Hello,
From 5.5.1 of
http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/8.1/autoyast2.pdf there are two ways of building SuSE 8.1 repository: 1. Single directory. If generated from merging CDs, create_packages_descr have to be run to rebuild packages database. 2. Many directory (one per CD). I'm performing tests with the second configuration, but I have some questions: 1. Do I need to run create_packages_descr inside each CD directory? For example cd /data/SUSE81/CD1/suse /usr/lib/YaST/bin/create_package_descr cd /data/SUSE81/CD2/suse /usr/lib/YaST/bin/create_package_descr cd /data/SUSE81/CD3/suse /usr/lib/YaST/bin/create_package_descr ... 2. Section 4.1.5.3 explains how to add custom packages to the repository, adding it to the appropriated subdirectory (noarch, i386, i586, etc.) and then running create_package_descr. In the case of just one directory, there is no doubt about where to place the .rpm, but what about when having per-CD directories? For example, what 'noarch' (CD1/suse/noarch, CD2/suse/noarch/, etc) to use? 3. What is a how to use the EXTRA_PROV_FILE file (-x switch of create_package_descr)? 4. When I'm trying to autoinstall using the per-CD repository (install=nfs://server/data/SUSE81/CD1/ autoyast=nfs://server/data/profile.xml and the like) I seems like the autoinstaller couldn't see .rpms not in CD1 (that is, .rpms in CD2, CD3, CD4 and CD5). Maybe a problem building the packages database? What packages databases are used by the autoinstaller (only CD1/suse/setup/descr or also CD2/suse/setup/descr, CD3/suse/setup/descr, etc.)? Thanks in advance! --------- Fermín