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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Using a dd image to install with AutoYaST
- From: Volkmar Glauche <volkmar.glauche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:28:40 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0508051622570.29370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Francois, Jean (J.L.) wrote:
> I want to do the following:
>
> 1. Install a GOLD server with SLES9 SP2
> 2. shutdown the server, take out the drive and mount it in another
> server
> 3. do "dd if=/dev/sdb of=sles9sptinstall.img conv=sync"
> 4. Use that image to stage from AutoYaST
> 5. Have AutoYaST reconfigure network, hostname, etc.
>
> Now I have been trying to use the docs on Anas website and I am still
> having
> difficulty with the steps above #4 and getting this to work.
I am not sure this will work at all - at least this is not the way
autoyast is supposed to work. Autoyast allows to configure unattended
installation from scratch, but I do not see a way to modify
pre-installed systems with it.
--
Volkmar Glauche
-
Department of Neurology volkmar.glauche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg Phone 49(0)761-270-5331
Breisacher Str. 64 Fax 49(0)761-270-5416
79106 Freiburg
> I want to do the following:
>
> 1. Install a GOLD server with SLES9 SP2
> 2. shutdown the server, take out the drive and mount it in another
> server
> 3. do "dd if=/dev/sdb of=sles9sptinstall.img conv=sync"
> 4. Use that image to stage from AutoYaST
> 5. Have AutoYaST reconfigure network, hostname, etc.
>
> Now I have been trying to use the docs on Anas website and I am still
> having
> difficulty with the steps above #4 and getting this to work.
I am not sure this will work at all - at least this is not the way
autoyast is supposed to work. Autoyast allows to configure unattended
installation from scratch, but I do not see a way to modify
pre-installed systems with it.
--
Volkmar Glauche
-
Department of Neurology volkmar.glauche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg Phone 49(0)761-270-5331
Breisacher Str. 64 Fax 49(0)761-270-5416
79106 Freiburg
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