October 2002 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

NFS Install
by Joachim.Tork＠gad.de 16 Oct '02

16 Oct '02

Hello, I want to install my system via nfs booting from a floppy disk. Is this possible, i mean is there a suitable initrd with everything needed in it, that fits on one disk together with the kernel. Best regards Joachim

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Swap partition with ftp install
by Robby Timmermans 16 Oct '02

16 Oct '02

Hello, I'm trying to instal SuSe 8.0 on a pentium75 with 40 Mb Ram. During the installation I get the message that a swap partition is needed and that I should give the location. Now the question(s): How can I create a swap partition so I can use it during the ftp installation ? And/or do I need to modify the installation disks ? All help is appreciated. Thanks and best regards, Robby Timmermans

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profile not found (suse 8.1)
by Sven Crimmann 15 Oct '02

15 Oct '02

Hallo, I have createt a clone.xml with yast2 and renamed it to autoinst.xml. I put it on a floppy an done a reboot. Then I got the Message: profile for this maschine could not be found or retrieved. Did I forget something? Best, Sven -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

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AW: [suse-autoinstall] Problem with network interfaces (solved)
by Prengel, Ralf 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

Sorry, my mistake. The modulename is 3c and not 3C. i.A. Ralf Prengel Customer Services Comline AG Dortmund/Germany Fon +49 231 97575-157 Fax +49 231 97575-257 EMail ralf.prengel(a)comline.de für Supportanfragen EMail support(a)comline.de Fon +49 231 97575-904 Fax +49 231 97575-905 > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Prengel, Ralf [mailto:ralf.prengel@comline.de] > Gesendet: Freitag, 11. Oktober 2002 12:31 > An: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Betreff: [suse-autoinstall] Problem with network interfaces > > > Normally I m using the eepro100 module for Intel-Nics and > everythings works. No I ve to use some 3Com card (module > 3C90x). Everythis works fine and the network works (ping etc. > ) without changing the xml file. The problem: After the first > reboot the network isn't reachable any longer allthough the > 3Com card is configured. > Solution: > Deleting eth0 and installing it again > Editing my xml-configuration-file doesn t help. > I changed the entry eepro100 into 3C90x. > > Hints? > > > i.A. > Ralf Prengel > Customer Services > Comline AG > Dortmund/Germany > Fon +49 231 97575-157 > Fax +49 231 97575-257 > EMail ralf.prengel(a)comline.de > > für Supportanfragen > EMail support(a)comline.de > Fon +49 231 97575-904 > Fax +49 231 97575-905 > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com >

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Problem with network interfaces
by Prengel, Ralf 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

Normally I m using the eepro100 module for Intel-Nics and everythings works. No I ve to use some 3Com card (module 3C90x). Everythis works fine and the network works (ping etc. ) without changing the xml file. The problem: After the first reboot the network isn't reachable any longer allthough the 3Com card is configured. Solution: Deleting eth0 and installing it again Editing my xml-configuration-file doesn t help. I changed the entry eepro100 into 3C90x. Hints? i.A. Ralf Prengel Customer Services Comline AG Dortmund/Germany Fon +49 231 97575-157 Fax +49 231 97575-257 EMail ralf.prengel(a)comline.de für Supportanfragen EMail support(a)comline.de Fon +49 231 97575-904 Fax +49 231 97575-905

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Solution post-script problem
by Johan De Wit 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

Hi all, The <post-script> section shoul reside in the <configure> subsection. The XML file is devided in a <install> and <configure> section. Parsing the xml file during installation gives no error if the <post-scripts> is included in the <install> section, but nothing will happen. If it is included in the <configure>, you will find something in the /var/adm/autoinstall dirs. Greetings Jo

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earlier hda now hde
by Reimar Bauer 09 Oct '02

09 Oct '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I believe this is simple but I am to new to the auto installation so may be you can give me a tip. We have a few systems now with suse7.2 which we like to install with 8.x. In the old 7.2 the onboard raid controller was different from a standard ide controller. In 7.2 the harddisk is hda in 8.0 it is hde. If I set parameters for partionong sizes did I have to say where it should be e.g. hde? or is it possible to say I like to have the first harddisk the system found. I would prefer the last one this is more flexible. I don't found how to set it. Any ideas? best regards Reimar - -- Reimar Bauer Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-I) Forschungszentrum Juelich email: R.Bauer(a)fz-juelich.de - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ a IDL library at ForschungsZentrum Juelich ~ http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro.html =================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9pEYW5aOc3Q9hk/kRAs5lAKDAI2QkpBWRa9BfO0EsgCstqL06ZwCgu6s0 dePvQG3jbauuKuDmrLsOn40= =6c2+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-script problem
by Kugelberg, Thorsten 09 Oct '02

09 Oct '02

Hallo, have a look into the directory '/var/adm/autoinstall'! It should contain three subdirs. One is log, an other is scripts. If the file postinstall.sh exists inside the scrits directory, the part <post-scrips> is interpreted. Afterwards have a look at the logfiles, to find out what is wrong. Regards Thorsten -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Martin To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Sent: 09.10.2002 15:16 Subject: [suse-autoinstall] post-script problem Anas, I've been using autoinstall with PXE to install SuSE 8.0 on machines in our test lab for a month or so. Everything was working great. Recently someone asked me to add another open-source package to the install (STAF, a test framework) and I thought the <post-scripts> tag would be a good place to do it. So I've been trying to test <post-scripts> by adding the following stanza to my xml script. .... <post-scripts config:type="list" > <script> <filename>postinstall.sh</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh touch /tmp/test.txt ]]> </source> </script> </post-scripts> .... Nothing happens. The file isn't created and I haven't found anything in the logs to show a failure. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance, Jeff Martin http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/linux/ http://ltp.sf.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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post-script problem
by Jeff Martin 09 Oct '02

09 Oct '02

Anas, I've been using autoinstall with PXE to install SuSE 8.0 on machines in our test lab for a month or so. Everything was working great. Recently someone asked me to add another open-source package to the install (STAF, a test framework) and I thought the <post-scripts> tag would be a good place to do it. So I've been trying to test <post-scripts> by adding the following stanza to my xml script. .... <post-scripts config:type="list" > <script> <filename>postinstall.sh</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh touch /tmp/test.txt ]]> </source> </script> </post-scripts> .... Nothing happens. The file isn't created and I haven't found anything in the logs to show a failure. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance, Jeff Martin http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/linux/ http://ltp.sf.net

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PCMCIA
by Andreas Bank 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hi @ all. Yesterday i tryed to install SUSE 7.3 on my Laptop. But wenn the PCMCIA slots where scanned, my screen showed ...done and then : No reaktion any more!!!! (My PCMCIA slots are empty!!!!!) You cann help me?? Thx Andi

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hda6 instead of hda1
by Prengel, Ralf 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Allthough I configured AutoYast2 to use the hole disk the follwing is the result: hda 6 /boot hda 7 / instead of hda 1 /boot hda 3 / The system was a windows 2000 machine before. Ralf Prengel

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Lilo doesn't get written in MBR
by Miguel Gómez 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hi, I'm trying to auto-install SuSE 8.0 keeping an existing Windows partition. The problem is that lilo doesn´t get written in the MBR although I specify the following configuration in the profile: <bootloader> <write_bootloader>true</write_bootloader> <lba_support config:type="boolean" >true</lba_support> <activate config:type="boolean" >true</activate> <linear config:type="boolean" >false</linear> <location>mbr</location> <parameters></parameters> </bootloader> I get an error saying that lilo couldn't be written in the MBR. Is there anything wrong in my profile's bootloader configuration? My second problem is that, although I set the "linear" tag to false, it gets written in the lilo.conf file. This causes an error when I run lilo because the "lba32" and "linear" tags are incompatible in the same lilo.conf file. Can anyone help, please? Regards, Miguel Gómez Rodríguez gomez(a)dit.upm.es

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Booting from a floppy
by Jens Rathmann 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

Hi I just try this latest Autoyast, wondering why the docs say it's recommended not to use a simple boot disk to initiate the install. Seems there've to be some (large) packages on the initial boot media!? Could anyone explain why? I don't want to use a CD or another bigsize media to initiate. All the installation data should be available via nfs or ftp, so why is it needed (from the docs: "... is limited due to the size of the data a floppy can hold"). If it's really not possible how do I use Autoyast without any CD or PXE available at the client machines? Thanks in advance, Jens

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AW: [suse-autoinstall] AutoYast Suse 8.1 Problems (solved)
by Prengel, Ralf 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Sorry, I had an old webpage in my cache. It works after installing the new rpm-package . i.A. Ralf Prengel Customer Services Comline AG Dortmund/Germany Fon +49 231 97575-157 Fax +49 231 97575-257 EMail ralf.prengel(a)comline.de für Supportanfragen EMail support(a)comline.de Fon +49 231 97575-904 Fax +49 231 97575-905 > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Prengel, Ralf [mailto:ralf.prengel@comline.de] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. Oktober 2002 12:40 > An: 'Anas Nashif' > Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Betreff: [suse-autoinstall] AutoYast Suse 8.1 Problems > > > Hallo, > > I ve problems using AutoYast Suse 8.1. > 1) > There is no longer an option to select series of software in Yast2 > 2) > Installing an new normal Minimal.system failes because the > bootmanger is installed but no kernel is installed on /boot > > > Hints? > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com >

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AutoYast Suse 8.1 Problems
by Prengel, Ralf 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Hallo, I ve problems using AutoYast Suse 8.1. 1) There is no longer an option to select series of software in Yast2 2) Installing an new normal Minimal.system failes because the bootmanger is installed but no kernel is installed on /boot Hints?

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