing available to do this and as such would like to make a request/suggestion that this be included in future releases? Thanks, Graham White Redhat Certified Engineer IBM Hursley, UK

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lvm, lilo, swap, mount points
by Volkmar Glauche 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Hi, I have the following partitioning configuration on 2 SCSI disks: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <use>all</use> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <filesystem_id config:type="integer">130</filesystem_id> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount/> <size>768M</size> <type>Linux swap</type> </partition> .... some other partitions <partition> <lvm_group>HomeVol</lvm_group> <size>14000M</size> <filesystem_id config:type="integer">142</filesystem_id> <type>Linux LVM</type> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <filesystem_id config:type="integer">131</filesystem_id> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/usr</mount> <size>max</size> <type>Linux native</type> </partition> </partitions> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/sdb</device> <use>all</use> <partitions config:type="list"> ... some other partitions <partition> <filesystem_id config:type="integer">142</filesystem_id> <type>Linux LVM</type> <lvm_group>HomeVol</lvm_group> <size>14000M</size> </partition> </partitions> </drive> and lvm <lvm config:type="list"> <lvm_group> <lvm_name>HomeVol</lvm_name> <pesize>4M</pesize> <logical_volumes config:type="list"> <lv_name>LHomeVol</lv_name> <lv_size>29200mb</lv_size> <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/export/home</lv_mount> </logical_volumes> </lvm_group> </lvm> i.e., what I want to have is a logical volume spanning 2 physical volumes. What yast2 does is something else (unfortunately log files are deleted): - 1st it partitions /dev/sda - 2nd it creates a volume group HomeVol consisting of the lvm partion on disk /dev/sda - 3rd it partitions /dev/sdb - 4th it cannot create another volume group HomeVol with the partition on /dev/sdb, because a volume group with this label does already exist Afterwards I added the corresponding configuration manually and encountered another problem: The size of the volume group was calculated by yast to be 27.3G (in the screen where volumes are assigned to volume groups), but on the next screen I was offered a maximum file system size of 27.9G for formatting. This did not work out, for obvious reasons... In addition, neither mount points are created for the swap partitions nor the swap partitions initialised. In addition, I would like to be able to configure mount points that are not assigned to devices at install time (like tmpfs, usb storage devices), but I can not find a way to configure them outside the <partition> sections. Also, on this disk configuration, lilo did not install successfully in automated mode. The initrd was created and contained the aic7xxx module for the SCSI controller, but the root device entry in /etc/lilo.conf pointed to "nil" instead of /dev/sda6. Yours, Volkmar -- Volkmar Glauche E-Mail glauche(a)uke.uni-hamburg.de Department of Neurology WWW http://www.uni-jena.de/~nvg/ UKE Hamburg Phone 49(0)40-42803-5781 Martinistr. 52 Fax 49(0)40-42803-5086 20246 Hamburg

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Options for bootloader
by Volkmar Glauche 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Hello, I would like to install the bootloader with default settings during automated install, except for kernel parameters. So I tried <bootloader> <parameters>apm=off acpi=off</parameters> </bootloader> but that does not work as expected (i.e. the parameters do not make their way in the lilo.conf file). The reason I want to use default settings is the fact, that I do not see any possibility to determine in advance which partition will become "/". At least I could not find a way to specify partition numbers. Any hints on how to do that? Volkmar -- Volkmar Glauche Department of Neurology E-Mail glauche(a)uke.uni-hamburg.de UKE Hamburg WWW http://glauche.home.pages.de/ Martinistr. 52 Phone 49(0)40-42803-5781 20246 Hamburg Fax 49(0)40-42803-9955

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Sleep 1 when calling yast on client
by Frank Pascher 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Hi, when calling yast on an autoinstalled client, the final script execution is taking ages. A process sleep 1 is running with changing process id. We are not talking about the final script execution after an autoinstallation. The effect is occuring when calling yast everytime on an autoinstalled client at a later time. cheers frank +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Max-PLanck-Institut für Radioastronomie | | Abt.1 (wissenschaftliche DV) | | | | Frank Pascher | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Auf dem Huegel 69 Tel.: +49 (228) 525 359 | | 53121 Bonn Fax.: +49 (228) 535 229 | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Email: mailto:fpascher@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | | WWW: http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | | PGP Fingerprint: 13D1 8C86 57B3 2850 F158 4879 E5F3 7E20 | +----------------------------------------------------------+

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Default gateway not set
by Frank Pascher 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Hi, the default gateway is not set, when autoinstalling a system. Entry in xml-file exists. Looks like a bug. cheers frank +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Max-PLanck-Institut für Radioastronomie | | Abt.1 (wissenschaftliche DV) | | | | Frank Pascher | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Auf dem Huegel 69 Tel.: +49 (228) 525 359 | | 53121 Bonn Fax.: +49 (228) 535 229 | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Email: mailto:fpascher@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | | WWW: http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | | PGP Fingerprint: 13D1 8C86 57B3 2850 F158 4879 E5F3 7E20 | +----------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Getting profile with http on custom CD
by Miguel Gómez 06 Jun '02

06 Jun '02

I'm not sure about that. I thought that if I specified a directory instead of a concrete profile, the installer would download the profile whose name is the ip address of the station in hex. But, anyway, I've tried also specifying the concrete profile and the results were the same. I think it's problem with the installer: if you get the profile using http it expects to perform a network based installation, and if you select a cd-rom based installation it doesn't expect to download the profile from the net (when booting from diskette it doesn't even ask you for the net modules disk). Regards, Miguel Gómez Rodríguez gomez(a)dit.upm.es ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tor Sigurdsson" <tosi(a)orku.net> To: "Miguel Gómez" <gomez(a)dit.upm.es> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Getting profile with http on custom CD > > Shouldn't you be using > > http://193.146.185.99/profiles/yourprofile > > ? > > At least I have had to point directly to what profile I'm going to > use... > > -tosi > > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 17:13, Miguel Gómez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to create a custom installation CD that gets the profile from a http server, but I'm having several problems with the append parameters on my isolinux.cfg file: > > > > If I use "append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 autoyast=http://193.146.185.99/profiles/ instmode=cdrom" the installer doesn't find the profiles, although the are perfectly accessible on the server. I've tried also using "install=cdrom://" or "install=file://" instead of "instmode=cdrom", but the problem persisted. > > > > If I use "append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 autoyast=http://193.146.185.99/profiles/" (omitting the install or instmode parameter), the installer tries to locate a network installation server with a DHCP query and doesn't use the CD as installation media. I don't use a DHCP server, I just enter manually the network parameters (netdevice, ip, netmask, etc.) at the boot prompt, so I get an error at this stage. > > > > ¿Can somebody tell me what kernel parameters should I use? ¿is it a bug in yast2's automated installation? > > > > Regards, > > > > Miguel Gómez Rodríguez > > gomez(a)dit.upm.es

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Setting up Software Raid
by Frank Pascher 06 Jun '02

06 Jun '02

Hi, does anyone know whether automised Raid installation (Software raid) will be supported ? cheers frank +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Max-PLanck-Institut für Radioastronomie | | Abt.1 (wissenschaftliche DV) | | | | Frank Pascher | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Auf dem Huegel 69 Tel.: +49 (228) 525 359 | | 53121 Bonn Fax.: +49 (228) 535 229 | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Email: mailto:fpascher@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | | WWW: http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | | PGP Fingerprint: 13D1 8C86 57B3 2850 F158 4879 E5F3 7E20 | +----------------------------------------------------------+

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