Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-autoinstall (123 mails)

[Thomas Mieslinger <Thomas.Mieslinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uwe Gansert <ug@xxxxxxx> schrieb am 08.11.2005 16:55:20:

> On Tuesday 08 November 2005 16:35, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:
>
> > Is there a chance to take a sles10 kernel and initrd and install a
sles8
> > with it?
>
> No. Maybe theoretical but not in practice. If it's not a linuxrc problem
> (and I doubt it is) then a new initrd would not help you anyway.
>
> > Or which programs out of the sles10 initrd have to be transfered
> > into the sles8 initrd?
>
> if it's a problem with yast/autoyast, a new initrd would not help you.
> You would need to change the "root" image on the installation server.

The file called root (around 40MB). Hmm, file says its just 'data'. What is
it?

> > I'm in the 'need it by tomorrow' situation and retrival of the xml file
> > through a php script is by far the most flexible.
>
> I'll take a look at the code but I don't see a chance for me to help you
> until tomorrow.
> you already tried this?
> http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php%
> 3faction=autoyast_start%26client=bla

I tried it with uppercase letters (%3F) and autoyast came up with a message
"can't retrieve profile". If I then enter manually the uri (with ? and &)
it works fine.

regards Thomas

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