autoinst.xml fails with xen in SLES-10-GMC

4 Aug 2006

      I have been evaluating Xen in SLES-10.  I have been installing from a
DVD and using the clone in /root/autoinst.xml for replicating.

We have a pxe build server and I loop mount the GMC.iso on the build
server and copy the contents into the pxe install tree and then use the
autoinst.xml from the previous installation to create essentially
identical installations on different types of platforms.  I find that
when I tried it with either the 32-bit or 64-bit SLES-10-GMC, the
autoyast install is missing the xen paragraph in /boot/grub/menu.lst

[ /boot/grub/menu.lst ]

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Aug  4 19:42:57 UTC 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray

default

timeout 8

gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message

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title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

    root (hd0,1)

    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda1
splash=silent ip=192.101.22.217:192.101.1.8:192.101.1.254:255.255.0.0
showopts

    initrd /boot/initrd

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failsafe###

title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

    root (hd0,1)

    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma
apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3

    initrd /boot/initrd

here is the revelent section in autoinst.xml ( appears identically in
/var/adm/autoinstall/cache/installedSystem.xml on the installed box also
)

    /dev/hda2

    grub

    <location>boot</location>

    false

    <sections config:type="list">

      <section>

        <append>resume=/dev/hda1  splash=silent showopts</append>

        <initial>1</initial>

        <initrd>/boot/initrd</initrd>

        <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel>

        1

        <name>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10</name>

        linux

        <root>/dev/hda2</root>

        <type>image</type>

        <vga>0x31a</vga>

      </section>

      <section>

        <append>resume=/dev/hda1  splash=silent showopts</append>

        <initrd>/boot/initrd-xen</initrd>

        <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz-xen</kernel>

        2

        <name>XEN</name>

        xen

        <root>/dev/hda2</root>

        <type>image</type>

        <vga>0x31a</vga>

        <xen>/boot/xen.gz</xen>

      </section>

      <section>

        <append>showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off
3</append>

        <initrd>/boot/initrd</initrd>

        <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel>

        3

        <name>Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10</name>

        failsafe

        <root>/dev/hda2</root>

        <type>image</type>

        <vga>normal</vga>

      </section>

    </sections>

I have stepped back and installed SLES-10-GMC with all defaults EXCEPT
adding the xen package - the install from DVD gives the correct menu.lst
file.  The automated install does not.  Beta8, RC2, RC2.5, RC3 all work.
I strongly feel that something has changed.

Divine guidance greatly appreciated

gary

autoinst.xml fails with xen in SLES-10-GMC

Post, Gary