I changed the subject since it was OT
yea, I've read that before in the thread. but never done it before. and the stuff around "autoyast.xml" I didn't understand exactly. has that to do with the tool "automatic install" ( or "Automatische Installation" in german; don't know the exact name in the english version) in YAST ? is there something in the documentation where u can point me to (I've got the boxed pro- version with the books of 9.3 if its in there .... ).
http://forgeftp.novell.com/yast/doc/SLES9/autoinstall/index.html There is a GUI tool in yast alled autoyast2-installation, that creates a core file you can then adapt following the above howto. Please install that rpm first and then go into yast --> misc autoinstallation, download my sample autoyast file from ftp://opensuse.linux.co.nz/pub/SUPER/files/autoyast.xml and load it in the autoyast installation tool. You could in theory just use that file, but then you can't log in. As a minimum without the gui tool you need to change ENCRYPTEDPASSWORD to for example txzvp3z2ZKYrc which equates to sles9 as password. I keep using that since I cannot be bothered to encrypt passwords the whole time. Change when you log in the first time. Current software selection is the default KDE system + kernel-source and gcc. Default partitioning in my xml file creates a 256 Mbyte /boot and a 3 GB / and 2048 Mb swap. You really should look at the XML and change things with vi or use the gui tool I mentioned and not just use the xml file alone. I turn this into a wiki entry or add it to the network install wiki entry ..... probably best in the next day or two. Regards, Andreas openSUSE is SUPER: To help in the SUSE Performance Enhanced Release project visit http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/SUPER