July 2002 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

crypted filesystems
by Peeter Russak 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Hi, I noticed the possibility to create crypted file system and wanted to give it a try on one of my data partition. I checked crypt checkbox for one of ext3 partitions, entered password two times and noticed that crypting information was even written correctly into XML-file, but Ifter installing I can't find any visible sign of crypted file system. Nothing different in fstab/mount. Do I search signs from wrong places or crypting really doesn't have to work this time? -- Peeter

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Antwort: Re: [suse-autoinstall] [HELP] Can not find installation source on CD
by Stephan.Joerrens＠gad.de 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Hi.. We have an bootable custum CD now wich asks for wich Installation should be done and after some time it boots from harddisk. This stands in our isolinux.cfg ################## isolinux.cfg ########### default harddisk # tokenring mit IDE Platte label tokenringide kernel linux append vga=normal initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 install=cdrom:// autoyast=file://tokenringide.xml display sample.msg # tokenring mit SCSI Platte label tokenringscsi kernel linux append vga=normal initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 install=cdrom:// autoyast=file://tokenringscsi.xml display sample.msg # hard disk label harddisk kernel linux append SLX=0x202 implicit 0 prompt 1 timeout 100 ########### ende ############ And in the sample.msg we describe the bootoptions. The *.xml files are at the root from the CD. Hope this helps. Stephan Joerrens

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Anyone using Athlon and AutoYAST?
by Marcel Ritter 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Hi again! After installing quite a few Pentium based machines with SuSE 8.0 and AutoYaST I tried to get it running on an Athlon system. Unfortunately the installation stops after packages are installed with a nice green box complaining about "clients/inst_finish.ycp not found". I had a look at this and I found that for some reason the mounted cramfs was empty (all files gone). Anyone having similar problems? After this I upgraded to latest yast2-module-autoinst - no improvements, instead YaST2 now asks me wether it should start the installation ... so I went back to the original one ... I also tried the "mem=nopentium" option - without success. Can this really be a Athlon specific problem? Or does anyone have a different idea? Ciao, Marcel ---- Marcel Ritter Linux Betreuer Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen ---- Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.

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Some Problems with Autoyast2
by Alexander.Gehrig＠RSD.rohde-schwarz.com 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Hi All I have some questions to autoyast2, perhaps there is one on this list, who could help me. I want to install linux on several different systems. How could i solve the following problem: 1.) There a differnce between IDE and SCSI, ist it possible to have one controlfile, that handles both plattforms (fdsik, fromat, lilo, and so on)? 2.) There are also different NIC's on this system. I defined no module in the controlfile and it will work , but after installation every user will be ask to install an new NIC, thats allready installed <interfaces config:type="list" > <interface> <BOOTPROTO>dhcp</BOOTPROTO> <STARTMODE>onboot</STARTMODE> <UNIQUE></UNIQUE> <device>eth0</device> <module></module> <options></options> </interface> </interfaces> 3.) Is there a way to autoprobe the graphical interface ( hardewareinterface and resolution)? 4.) After installing by using autoyast2 i get the KDM-Login frist time, secondtime i get the consolen-Login 5.) When i try to install an extented package-list i allways get a failure about some packages, that was not found - Is there a solution for this Problem? <software> <addons config:type="list" /> <base>my-list</base> </software> the list 'my-list' is in the same directory as the default one 6.) Is there a way to include an automatic sound autoprobe by installing and only there is a problem the user could change it manually after installation? Thanks for help! bye Alexander Gehrig PS.: I sent this message a view weeks ago without any answer -> So i send it again today

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] [HELP] Can not find installation source
by Marc Peter 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Hi, i'm trying to prepare a custom cd. what is the correct path description for the installation source on cd? maybe... install=file:// greetings marc -- ************************************************* Avitech Aviation Management Technologies GmbH Marc Peter Bahnhofplatz 1 D-88045 Friedrichshafen Phone: +49 7541/282-451 Fax: +49 7541/282-199 mailto:marc.peter@avitech.de *************************************************

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(Auto)YaST
by Marcel Ritter 30 Jul '02

30 Jul '02

And once more problems! I tried the new yast2-module-autoinst packages (both 2.5.26 and 2.5.27rc1) with the result that YaST is no longer AutoYaST: Now on every start it asks me wether it should start the automated installation and waits for me to press "OK". And in the same display box it claims that all necessary configuration data is available. So what is this about? The version taken from CD/DVD works fine without any user interaction, but as soon as I switch to newer versions everything is a mess. Another possibility could be a buggy XML file (though it works with older versions). I checked the documentation coming with the latest release and it suggests to use the program tidy to check the XML syntax. But this one seems to need a .dtd file (/usr/lib/YaST2/include/control-file.dtd) which I couldn't find. So once again - anyone out there knowing how to prevent this missbehaviour or where to find the .dtd file? TIA, Marcel ---- Marcel Ritter Linux Betreuer Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen ---- Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.

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path name for installation source on custom cd
by Marc Peter 29 Jul '02

29 Jul '02

Hi, i'm trying to prepare a custom cd. what is the correct path description for the installation source on cd? maybe... install=file:// ...? greetings marc -- ************************************************* Avitech Aviation Management Technologies GmbH Marc Peter Bahnhofplatz 1 D-88045 Friedrichshafen Phone: +49 7541/282-451 Fax: +49 7541/282-199 mailto:marc.peter@avitech.de *************************************************

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[suse-autoinstall] [HELP] Can not find installation source on CD
by Marc Peter 29 Jul '02

29 Jul '02

Hi, i'm trying to prepare a custom cd. what is the correct path description for the installation source on cd? maybe... install=file:// greetings marc -- ************************************************* Avitech Aviation Management Technologies GmbH Marc Peter Bahnhofplatz 1 D-88045 Friedrichshafen Phone: +49 7541/282-451 Fax: +49 7541/282-199 mailto:marc.peter@avitech.de *************************************************

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AutoYaST1 can't find infofile
by Ashley 26 Jul '02

26 Jul '02

Hi. I'm new to autoinstall. I'm using AutoYast1 for now. I've made a boot floppy for nfs installs, but linuxrc can't find the infofile. I have it on the bootdisk as /suse/setup/descr/info. Linuxrc starts, I get a screen in color saying "Searching for Infofile". After 3 seconds I get a mono screen saying "Can't open cdrom". I tried copying it to the root directory as well. Is this a permissions issue, or should the file be renamed? ashley@ishi:~ >mount /bigfloppy/ ashley@ishi:~ >ls -lR /bigfloppy/ /bigfloppy/: total 1577 -rwxr-xr-x 1 ashley users 878 Jul 26 00:49 info -rwxr-xr-x 1 ashley users 562455 Jul 23 23:31 initrd -r-xr-xr-x 1 ashley users 11552 Jul 25 22:02 ldlinux.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 ashley users 1035296 Jul 25 21:31 linux -rwxr-xr-x 1 ashley users 2424 Jul 23 23:38 message drwxr-xr-x 3 ashley users 512 Jul 25 21:49 suse -rwxr-xr-x 1 ashley users 242 Jul 26 00:27 syslinux.cfg /bigfloppy/suse: total 1 drwxr-xr-x 3 ashley users 512 Jul 25 21:49 setup /bigfloppy/suse/setup: total 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 ashley users 512 Jul 26 01:17 descr /bigfloppy/suse/setup/descr: total 1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 ashley users 822 Jul 26 01:17 info ashley@ishi:~ >cat /bigfloppy/suse/setup/descr/info Language: english # "german" or "english" Display: mono # "color" or "mono" Keytable: us # Keytable for us Bootmode: Net # Needed for network installation IP: 192.168.0.2 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: Server: 192.168.0.4 Serverdir: /distro Nameserver: 192.168.0.4 Netdevice: eth0 # General configuration options AUTO_LILO 2 AUTO_NET 1 AUTO_NAME 1 AUTO_NAMSERVER 1 AUTO_SERVICES 1 AUTO_INSTALL $I:/suse/setup/descr/Minimal.sel INSTALL_WAIT 1 AUTO_KERNEL k_deflt.rpm CDROM_DEVICE /dev/hdd NO_ASK_SWAP 1 END_MESSAGE 1 END_STARTUP 1 CHECK_DEPENDENCY 0 NEVER_STOP 0 RC_CONFIG_0 START_GPM yes # Entries controlling partitioning and formatting #AUTO_FDISK 1 -- Ashley Gould 510.482.0525 3020 Kansas St. ashleyg(a)dnai.com Oakland, CA 94602

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Custom CD
by Chris Lemke 26 Jul '02

26 Jul '02

Hi, is there any tool to create an own CD with only needed packages? I want to create one bootable CD for autoinstallation with a minmal system and a few extra packages from CD two, three and four. I don't like to wait until SuSE8.1 is published. ;-) Thanks for help Chris

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