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Re: [suse-autoinstall] AutoInstall on SLES8 SP3 s390x - dasd handling in control file
- From: Steen Bank Johnsen <sjo@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:16:29 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511110816.16931.sjo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Yan
I will try to use the pre-install script. Or could I use a SLES9 installation
engine to install SLES8. It seems to me by your formulation that SLES9 can
format and partition the DASD?
Regards
Steen
Torsdag 10 november 2005 19:16 skrev Yan Fitterer:
> Hi Steen
>
> Ok - bit of confusion here. I though your install was going through,
> but with an additional partition being created beyond dsadx1. The
> devices must be formated and partitioned, as YaST isn't capable (in
> SLES8) of doing it automatically.
>
> 1) I believe that you can do a z/VM format of the DASD devices as
> ECKD/Linux Disk Layout. In which case you can't have more than one
> partition, but apparently you can then use it from YaST without
> partitioning.
>
> 2) Alternatively, you should look into the autoyast pre-install script.
> That's the place you can do things like load the dasd module manually
> and do the required format and partitioning. The dasd tools should be on
> the initrd!
>
> See the README file on top level of first install media for SLES8.
>
> Best,
> Yan
>
> >>> On 10/11/2005 at 11:36:03, in message
>
> <200511101236.03777.sjo@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>
> Steen Bank Johnsen <sjo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Yan
> >
> > It never comes that far. During prepare of harddisks Yast annonces
>
> that it
>
> > couldn't format /dev/dasda2. Then I abort the installation. Should I
>
> always
>
> > make a dasdfmt and fdasd -a on my dasd after loading the dasd module
>
> ???? If
>
> > that the answer I still haven't unattended installation.
> >
> > :-) Steen
> >
> > Torsdag 10 november 2005 12:08 skrev du:
> >> Hi Steen
> >>
> >> > Have tried the <initialize> didn't change anything. For the size
> >>
> >> statement
> >>
> >> > didn't you mean max and not all?
> >>
> >> I did. Sorry about that! Does it change anything?
> >>
> >> > The output from fdisk -l
> >>
> >> I meant after autoyast has completed partitioning. I just wanted to
>
> see
>
> >> what the (wrong) result is.
> >>
> >> Yan
I will try to use the pre-install script. Or could I use a SLES9 installation
engine to install SLES8. It seems to me by your formulation that SLES9 can
format and partition the DASD?
Regards
Steen
Torsdag 10 november 2005 19:16 skrev Yan Fitterer:
> Hi Steen
>
> Ok - bit of confusion here. I though your install was going through,
> but with an additional partition being created beyond dsadx1. The
> devices must be formated and partitioned, as YaST isn't capable (in
> SLES8) of doing it automatically.
>
> 1) I believe that you can do a z/VM format of the DASD devices as
> ECKD/Linux Disk Layout. In which case you can't have more than one
> partition, but apparently you can then use it from YaST without
> partitioning.
>
> 2) Alternatively, you should look into the autoyast pre-install script.
> That's the place you can do things like load the dasd module manually
> and do the required format and partitioning. The dasd tools should be on
> the initrd!
>
> See the README file on top level of first install media for SLES8.
>
> Best,
> Yan
>
> >>> On 10/11/2005 at 11:36:03, in message
>
> <200511101236.03777.sjo@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>
> Steen Bank Johnsen <sjo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Yan
> >
> > It never comes that far. During prepare of harddisks Yast annonces
>
> that it
>
> > couldn't format /dev/dasda2. Then I abort the installation. Should I
>
> always
>
> > make a dasdfmt and fdasd -a on my dasd after loading the dasd module
>
> ???? If
>
> > that the answer I still haven't unattended installation.
> >
> > :-) Steen
> >
> > Torsdag 10 november 2005 12:08 skrev du:
> >> Hi Steen
> >>
> >> > Have tried the <initialize> didn't change anything. For the size
> >>
> >> statement
> >>
> >> > didn't you mean max and not all?
> >>
> >> I did. Sorry about that! Does it change anything?
> >>
> >> > The output from fdisk -l
> >>
> >> I meant after autoyast has completed partitioning. I just wanted to
>
> see
>
> >> what the (wrong) result is.
> >>
> >> Yan
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