January 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

EXTRA_PROV_FILE missing from SLES8 s390
by Kohrs, Steven 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

I'm trying to update the package description of a SLES8 s390 distribution which is being housed on a SLES9 x86 server. /usr/bin/create_package_descr EXTRA_PROV_FILE location missing. Call this script with -x <location to EXTRA_PROV file>. The EXTRA_PROV is available on the first CD in the directory suse/setup/descr There is no "EXTRA_PROV" included with the SLES8 s390 media.

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Firstboot questions
by Anthony Staples 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Is there a way to easily force FIRSTBOOT to run the X11 and Network setup screen sections of YAST after a ghost image is loaded to a new machine? I have looked over the doc and I _think _it would involve adding information to the control.xml file under the firstboot section, but I am uncertain how to proceed. Basically I would like "firstboot" to behave as sysprep does for XP. I would also like to turn off the resetting of the root password... I don't want the user's changing the root password. Is it as simple as commenting out that section under "firstboot" in the control.xml file? Cheers, -T The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.

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ERROR: no proposal
by Heinz Bleck 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hi @ll, the manual installation works fine on all tested machines, but the automated installation with autoyast doesn't work. If the Computer where booted from cd the autoinst process will not started typically. After booting I have to select the language like I am doing a manual installation. The next screen shows the installation settings. All section shows correct automatically detected settings, but not the Partitioning and Software section. Partitioning * ERROR: no proposal Software * ? It seems to be a Problem with the HD, but all necessary modules are loaded (seen at the Kernel messages). Testenvironment: SUN fire 20z (double Opteron; SCSI HD; SuSE prof. 9.1, 9.2) IBM x360 (double XEON; SCSI HD; SuSE prof. 9.1, 9.2) Compaq Evo D300v (single P5; IDE HD; SuSE prof 9.1,9.2) No Name (single P5; IDE HD; SuSE prof 9.1,9.2) autoinst.xml file: created with autoyast or manually created or used older files witch where used with older SuSE Versions. I have tested 7 different files. The result is always the same: ERROR: no proposal If I am using SuSE 8.1 it works fine in all environments. Any ideas ? Thanks ;o) Heinz Bleck Service Consultant Morse GmbH Oskar Messter Straße 13 85737 Ismaning Tel. +49 - (0) 89/ 944940-264 Fax +49 - (0) 89 / 944940-275 <file:///C:\Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen\hb\Anwendungsdaten\Microsoft\Sig natures\www.morse-techsol.de> www.morse-techsol.de **************************************************************************** *** This email and any attachments are confidential and are intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this email and have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete it from your system.

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