September 2011 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

linuxrc - netdevice=<hwaddress>
by John Willis 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Does anyone know if any of the SLES releases 9 or 10 support passing the linuxrc option netdevice=<hardware mac address> ? I noticed Red Hat has had this for sometime and it seems totally missing in SuSE which seems really odd. I'm still scratching my head if we really are still passing only by kernel interface name. I read in the change log for linuxrc-1.8.6-3 a change that "sounds" like this feature. * Mon Mar 14 2005 - snwint(a)suse.de - s390: fix segfault in net_list_s390_devs() - extra root image was sometimes not used - allow netdevices to be specified by hwaddress But it looks like linuxrc-1.8.6-3 is only available in SuSE Professional 9.3. "any" commentary would be sincerely appreciated the feature also seems to be fairly minor since any delimiter seperating the octets in the hwaddr string could be used to identify the difference between an interface name and interface hw address if i could figure out a generic method of overriding the linuxrc with a custom script and daisy chain it back into linuxrc after setting up the interface name, I would.. and have a slight idea on how to do that.. but i'd rather find out i'm just missing something and the feature is already there Thanks!

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[opensuse-autoinstall] autoyast with multiple LVM Volume Groups
by big beer 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hello, I'm trying to have autoyast setup some LVM volume groups. I can get things setup with a single volume group, but if try to add 2 volume groups I seem to be running into some issue. I'm using the following xml inside the partitioning section to setup the PVs and add to the volume groups. . . . <drive> <device>/dev/sdb</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <lvm_group>firstvg</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/sdc</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <lvm_group>secondvg</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> . . . The problem is that both disks are configured as PVs in the same VG. Both sdb and sdc will be added to firstvg and secondvg will not exist. Am I trying this wrong or am I hitting some sort of bug? thanks -- bigbeer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Repository Priority
by Tim Kirby 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

Repository Priority is obviously a useful thing to be able to manipulate. Yast lets me set it and zypper lets me set it. Yet, if I have multiple repositories defined at the beginning of my autoyast (including update repos so I get an up to date system built out of the box), I don't seem to have any control over the respective repository priorities - they're all defaulted. Or did I miss a subtle option somewhere? Tim -- Tim Kirby 651-605-9074 trk(a)cray.com Cray Inc. Information Systems -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] em1/eth0 problem during autoinstall
by Douglas_Parrish＠Dell.com 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Installing SLES11 SP2 - Beta 5 today and ran into a new issue. I noticed that during the initial install, it was using em1 as the network device. After the reboot, when the network devices were brought up, they were eth* devices. The network didn't come up correctly. I had to switch to VT2 and run dhcpd manually on eth0. I'm using the keep_install_network option in my autoyast.xml <networking> <keep_install_network config:type="boolean">true</keep_install_network> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_hostname> <hostname>MYHOST</hostname> <resolv_conf_policy>auto</resolv_conf_policy> </dns> </networking> Is it possible that the config isn't getting migrated correctly due to the device name change? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] SLES11SP2 - repomd.xml.asc is required?
by Douglas_Parrish＠Dell.com 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

For my team, I manage several Linux auto-installations for RedHat & SLES. I have fairly stock autoyast.xml's that have been working quite well for a while. With SLES11SP2, I'm running into a new problem. As our add-on repository is for internal access only, we've never seen any value in signing our packages. I use the signature-handling flags to bypass the signing checks: <signature-handling> <accept_unsigned_file config:type="boolean">true</accept_unsigned_file> <accept_file_without_checksum config:type="boolean">true</accept_file_without_checksum> <accept_verification_failed config:type="boolean">true</accept_verification_failed> <accept_unknown_gpg_key config:type="boolean">true</accept_unknown_gpg_key> <accept_non_trusted_gpg_key config:type="boolean">true</accept_non_trusted_gpg_key> <import_gpg_key config:type="boolean">true</import_gpg_key> </signature-handling> </general> With SLES11SP2 (beta3) autoyast attempts to retrieve the repomd.xml.asc and repomd.xml.key files anyway. This throws up a blocking error dialog. Am I doing something wrong or has this behavior changed? -- Douglas Parrish Programmer Dell | PG Customer Operations -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] maybe a off-topic question
by Conny Seidel 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hi, Is it possible to configure autoyast so that I get all the y2log install messages to the serial console instead to tty4? And if this is possible, how would I set this up? Thanks, Conny ## ################################################################## # Email : conny.seidel(a)amd.com GnuPG-Key : 0xA6AB055D # # Fingerprint: 17C4 5DB2 7C4C C1C7 1452 8148 F139 7C09 A6AB 055D # ################################################################## # Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24 85609 Dornach # # General Managers: Alberto Bozzo # # Registration: Dornach, Landkr. Muenchen; Registerger. Muenchen # # HRB Nr. 43632 # ##################################################################

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Running several post-install scripts
by Robert Klein 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hi, I'm trying to run two post-install scripts from file, however it seems, autoyast can't do this. If I include one script in <script> <source>...</source> </script> and one in <script> <location>ftp://.....</location> </script> both scripts run. However, when I try to use two scripts with <location>,,,,</location> only the first one gets done, regardless of an additional script with <source>,,,</source> or not. Is it simply not possible to do so? I tried openSuSE 11.2 and SLES11 SP1 I used the following in the autoyast.xml file: a) <script> <location>ftp://xyzzy/autoyast/mail-settings-112.sh</location> </script> <script> <location>ftp://xyzzy/autoyast/backup-deployment.sh</location> </script> and b) <script> <location>ftp://xyzzy/autoyast/mail-settings-112.sh</location> <filename>mail-settings-112.sh</filename> </script> <script> <location>ftp://xyzzy/autoyast/backup-deployment.sh</location> <filename>backup-deployment.sh</filename> </script> at b) I get log files for both, not only one postinstall-scripts.log, with the second lob, "mail-settings-112.sh.log" being empty. Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much Robert Klein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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