autoinstall from CD (SuSE 8.2) grub problem (wrong/missing gfxmenu line)

27 Aug 2003

      Hi!

I'm using the current autoyast2 (2.7.19) on a SuSE 8.2 Professional system.
The problem I got is that the gfxmenu line for grub offered by autoyast2 is
syntactically wrong. It looks like

gfxmenu (hd0,5)hd0,5)/boot/message
               ^^^^^^
               here's the error

The partition (hd0,5) itself is correct, but I can't think of any reason why
the redundant stuff, leading to a syntactically incorrect line, is in here.

Sure, I can click on "Booting" and manually edit the line so that it's
correct and gets included in the grub config of the installed system, but
that's kind of awkward. If I don't edit the line and instead leave it as it
is, it won't be included in the menu.lst file and I will thus have a textual
boot menu instead of the desired GUI one.

My question thus is: Why does this happen and how can I prevent it from
happening again during future autoyast2 install sessions?

Thanks in advance for any info/suggestions!

Below you'll find my autoinst.xml file which, apart from the issue
just mentioned, works flawlessly:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "autoyast-dtd/profile.dtd">
<profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns">
  <configure>

    <networking>
      <dns>
	<domain>local</domain>
	<hostname>servunit</hostname>
      </dns>
      <interfaces config:type="list">
	<interface>
	  <bootproto></bootproto>
	  <device>eth0</device>
	  <ipaddr>192.168.0.1</ipaddr>
	  <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
	  <startmode>onboot</startmode>
	</interface>
      </interfaces>
      <!--
      <routing>
	<routes config:type="list">
	  <route>
	    <destination></destination>
	    <device></device>
	    <gateway></gateway>
	    <netmask></netmask>
	  </route>
	</routes>
      </routing>
      -->
    </networking>

    <!-- runlevels needs to be inserted here -->

    <scripts>
      <post-scripts config:type="list">
	<script>
	  <filename>txspost.sh</filename>
	  <interpreter>shell</interpreter>
	  <source>
<![CDATA[
#!/bin/sh

# run txs support script
cd /opt/txs-support/install
./install.sh

# insserv aladdin
insserv /etc/init.d/aladdin

# mark device with MBR as bootable
sfdisk -A1 $(grep " / " /etc/fstab | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/[0-9]//')

# reboot system
#reboot
]]>
	  </source>
	</script>
      </post-scripts>
    </scripts>

    <security>
      ignore
      yes
      500
      root
      yes
      easy
      nobody
      500
    </security>

    <users config:type="list">
      <user>
	<username>root</username>
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	<encrypted config:type="yes">true</encrypted>
      </user>
    </users>

    <x11>
      16
      true
      kdm
      false
      <monitor>
        <display>
          <height config:type="integer">1024</height>
          80
          75
          31
          50
          <width config:type="integer">1280</width>
        </display>
        1280X1024@75HZ
         VESA
      </monitor>
      <resolution>1280x1024</resolution>
      true
    </x11>

  </configure>

  <install>

    <bootloader>
      <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate>
      <location>mbr</location>
    </bootloader>

    <general>
      <clock>
        <hwclock>UTC</hwclock>
        <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
      </clock>
      <keyboard>
        <keymap>english-us</keymap>
      </keyboard>
      <language>en_US</language>
      <mode>
        <confirm config:type="boolean">true</confirm>
        <forceboot config:type="boolean">false</forceboot>
	true
        <reboot config:type="boolean">false</reboot>
      </mode>
      <mouse>
        <id>probe</id>
      </mouse>
    </general>

    <partitioning config:type="list">
      <drive>
        <device></device>
        <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize>
        <partitions config:type="list">
          <partition>
	    <filesystem config:type="swap"></filesystem>
            <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
	    <mount>swap</mount>
            <size>auto</size>
          </partition>
          <partition>
            false

            <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
            <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
            <mount>/</mount>
            <size>max</size>
          </partition>
        </partitions>
        <use>all</use>
      </drive>
    </partitioning>

    <report>
      <errors>
	<log config:type="boolean">true</log>
	<show config:type="boolean">true</show>
	<timeout config:type="integer">10</timeout>
      </errors>
      <messages>
	<log config:type="boolean">true</log>
	<show config:type="boolean">true</show>
	<timeout config:type="integer">10</timeout>
      </messages>
      <warnings>
	<log config:type="boolean">true</log>
	<show config:type="boolean">true</show>
	<timeout config:type="">10</timeout>
      </warnings>
    </report>

    <software>
      <base>TXS</base>
      <packages config:type="list">
	<package>aladdin</package>
	<package>txs-support</package>
      </packages>
    </software>

  </install>

</profile>

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Greetings,

	Holger

autoinstall from CD (SuSE 8.2) grub problem (wrong/missing gfxmenu line)

Holger Rauch