Hi, this behaviour is something that has obviousely changed since SuSE 9.2, the autoinst.xml-file is no more autodetected on the floppy. The documentations says, it should work with autoyast=floppy:///autoinst.xml or autoyast=floppy as you have tried, but this also doesn't work - it has the same effects you described. BTW, please note, that 3 slashes would be required for the floppy:// - syntax, 2 for the URL-like scheme, as in http:// and one for the root-directory of the floppy (which can of course be dos-formatted), but i prefer a minix-formatted floppy. It took me lots of time to find a syntax that works, the only one i found is: autoyast=/dev/fd0/autoinst.xml but i don't know if this works with 9.3 as i only had 9.2 autoinstalls up to now. Give it a try. As the bottom line, i can only say that the documentation or the autoyast-process has to be corrected by SuSE (make the software work as the docu says or make the docu so that it matches the features of the software)... ;-) Kind regards Ing. Wolfgang Skabrond -- TWS Datensysteme Ges.m.b.H. Cobenzlgasse 32/3 A-1190 Wien Tel.: +43/1/32 9 32-0 Fax: +43/1/32 9 32-30 WWW: http://www.tws.at E-Mail: skabrond@tws.at --- Thorbjorn Jemander wrote on 04.05.2005, 11:50 ---
Hello,
I'm new to suse and yast2/autoyast. I've got suse professional 9.3 and want to install that on a number of machines. I've created an autoinst.xml file (from using "yast2 autoyast") that I've put on a 3.5" floppy (MSDOS formatted). The autoinst.xml file passes xmllint without comments, and it looks OK. The floppy does not contain any info file.
The problem: I put in the DVD and the floppy and boot. Apparantly, the autoinst.xml file should be detected automatically and turn the installation into an automated one. However, it does not detect the file (it's spelled correctly, I've checked several times). I can see that the disk drive flashes its LED during the first phase of the installation, so it looks like it's at least trying to read the floppy. It does not find it, or at least thinks that something is wrong with it, since it always proceeds to manual install.
If I explicitly specify autoyast=floppy, or autoyast=floppy://autoinst.xml (in the first installation screen) it also tries to read the floppy, but then I end up in the ncurses installer where I get the message "Could not find the SUSE Linux Installation Source, Activating manual setup program". What does that mean?
I've tried with two different floppy disks, so that it's not the disk that is broken. The disk drive is working under normal suse (KDE) operation, so it does not seem like that that is broken either.
What am I doing wrong?
- Is a MSDOS-formatted floppy disk OK? - Is the content of the autoinst.xml file wrong? The XML syntax seems to be fine, but how can I tell whether the installer thinks that the contents makes no sense? How can I verify that the *installer* thinks the autoinst.xml file is OK? - Do I need an info file on the floppy? - Can't I do this floppy autoinstallation with the factory SuSE 9.3 CDs/DVDs?
________________________________________________ Dr. Thorbjörn Jemander, Senior/RT Systems Expert Enea Epact AB, Teknikringen 8, Linköping, Sweden thje@epact.se, +46 13 465 58 67, www.epact.com