November 2003 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

autoyast and EFI menu
by Egan Ford 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

How do I prevent autoyast from creating an EFI menu item with SLES8 ia64? Thanks.

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autoyast http= port problem.
by Egan Ford 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

I need to use http to get the autoyast file. It works as expected, however I have to now use a different port. If I put http://ip:port/path in my network boot loader :port is not interpreted and I am left with a blue screen prompt asking for the http URL. Both my path and IP are present, but the port is not. If I append :port to the IP it works. However I need this to work in an automated way. I need this is for SLES8 x86, x86_64, ia64, and SuSE 8.1 and later. Thanks.

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Kernel panic Aftet Install (Suse8.2)
by Coffee Time 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

hanks for the people who helped... I have solved the problem (again more by luck than judgement)... I had installed WinXP first and created three partitions... two NTFS (C:, D:) and one small Vfat to allow simple transfers between Linux and Windows (E:). I left 10 Gb unllallocated to the 8.2 install. I installed 8.2 using the automatic settings (boot and root partitions). After installation it would not boot i.e. Kernal panic (as described below.) Eventually I guessed that Grub had somehow got itself in a mess and was loaded in the 'incorrect' places. So I went into Windows and deleted the Vfat partition. This should not have affected Grub in any way... it was only a simple Windows partition...except the next reboot caused a total boot failure with Grub unable to load. This was not just a Kernel Panic but person panic aswell! Used the installation DVD to do a clean install of root and boot partitions in all the non-windows space (i.e. the original 10Gb plus the space freed up by deleting the Vfat partition). AND..... a) Grub recovered its boot menu.... b) I got my Windows XP boot option back (pheww...) c) 8.2 booted perfectly this time d) both the sound and the X server worked without problems (which had not been the case on the problem install.) So that was it... Grub had somehow got hold of the Vfat partition when it should not have done. Thanks for the Help Pieter, Budapest Coffee Time schrieb: > On a freshly installed WinXP notebook I left space on the > disk for a Linux installation. After a good deal of trouble > I installed Suse 8.2 to two partitions (boot and root). Grub > of course took over the boot process. The first boot after > the install I got a Kernel Panic because linux could not > moint root fs. Tried any number of things (e.g. changing > reifferfs to ext switching off acpi etc..) but always the > same problem. > > By luck I did the following. I rebooted from the > installation DVD which gave the installation DVD Grub list. > The first option was the detault... boot from the hard disk. > This then went into my Grub boot menu for the actual > installed system... AND THIS TIME IT BOOTED WITH NO > PROBLEM... of course this is not convenient... and is > frustrating. > > Can anybody explain and provide a solution... > > Thanks, Pieter Bruinsma > Budapest > > > >

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Kernel panic Aftet Install (Suse8.2)
by Coffee Time 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

hanks for the people who helped... I have solved the problem (again more by luck than judgement)... I had installed WinXP first and created three partitions... two NTFS (C:, D:) and one small Vfat to allow simple transfers between Linux and Windows (E:). I left 10 Gb unllallocated to the 8.2 install. I installed 8.2 using the automatic settings (boot and root partitions). After installation it would not boot i.e. Kernal panic (as described below.) Eventually I guessed that Grub had somehow got itself in a mess and was loaded in the 'incorrect' places. So I went into Windows and deleted the Vfat partition. This should not have affected Grub in any way... it was only a simple Windows partition...except the next reboot caused a total boot failure with Grub unable to load. This was not just a Kernel Panic but person panic aswell! Used the installation DVD to do a clean install of root and boot partitions in all the non-windows space (i.e. the original 10Gb plus the space freed up by deleting the Vfat partition). AND..... a) Grub recovered its boot menu.... b) I got my Windows XP boot option back (pheww...) c) 8.2 booted perfectly this time d) both the sound and the X server worked without problems (which had not been the case on the problem install.) So that was it... Grub had somehow got hold of the Vfat partition when it should not have done. Thanks for the Help Pieter, Budapest Coffee Time schrieb: > On a freshly installed WinXP notebook I left space on the > disk for a Linux installation. After a good deal of trouble > I installed Suse 8.2 to two partitions (boot and root). Grub > of course took over the boot process. The first boot after > the install I got a Kernel Panic because linux could not > moint root fs. Tried any number of things (e.g. changing > reifferfs to ext switching off acpi etc..) but always the > same problem. > > By luck I did the following. I rebooted from the > installation DVD which gave the installation DVD Grub list. > The first option was the detault... boot from the hard disk. > This then went into my Grub boot menu for the actual > installed system... AND THIS TIME IT BOOTED WITH NO > PROBLEM... of course this is not convenient... and is > frustrating. > > Can anybody explain and provide a solution... > > Thanks, Pieter Bruinsma > Budapest > > > >

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Kernel panic Aftet Install (Suse8.2)
by Coffee Time 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

On a freshly installed WinXP notebook I left space on the disk for a Linux installation. After a good deal of trouble I installed Suse 8.2 to two partitions (boot and root). Grub of course took over the boot process. The first boot after the install I got a Kernel Panic because linux could not moint root fs. Tried any number of things (e.g. changing reifferfs to ext switching off acpi etc..) but always the same problem. By luck I did the following. I rebooted from the installation DVD which gave the installation DVD Grub list. The first option was the detault... boot from the hard disk. This then went into my Grub boot menu for the actual installed system... AND THIS TIME IT BOOTED WITH NO PROBLEM... of course this is not convenient... and is frustrating. Can anybody explain and provide a solution... Thanks, Pieter Bruinsma Budapest

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Automatic detection and configuration of network cards
by Martin Moeser 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Hello everyone! Is there any possibility that autoyast automatically uses the detected network cards without explicitely giving any information in the control file? The problem is, that I have one normal (100 Mbit) Card with Intel-Chipset (Module: e100) and one Gigabit-Card (e1000), but the device names may differ. Sometimes eth0 is Gigabit, sometimes eth1. So, if I give static information in the contol file, I have a problem... Another point is, that autoyast detects the cards correctly, but they appear as 'unconfigured' when I invoke yast2 after installation. Any hints? Regards, Martin

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Automatic detection and configuration of network cards
by Martin Moeser 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Hello everyone! Is there any possibility that autoyast automatically uses the detected network cards without explicitely giving any information in the control file? The problem is, that I have one normal (100 Mbit) Card with Intel-Chipset (Module: e100) and one Gigabit-Card (e1000), but the device names may differ. Sometimes eth0 is Gigabit, sometimes eth1. So, if I give static information in the contol file, I have a problem... Another point is, that autoyast detects the cards correctly, but they appear as 'unconfigured' when I invoke yast2 after installation. Any hints? Regards, Martin

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Re: confirm unsubscribe from suse-autoinstall@suse.com
by matej voncina 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 at 22:39:39, suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com wrote: > Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the > suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com mailing list. > > I'm working for my owner, who can be reached > at suse-autoinstall-owner(a)suse.com. > > To confirm that you would like > > voncinamatej(a)email.si > > removed from the suse-autoinstall mailing list, please send an empty reply > to this address: > > > suse-autoinstall-uc.1068544994.moekkdnjnfkipkngopho-voncinamatej=email.si@sus > e.com > > Usually, this happens when you just hit the "reply" button. > If this does not work, simply copy the address and paste it into > the "To:" field of a new message. > > or click here: > mailto:suse-autoinstall-uc.1068544994.moekkdnjnfkipkngopho- voncinamatej=emai > l.si(a)suse.com > > I haven't checked whether your address is currently on the mailing list. > To see what address you used to subscribe, look at the messages you are > receiving from the mailing list. Each message has your address hidden > inside its return path; for example, mary(a)xdd.ff.com receives messages > with return path: > <suse-autoinstall-return-<number>-mary=xdd.ff.com(a)suse.com. > > > --- Administrative commands for the suse-autoinstall list --- > > I can handle administrative requests automatically. Please > do not send them to the list address! Instead, send > your message to the correct command address: > > For help and a description of available commands, send a message to: > <suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com> > > To subscribe to the list, send a message to: > <suse-autoinstall-subscribe(a)suse.com> > > To remove your address from the list, just send a message to > the address in the ``List-Unsubscribe'' header of any list > message. If you haven't changed addresses since subscribing, > you can also send a message to: > <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com> > > For addition or removal of addresses, I'll send a confirmation > message to that address. When you receive it, simply reply to it > to complete the transaction. > > If you need to get in touch with the human owner of this list, > please send a message to: > > <suse-autoinstall-owner(a)suse.com> > > Please include a FORWARDED list message with ALL HEADERS intact > to make it easier to help you. > > --- Enclosed is a copy of the request I received. > > Return-Path: <voncinamatej(a)email.si> > Received: (qmail 27602 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2003 10:03:14 -0000 > Received: from unknown (HELO Cantor.suse.de) (195.135.220.2) > by 0 with SMTP; 11 Nov 2003 10:03:14 -0000 > Received: from Hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) > (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) > (No client certificate requested) > by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CF017D71FB > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)lists.suse.com>; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:02:56 > +0100 (CET) > Received: from Cantor.suse.de (ns.suse.de [195.135.220.2]) > (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) > (No client certificate requested) > by Hermes.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C15E99BD > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com>; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:03:14 +0100 > (CET) > Received: from hal.select-tech.si (hal.select-tech.si [193.77.122.3]) > by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78AC517D71E1 > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com>; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:02:56 +0100 > (CET) > Received: from www.email.si (unknown [81.24.97.10]) > by hal.select-tech.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99C7C82C00 > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com>; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:37:46 +0100 > (CET) > Received: by www.email.si (Postfix, from userid 48) > id 365D88BC52; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:03:13 +0100 (CET) > Received: from 213.250.13.109 > (JAW authenticated user voncinamatej(a)email.si) > by www.email.si with HTTP; > Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:03:13 +0100 > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:03:13 +0100 > X-Mailer: JAW::Mail 1.0-email.si > From: matej voncina <voncinamatej(a)email.si> > To: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > Subject: > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE > Content-Disposition: inline > Message-Id: <20031111210313.365D88BC52(a)www.email.si> > > > > ____________________ > http://www.email.si/ ____________________ http://www.email.si/

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Re: confirm unsubscribe from suse-autoinstall@suse.com
by matej voncina 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 at 07:38:24, suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com wrote: > Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the > suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com mailing list. > > I'm working for my owner, who can be reached > at suse-autoinstall-owner(a)suse.com. > > To confirm that you would like > > voncinamatej(a)email.si > > removed from the suse-autoinstall mailing list, please send an empty reply > to this address: > > > suse-autoinstall-uc.1068616630.okgjmfbjeplanjbdfkpe-voncinamatej=email.si@sus > e.com > > Usually, this happens when you just hit the "reply" button. > If this does not work, simply copy the address and paste it into > the "To:" field of a new message. > > or click here: > mailto:suse-autoinstall-uc.1068616630.okgjmfbjeplanjbdfkpe- voncinamatej=emai > l.si(a)suse.com > > I haven't checked whether your address is currently on the mailing list. > To see what address you used to subscribe, look at the messages you are > receiving from the mailing list. Each message has your address hidden > inside its return path; for example, mary(a)xdd.ff.com receives messages > with return path: > <suse-autoinstall-return-<number>-mary=xdd.ff.com(a)suse.com. > > > --- Administrative commands for the suse-autoinstall list --- > > I can handle administrative requests automatically. Please > do not send them to the list address! Instead, send > your message to the correct command address: > > For help and a description of available commands, send a message to: > <suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com> > > To subscribe to the list, send a message to: > <suse-autoinstall-subscribe(a)suse.com> > > To remove your address from the list, just send a message to > the address in the ``List-Unsubscribe'' header of any list > message. If you haven't changed addresses since subscribing, > you can also send a message to: > <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com> > > For addition or removal of addresses, I'll send a confirmation > message to that address. When you receive it, simply reply to it > to complete the transaction. > > If you need to get in touch with the human owner of this list, > please send a message to: > > <suse-autoinstall-owner(a)suse.com> > > Please include a FORWARDED list message with ALL HEADERS intact > to make it easier to help you. > > --- Enclosed is a copy of the request I received. > > Return-Path: <voncinamatej(a)email.si> > Received: (qmail 3104 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2003 05:57:10 -0000 > Received: from unknown (HELO Cantor.suse.de) (195.135.220.2) > by 0 with SMTP; 12 Nov 2003 05:57:10 -0000 > Received: from Hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) > (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) > (No client certificate requested) > by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1664317DBCA7 > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)lists.suse.com>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:57:10 > +0100 (CET) > Received: from Cantor.suse.de (ns.suse.de [195.135.220.2]) > (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) > (No client certificate requested) > by Hermes.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E085DB86 > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:57:09 +0100 > (CET) > Received: from hal.select-tech.si (hal.select-tech.si [193.77.122.3]) > by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF1FD17DBCA6 > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:57:09 +0100 > (CET) > Received: from www.email.si (unknown [81.24.97.10]) > by hal.select-tech.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03E4C82DF6 > for <suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:31:42 +0100 > (CET) > Received: by www.email.si (Postfix, from userid 48) > id 80B7D8BC3F; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:57:09 +0100 (CET) > Received: from 213.250.13.109 > (JAW authenticated user voncinamatej(a)email.si) > by www.email.si with HTTP; > Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:57:09 +0100 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:57:09 +0100 > X-Mailer: JAW::Mail 1.0-email.si > From: matej voncina <voncinamatej(a)email.si> > To: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > Subject: > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE > Content-Disposition: inline > Message-Id: <20031112055709.80B7D8BC3F(a)www.email.si> > > > > ____________________ > http://www.email.si/ ____________________ http://www.email.si/

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I need a PXE Network Boot Install Guide/How-to!!
by marshall28＠juno.com 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

Does anyone know of a good site with a step-by-step how-to on doing an automated network boot install with SuSe? I've found information on how a tftp server is required as well as a dhcp server. I'm not sure how to integrate everything together though. thanks marshall ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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