November 2003 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-autoinstall] info file location
by SLATER,CHRIS (HP-Roseville,ex1) 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I believe it works to put it in the initrd. Then you can just point to it being at /bootconfig.txt or whatever. To do this, you want to move the initrd directory somewhere, gunzip it (even though it doesn't have a .gz, it is gzipped), loop mount it, and then put the file in there. Then you can re-gzip it, move it back into the place, and burn your image. Chris Christopher R. Slater Unix Customer Engineer Americas Service Delivery Operation - Specialized Services - Hewlett Packard Company, Roseville Site (916) tn785-1802 http://ecardfile.com/id/chris_slater -----Original Message----- From: Larry O'Neil [mailto:larry@netsoc.ucd.ie] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 3:48 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] info file location Hi, Thanks for the suggestion Damien, however placing the info file in /boot/loader/ on the cd doesnt seem to work either, the installer still hasnt found the info file on the cd. has anyone actually got this to work from a cd and not a floppy? does anyone know what i might be doing wrong? any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks Larry On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 damien.selles(a)eu.effem.com wrote: > Hi larry, > > That depends on the way you created your bootable cd. > > Assuming you did it with el torrito method, I suggest you put the info > file in the same place as the image of your bootable floppy. > > for example on the Suse CD, this image is in /boot/loader/ > then just copy your infofile in taht directory. > Once the image of the floppy will be loaded, infofile will be considered > to be placed on the root. > > hoping this will help you, > > Regards, > Damien Selles > > > > > > > > Larry O'Neil <larry(a)netsoc.ucd.ie> > netsoc.ucd.ie > 30/10/2003 16:41 > > > > > To: > suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > cc: > > > > Subject: > [suse-autoinstall] info file location > > > > Hi, > i have the autoinstallation working perfectly with the info file on the > floppy, but is there a way to read the info file from a bootable cd? > placing it on the root of the cd doesnt seem to work... > > has anobody got any suggestions? > > > Thank you > Larry O'Neill > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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automatic system update ?
by Alfred Isele 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hello! Is it possible to do an automatic system update of a running system with yast or autoyast, i.e. to automatically replace a set of packages? Regards Alfred

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Modifications to CD1
by Robison, Jonathon (M.) 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

I have come to the conclusion that because of the differences in hardware in all my test clients, I cannot use the normal autoyast xml file methods. I have been forced to instead change default.sel to ensure my package choices. This ensures that the normal installations hardware setup systems work to make sure my clients get what their individual hardware needs. My next step is two-fold. I need to strip CD1 of all the rpm packages, and modify the boot choices so that the "Installation" options use my NFS server instead of the CD. Anyone care to point me in the right direction on that one? Secondly, during the normal install process users are asked to choose between "Minimal, Minimal with X, default " etc., etc. I need to change that to 1. Normal office user 2. J2EE Developer 3. Systems Developer 4. Kitchen sink. This is NOT in the "choose individual packages" selection, but rather the normal install menu that comes before that. Any ideas on how to change the normal install process/CD to show my menu choices instead of the regular ones? Regards, Jonathon M. Robison Linux Integration Architect SIE/Advanced Technology Ford Motor Company

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