July 2003 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

cannot use keyboard other than language
by Michal Kubecek 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

I have a problem with automatic installation of SuSE Linux 8.1 and 8.2. I need to select czech language but english (US) keyboard map. Generated XML file contains <keyboard> <keymap>english-us</keymap> </keyboard> <language>cs_CZ</language> but the system is installed with czech keyboard map anyway. Is there a way to use czech language but english-US keyboard map? Michal Kubecek

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[Re: [suse-autoinstall] [Re: ... [suse-autoinstall] loading network drivers from floppy]]
by dfroehling 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

dfroehling wrote: > > I tried it but my grub bootprompt doesn't accept ifconfig. > > It tells me error 27 unknown command. > > I'm using SuSE 8.2 pro with grub 0.93-23 as installed from dvd. > > I recompiled grub and had the same error. > > Is there a difference between grub 0.93 and 0.92 installation as > > described at: > > http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/fhassel_grub_overview.html ? > > There is an error in the above mentioned document: > shouldn't be "dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 seek=1" but > "dd if=stage2.network of=/dev/fd0 seek=1" The whole thing doesn't work. The network card is an onboard Intel eepro100 which isn't correctly recognized by grub's eepro100 driver. SuSE 8.2's driver recognizes the card. Image from http://www.rom-o-matic.com will recognize the card but uses DHCP which I can't use because I MUST ENTER my own IP address and hostname at bootprompt. So I'm back at the beginning: How can I tell autoyast to load module eepro100 from modules3 disk? If I enter this at the bootprompt it will be ignored. CU Dierk -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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Antwort: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Problems with Grub Floppy
by Alexander.Gehrig＠RSD.rohde-schwarz.com 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Hi Thanks for this greate tipp! - Do you have any idea if it's possible to build a disk with more than one single dirver? On the URL you told, i can only download an floppyimage with one driver. Is there any problem by building a floppy disk with more than one driver? Thanks! Bye Alexander |--------+-----------------------> | | Eric Heydrick| | | <eric@heydric| | | k.com> | | | | | | 28.07.2003 | | | 19:32 | | | | |--------+-----------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | An: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com | | Kopie: (Blindkopie: Alexander Gehrig/RSD) | | Thema: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Problems with Grub Floppy | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------| For GX260s we use Etherboot and it works very well. The floopy images from http://www.rom-o-matic.com support the e1000 in the Dell. -Eric On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 Alexander.Gehrig(a)RSD.rohde-schwarz.com wrote: > Hi All > > At the moment we are use 4 bootdisks to install linux by using > autoyast. In the feature we want to have only one disk. So i test tftp > and bootp with grub. It works without problem on some systems... but > on our new systems (Dell GX260) it will not work because the > networkcard driver failed. Does anybody know how to add the "Intel > Ethernet Express 1000/MT" to grub? > > I just tried to compile (0.93) and create the grubbootdisk myself, but > i did not find anyway to include another driver. Which kind of driver > can i include to grub and how can i include this dirvers? > > Thanks! > > Bye > > > Alexander > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > -- 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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[Re: ... [suse-autoinstall] loading network drivers from floppy]
by dfroehling 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

dfroehling wrote: > I tried it but my grub bootprompt doesn't accept ifconfig. > It tells me error 27 unknown command. > I'm using SuSE 8.2 pro with grub 0.93-23 as installed from dvd. > I recompiled grub and had the same error. > Is there a difference between grub 0.93 and 0.92 installation as > described at: > http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/fhassel_grub_overview.html ? There is an error in the above mentioned document: shouldn't be "dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 seek=1" but "dd if=stage2.network of=/dev/fd0 seek=1" -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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[Re: [Re: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Re: Re: [suse-autoinstall] loading network drivers from floppy]]]]
by dfroehling 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

dfroehling wrote: > Anas Nashif wrote: > > > > No chance the systems only have a floppy drive, a network interface, a > > > graphics adapter and a harddisk. > > > > > > > > Then I would use the grub floppy.. > > > I'll try that. I tried it but my grub bootprompt doesn't accept ifconfig. It tells me error 27 unknown command. I'm using SuSE 8.2 pro with grub 0.93-23 as installed from dvd. I recompiled grub and had the same error. Is there a difference between grub 0.93 and 0.92 installation as described at: http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/fhassel_grub_overview.html ? CU Dierk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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Problems with Grub Floppy
by Alexander.Gehrig＠RSD.rohde-schwarz.com 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Hi All At the moment we are use 4 bootdisks to install linux by using autoyast. In the feature we want to have only one disk. So i test tftp and bootp with grub. It works without problem on some systems... but on our new systems (Dell GX260) it will not work because the networkcard driver failed. Does anybody know how to add the "Intel Ethernet Express 1000/MT" to grub? I just tried to compile (0.93) and create the grubbootdisk myself, but i did not find anyway to include another driver. Which kind of driver can i include to grub and how can i include this dirvers? Thanks! Bye Alexander

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[Re: Re: [suse-autoinstall] loading network drivers from floppy]
by dfroehling 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

I need to enter IP address and hostname manually at the boot prompt because this is customer specific. I can't use DHCP or similar things for getting automatic addresses and so on. Later my pre install script reads the hostname out of boot parameters and creates a serial number from it. Harald Milz wrote: > Question - why do you use a boot floppy in the first place, as opposed > to > booting via PXE? If the machine's BIOS supports PXE this is far > easier. >> Hi, >> I've got a big problem. >> I try to install SuSE 8.2 with autoyast and use as bootdevice a >> floppy >> disk. >> The rest of the installation (config file for autoyast, installation >> directory) is available from the network. >> I enter at the bootprompt "insmod=eepro100" but the installer never >> asks >> for modules 3 disk. >> After manually loading the correct module the installation takes >> place. >> Is it possible to tell yast/autoyast to load modules not only from >> the >> boot disk and modules 1? -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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[Re: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Re: Re: [suse-autoinstall] loading network drivers from floppy]]]
by dfroehling 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Anas Nashif wrote: > > No chance the systems only have a floppy drive, a network interface, a > > graphics adapter and a harddisk. > > > > > Then I would use the grub floppy.. I'll try that. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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[Fwd: Re: [Re: Re: [suse-autoinstall] loading network drivers from floppy]]
by dfroehling 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Anas Nashif wrote: > dfroehling wrote: > > I need to enter IP address and hostname manually at the boot prompt > > because this is customer specific. > > I can't use DHCP or similar things for getting automatic addresses and > > so on. > > Later my pre install script reads the hostname out of boot parameters > > and creates a serial number from it. > Booting from floppies needs alot of custimzations and module swapping. > Its easier to create a boot cdrom with a modified command line (or info > file) or even use the original CDs for that. No chance the systems only have a floppy drive, a network interface, a graphics adapter and a harddisk. -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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[Re: Re: [suse-autoinstall] output from pre install scripts]
by dfroehling 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

No solution for me. My pre install script does a bad block check on the harddisk and will tell wether the hd is ok or not. If it's not ok the installation will be interrupted. So I have to see this during the installation. This is my own solution now for my question from 20030723 (formatting hd), Message-ID: <3F1E7C98.5040706(a)aycan.de> . > /var/adm/autoinstall/scripts in installed system. > dfroehling wrote: > > Where can I see the output of my pre install scripts except that I > > switch to tty2 and do "tail -f /tmp/..../logs"? -- // Dierk Froehling // aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH // Innere Aumuehlstr. 5 // 97076 Wuerzburg // Germany // phone: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-0 // fax: +49 (0)931 2 70 40 9-1 // http://www.aycan.de Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse! Please notice the new address!

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