[opensuse] autoinstall question
openSUSE 11.2 system I am using the autoyast feature in Yast to make a description of a system that I want to use when installing other systems. I have a question: In the source system, I am using a newer KDE (4.5.5) than on the installation media. If I have the required repos in place in the autoyast.xml file, should the install get the needed RPMs from those repos instead of the DVD I am installing from? I ask because I would not think the network is even up at the time the packages are installed. This is probably true for other packages that are on the reference system: they come from repos other than the install DVD. Is there a good description of how to deal with this when installing from a DVD, and using an autoyast.xml file? An alternative I am also exploring is using kiwi to make an install DVD that contains all the needed packages. I think they would be obtained by kiwi when the install dvd image is made. If I understand the kiwi docs correctly. I have only used kiwi to make diskless openSUSE images that boot over PXE (which is another kettle of fish). All productive suggestions are welcome. Anyone been there and done that? Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:25:09 +0100
Roger Oberholtzer
An alternative I am also exploring is using kiwi to make an install DVD that contains all the needed packages. I think they would be obtained by kiwi when the install dvd image is made. If I understand the kiwi docs correctly. I have only used kiwi to make diskless openSUSE images that boot over PXE (which is another kettle of fish).
All productive suggestions are welcome. Anyone been there and done that?
Hi Upload your autoyast file to SuSE Studio, re adjust and build a preload iso image, will overwrite and install. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.27-0.2-default up 21 days 1:33, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.05, 0.01 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 260.19.36 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 10:25 -0600, Malcolm wrote:
Upload your autoyast file to SuSE Studio, re adjust and build a preload iso image, will overwrite and install.
This was on my list of options. But as it is effectively a wrapper on kiwi, and I already use kiwi, I thought I might try it locally. But I may still try it to get the kiwi scripts sorted out correctly. Something for this evening... Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:29:30 +0100
Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 10:25 -0600, Malcolm wrote:
Upload your autoyast file to SuSE Studio, re adjust and build a preload iso image, will overwrite and install.
This was on my list of options. But as it is effectively a wrapper on kiwi, and I already use kiwi, I thought I might try it locally. But I may still try it to get the kiwi scripts sorted out correctly. Something for this evening...
Hi But you can then select the Updates repository (or any repo on OBS and more) which will pull in the updates and build you image to the latest (and/or bleeding edge). -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.27-0.2-default up 21 days 3:10, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.06, 0.02 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 260.19.36 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 08 Feb 2011 17:29:30 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 10:25 -0600, Malcolm wrote:
Upload your autoyast file to SuSE Studio, re adjust and build a preload iso image, will overwrite and install.
This was on my list of options. But as it is effectively a wrapper on kiwi, and I already use kiwi, I thought I might try it locally. But I may still try it to get the kiwi scripts sorted out correctly. Something for this evening...
You could use the kiwi files here as a base: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=kde- reloaded&project=KDE%3AMedias -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 22:13 +0100, Will Stephenson wrote:
On Tuesday 08 Feb 2011 17:29:30 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 10:25 -0600, Malcolm wrote:
Upload your autoyast file to SuSE Studio, re adjust and build a preload iso image, will overwrite and install.
This was on my list of options. But as it is effectively a wrapper on kiwi, and I already use kiwi, I thought I might try it locally. But I may still try it to get the kiwi scripts sorted out correctly. Something for this evening...
You could use the kiwi files here as a base: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=kde- reloaded&project=KDE%3AMedias
The main issue with using suse studio is that the preload needs to be for openSUSE 11.2 Nonetheless, I thought I would give it a try and perhaps export the kiwi files for local refinement. I couldn't find the place to upload my autoyast file. It should be an option where I select a configuration. The on-line docs say there will be an item called "Upload configuration file...", but I don't see that. I have added my own repo (which I guess all will now see). That seemed to work great. I really like the feature to look at the files in the generated image. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 23:41 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I couldn't find the place to upload my autoyast file. It should be an option where I select a configuration. The on-line docs say there will be an item called "Upload configuration file...", but I don't see that.
Skip that one. I did not know about the Infinite Probability Drive. It is now enabled. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 23:57 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 23:41 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I couldn't find the place to upload my autoyast file. It should be an option where I select a configuration. The on-line docs say there will be an item called "Upload configuration file...", but I don't see that.
Skip that one. I did not know about the Infinite Probability Drive. It is now enabled.
But I think I know why it is an experimental feature. Very strange stuff selected / banned. The autoyast file was generated on 11.2. Maybe that was the issue. There was no complaint. Just a mysterious setup. I think I will download the kiwi definitions from a more proper device config and see how much is ok when I edit/upload that instead of the autoyast file.
-- Roger Oberholtzer
OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST
Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden
Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696
SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
-- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 02/08/2011 11:41 PM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 22:13 +0100, Will Stephenson wrote:
On Tuesday 08 Feb 2011 17:29:30 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 10:25 -0600, Malcolm wrote:
Upload your autoyast file to SuSE Studio, re adjust and build a preload iso image, will overwrite and install.
This was on my list of options. But as it is effectively a wrapper on kiwi, and I already use kiwi, I thought I might try it locally. But I may still try it to get the kiwi scripts sorted out correctly. Something for this evening...
You could use the kiwi files here as a base: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=kde- reloaded&project=KDE%3AMedias
The main issue with using suse studio is that the preload needs to be for openSUSE 11.2
Using the the api you can get more templates then the ones shown on the web and curl -u $USERNAME:$APIKEY \ "http://susestudio.com/api/v1 /user/template_sets" For example 11.2 Minimal X can be created as curl -u $USERNAME:$APIKEY -XPOST \ "http://susestudio.com/api/v1/user/appliances?clone_from=123665&name=My%20KDE&arch=x86_64" Maybe worth a try Togan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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