June 2002 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Problems with creating custom CD
by Peeter Russak 24 Jul '02

24 Jul '02

Hi, I wish to compose custom install CD so that server could be fully restored from single CD without network. I'm booting from this same CD and my boot command line looks like this: autoyast=floppy://myserverl.xml install=cdrom:// Now I'm stuck with last problem: after configuring and partitioning setup wants to mount install media but fails because CD is mounted already and busy: Could not mount the source medium. mount: /dev/hdd already mounted or /var/adm/mount busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdd is already mounted on /var/adm/mount. What I do wrong and how to get this setup working? -- Peeter

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Automated Maintenance of SLES7
by thomas.emde＠scaleon.de 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Hello, we have SLES 7 for S/390 running as virtual guests under VM and just received the first Maintenance CD. Is it possible to perform the maintenance/patch process via a batch script (including the rpm executing and everything else that yast might do) instead of performing the documented procedure (update of YOU, perform Yast to implement the maintenance) manually? I mean, consider having 100 virtual Linux servers running under VM, I wouldn't want to perform this procedure for each of the servers...) The source data can be made available on a shared VM disk for all Linux guests. mit freundlichen Grüßen/with best regards Thomas Emde ________________________ ScaleOn GmbH & Co. KG SO-HS1-MAI Geb. B151, Raum 117 D-51368 Leverkusen Telefon +49 214/30-67603 Telefax +49 214/30-24887 E-Mail thomas.emde(a)scaleon.de Internet http://www.scaleon.de

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formatting lv's
by felix.schumacher＠epost.de 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Hi, If I try to use lvm with autoinstall with SuSE 8.0, the partitions in thelvm_group will not get formatted and the hd-partition used for the pv will not get initialized. Thanks for tips Felix My config file looks like this > >... > <partitioning config:type=3D"list" > > <drive> > <device>/dev/hda</device> > <partitions config:type=3D"list" > > <partition> > <crypt_fs config:type=3D"boolean" >false</crypt_fs> > <crypt_key></crypt_key> > <filesystem config:type=3D"symbol" >ext3</filesystem> > <filesystem_id config:type=3D"integer" >131</filesystem_id> > <format config:type=3D"boolean" >true</format> > <mount>/</mount> > <size>300M</size> > <type>Linux native</type> > </partition> > <partition> > <crypt_fs config:type=3D"boolean" >false</crypt_fs> > <crypt_key></crypt_key> > <filesystem config:type=3D"symbol" >ext3</filesystem> > <filesystem_id config:type=3D"integer" >131</filesystem_id> > <format config:type=3D"boolean" >true</format> > <mount>/boot</mount> > <size>50M</size> > <type>Linux native</type> > </partition> > <partition> > <crypt_fs config:type=3D"boolean" >false</crypt_fs> > <crypt_key></crypt_key> > <filesystem config:type=3D"symbol" >swap</filesystem> > <filesystem_id config:type=3D"integer" >131</filesystem_id> > <format config:type=3D"boolean" >true</format> > <mount></mount> > <size>100M</size> > <type>Linux native</type> > </partition> > <partition> > <size>auto</size> > <lvm_group>system</lvm_group> > <partition_type>primary</partition_type> > </partition> > </partitions> > <use>all</use> > </drive> > </partitioning> > <lvm config:type=3D"list"> > <lvm_group> > <lvm_group>system</lvm_group> > <pesize>8M</pesize> > <logical_volumes config:type=3D"list"> > <lv> > <lv_name>usrlv</lv_name> > <lv_size>500mb</lv_size> > <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> > <lv_mount>/usr</lv_mount> > </lv> > <lv> > <lv_name>optlv</lv_name> > <lv_size>50mb</lv_size> > <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> > <lv_mount>/opt</lv_mount> > </lv> > <lv> > <lv_name>varlv</lv_name> > <lv_size>100mb</lv_size> > <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> > <lv_mount>/var</lv_mount> > </lv> > <lv> > <lv_name>homelv</lv_name> > <lv_size>100mb</lv_size> > <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> > <lv_mount>/home</lv_mount> > </lv> > <lv> > <lv_name>templv</lv_name> > <lv_size>50mb</lv_size> > <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> > <lv_mount>/tmp</lv_mount> > </lv> > </logical_volumes> > </lvm_group> > </lvm> >... ________________________________________ Zeitschriftenabos online bestellen - jetzt neu im Infoboten! http://www.epost.de

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Network device found again after installation
by Martin.Linten＠rzf.fin-nrw.de 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi list, hi Anas, I finished my first complete auto - installation. As I am a beginner to Linux I am quite happy about that. Thanx for that great product! My problem is: I got - by now only one - installation client with a 3Com 3C905C-TX network adapter. The configuration file i use looks like this: ... <UNIQUE></UNIQUE> <device>eth0</device> <module></module> <options></options> ... After finished installation (with correctly configured and working device eth0) yast2 finds the same card again and wants me to configure it as eth1. Do You have an advice for me? Greetings, Martin RZF NRW, SG222

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partitioning
by Felix Schumacher 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi all, I tried to get two disks in on vg, but instead of creating the vg with the first disk and extending it with the second one, it tried to create it again with the second one, which gave an error. Second it seems to me the installer is a lot happier if it finds a disk with an empty partition table. It barks everytime I start the install on an already partitioned disk. Bye Felix ________________________________________ Zeitschriftenabos online bestellen - jetzt neu im Infoboten! http://www.epost.de

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cutting of append-line
by Felix Schumacher 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi all, I've just looked at lilo.conf which was created by autoinstall. It seems to me that it cuts off the append-line if it thinks it is to long. Is there a limit? If there is one I would have to change the order of the arguments in the autoinstall-process, that the important bits get first. Bye Felix ________________________________________ Zeitschriftenabos online bestellen - jetzt neu im Infoboten! http://www.epost.de

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Autoyast, Suse 8.0 and ISDN-Setup
by Beckmann, Sebastian 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

hi there, i am fooling around with autoyast and everything seems to work like a charm. Right now i have some problems in setting up an isdn-card (elsa microlink pci) via the autoinst-xml-file. regular nic's are no problem but i have no clue how to set up this isdn-card. any suggestions would be appreciated :-) regards sebastian beckmann

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No mouse pointer for post-installation
by Fred Schiff 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

This is probably an install/XFree question, but here goes. I have successfully installed Suse Linux on my machine, and sorta made it a dual boot machine (I think I need to look up how LILO is supposed to operate since I can't figure out how you tell it to boot a different operating system), but in KDE I don't have a mouse pointer, so its hard to choose anything or get rid of the clutter. How do I configure that, in console mode, possibly? I have to finish the post-installation things. Fred Schiff (fschiff(a)mindspring.com)

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install not recognizing partition
by Fred Schiff 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

Just got the Suse 8 Personal box, read through the doc and started it up. I wanted to shrink my Windows (ME) partition, but the install says my one and only partition is "unknown" and wants to format the whole thing. I don't get any other options for this question. Frankly this is a little too early in the install process to be running into problems as far as I'm concerned. (I assumed I would have problems with it recognizing that CD/RW and CD-Rom were the same thing, or something with the sound, etc.) Any suggestions? Fred Schiff (fschiff(a)mindspring.com)

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Config File Options
by Graham White 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

Hi, I've got my SuSE network install server in place and it's great for installing SuSE over our network. However, it's not so good with Autoyast at the moment. I have a few questions which don't seem to be covered anywhere: - I have set the Reporting Confirmation option to "true" yet I never get any confirmation box before installation begins. Is there something I am doing wrong or is this a bug? - What happens to options that are not set in the config file? For example, if I do not specify any partitions in the config file then the installer seems to just go off and install with whatever partitions it thinks are appropriate without even consulting the user (remembering that this is will full prompting and reporting turned on). >From my point of view at least it would be a lot nicer if the Autoyast processes dropped you into the installer at the stage where you can choose options and reconfigure the system as with the manual installation unless you specifically turn this off with the config file for an unattended install. At present the Autoyast system is almost completely useless for my purpose since it just seems to choose some default options for things that are not specified in the config file. Can we get this changed in Autoyast pretty quickly? ....or is there something I'm doing wrong or should know about? Cheers, Graham White Redhat Certified Engineer IBM Hursley, UK

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