December 2004 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: FW: [suse-autoinstall] autoyast using an http port other than 80
by Anas Nashif 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Yes, For NFS, the driverupdate can also be provided in the directory "linux" which is also on the Service Pack. Anas Green, Christopher (HOU-SVSB) wrote: > When installing SLES 9 SP1 via NFS does the "driverupdate" file residing > on SP1 CD1 need to be copied to the root of the NFS source tree as it > was in SLES 8 / UL ? > > Chris Green > Systems Engineer > Rapid Deployment Pack > ProLiant Essentials Development Group / SVSB / SGBU > Hewlett Packard Company > Tel: 281-518-8840 > Email: chris.green(a)hp.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:35 AM > To: Clormann, Stefanie > Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: FW: [suse-autoinstall] autoyast using an http port other > than 80 > > > > > Clormann, Stefanie wrote: > >>Hello, >>I do have the same question actually but i am using SLES-9. Do i need >>an driver update, too? >> > > No, this is only for SLES8. > > > Anas > > >>Thanks for your help >>steff >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] >>Sent: Samstag, 4. Dezember 2004 17:55 >>To: Demarco, Reynold >>Cc: '' >>Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] autoyast using an http port other than > > >>80 >> >> >>Hey, >>Can you try this driverupdate? >> >>http://www.suse.de/~nashif/driverupdate.tz2 >> >>This should replace existing files on SP3. >> >>Note: You have to boot with kernel/initrd from SP3 and additionaly >>make >>sure the file driverupdate is in the root of the installation source. >> >>Please let me know if it works for you. >> >>Anas >> >>Demarco, Reynold wrote: >> >> >>>i have the same question as the above post. want to use http to >>>autoyast my servers, but need to do it form a different port than 80. >>>i am running sles8, service pack 3. >>> >>>thanks in advance for any help.. >>> >>> >> >> >

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why I can rmmod aarich driver when my boot drives are still active
by Lee, Richard 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi all: I am seeing a strange thing here: I can rmmod aarich driver when my boot drives are connected. If I lsmod, I always see unused. Richard Lee

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Autoinstall / YOU server combo
by Kohrs, Steven 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hello, I am trying to setup an Autoinstall installation repository that can also double as a YaST Online Update server. What is the best practice to follow for creating the repository? Copy all the CDs into the same directory or keep each CD separate? I would like to follow the former method, having a single source installation, but I'm dealing with SLES 8 for s/390. This platform's media doesn't seem to follow the examples listed in the documentation. Anyone have any pointers for this situation? This same server will also provide SLES 8 for x86 and SLES 9 for s/390 & x86. Maybe I should start with one of those. Thank you and best regards, Steve Kohrs

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?)
by Benjamin Shi 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Very cool, thanks. I am surprised that no one has tried to install grub with /boot on raid. -----Original Message----- From: Jiri Srain [mailto:jsrain@suse.cz] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:59 AM To: Benjamin Shi Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?) Hello, the problem is definitelly a bug in GRUB installer, which doesn't handle installing GRUB with /boot on MD correctly. I filed a bug into SuSE bugzilla - see bug 48938 if you have access, and assigned to project manager to decide if it should be fixed for SP1. Dne pátek 03 prosinec 2004 14:56 jste napsal(a): > Attached are log files. BTW, these are logs from a good install, which I > changed the "(null)" to "(hd0,0)". > > Thanks for looking into this, and please let me know if you need anything > else. > > Regards, > Ben > > >

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FW: [suse-autoinstall] autoyast using an http port other than 80
by Clormann, Stefanie 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hello, I do have the same question actually but i am using SLES-9. Do i need an driver update, too? Thanks for your help steff -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Samstag, 4. Dezember 2004 17:55 To: Demarco, Reynold Cc: '' Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] autoyast using an http port other than 80 Hey, Can you try this driverupdate? http://www.suse.de/~nashif/driverupdate.tz2 This should replace existing files on SP3. Note: You have to boot with kernel/initrd from SP3 and additionaly make sure the file driverupdate is in the root of the installation source. Please let me know if it works for you. Anas Demarco, Reynold wrote: > i have the same question as the above post. want to use http to > autoyast my servers, but need to do it form a different port than 80. > i am running sles8, service pack 3. > > thanks in advance for any help.. > > -- 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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Disabling Disk Partitioning in AutoYast
by Naveen 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi, We are trying to use AutoYast to perform 'a kind of unattended install'. We would like to do the disk partitioning manually and this we wish to do during the install only. That is, during installation Yast should prompt for a manual disk partitioning but nothing else. How to do this with AutoYast ? We have tried omitting the entries related to disk partitioning from the AutoYast file but it didn't help. - Naveen

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?)
by Jiri Srain 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hello, the problem is definitelly a bug in GRUB installer, which doesn't handle installing GRUB with /boot on MD correctly. I filed a bug into SuSE bugzilla - see bug 48938 if you have access, and assigned to project manager to decide if it should be fixed for SP1. Dne pátek 03 prosinec 2004 14:56 jste napsal(a): > Attached are log files. BTW, these are logs from a good install, which I > changed the "(null)" to "(hd0,0)". > > Thanks for looking into this, and please let me know if you need anything > else. > > Regards, > Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jiri Srain [mailto:jsrain@suse.cz] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:05 AM > To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for > device?) > > Hello! > > Dne pátek 03 prosinec 2004 00:07 Benjamin Shi napsal(a): > > In /usr/share/YaST2/include/bootloader/grub/misc.ycp, > > > > string dev = > > select ( > > select ( > > filter (`l, device_map, ``(l[1]:"" == o_dev)), 0, [] > > ), 0, "" > > ); > > if (dev == "") > > dev = "(null)"; > > else if (num != 0 && num != "") > > { > > num = num - 1; > > string number = sformat ("%1", num); > > dev = substring (dev, 0, size (dev) - 1) + "," + number + > > ")"; > > } > > return dev; > > > > It is setting dev to (null) which almost certainly break grub. Don't > > know why dev is "" to beging with, but setting it to a more sensible > > default value, ((hd0,0) maybe?) fix the problem. > > Yes, the (null) is incorrect, but the reason is in empty dev (as you > wrote). > > Could you send me the logs (/var/log/YaST2/*) to examine what is wrong? > > -- > Regards, > > Jiri Srain > YaST2 developer > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: jsrain(a)suse.cz > Drahobejlova 27 tel: +420 2 9654 2373 > 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 2 9654 2374 > Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz -- Regards, Jiri Srain YaST2 developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: jsrain(a)suse.cz Drahobejlova 27 tel: +420 2 9654 2373 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 2 9654 2374 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz

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has anyone been able to use AutoYast with PXE boot on a tg3 based machine?
by Joe Landman 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

Hi folks: Not directly autoyast, but one of the supporting utils ... My machines have Broadcom chips that map into the tg3 driver. I set up autoyast as per the howto posted here recently (thanks!), and tried the boot. It probes for an RTL8139 and hangs. They units are Tyan S2882 based, and work fine when booting by DVD. From what I read, the issue are the drivers compiled into grub (pxegrub to be precise). Has anyone a working rpm or build of grub with the relevant patches, or a pointer to them? This is on a SuSE 9.2 AMD64 unit. Thanks! Joe

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autoyast using an http port other than 80
by Demarco, Reynold 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

i have the same question as the above post. want to use http to autoyast my servers, but need to do it form a different port than 80. i am running sles8, service pack 3. thanks in advance for any help.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Suse 9.2, RunlevelEd.ypc: Service ... not installed?
by Patrick Roßbach 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi, I'm trying to let autoyast install some services for me, but unfortunately without success. The config file looks like this: ... <runlevel> <default>3</default> <services config:type="list"> <service> <service_name>mysql</service_name> <service_start>2 3 5</service_start> </service> </runlevel> ... <general> <mode> <forceboot config:type="boolean">false</forceboot> </mode> </general> ... <package>mysql</package> <package>mysql-client</package> <package>mysql-shared</package> ... /var/log/YaST2/y2log tells me: RunlevelEd.ycp:632 Service mysql is not installed on target system, adding it by hand. The /var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM tells me that the mysql-packages are installed correct and a post-script is able to start the service to e.g. create a database. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Patrick

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trouble on generating a grub network boot floppy
by Ralf Gnädinger 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at lists.suse.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com>: Sorry, only subscribers may post. If you are a subscriber, please forward this message to suse-autoinstall-owner(a)suse.com to get your new address included (#5.7.2) --- Below this line is a copy of the message. Return-Path: <ralf(a)verspoolt.org> Received: (qmail 19399 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2004 11:51:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hermes.suse.de) (195.135.221.8) by 0 with SMTP; 3 Dec 2004 11:51:12 -0000 Received: from scanhost.suse.de (scanhost.suse.de [149.44.160.36]) by hermes.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C860CDD2CE for <suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:51:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermes.suse.de ([149.44.160.1]) by scanhost.suse.de (scanhost [149.44.160.36]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 09562-07 for <suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:50:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from Cantor.suse.de (mail-ex.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 BC45B68D45 for <suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:50:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from dd1032.kasserver.com (dd1032.kasserver.com [81.209.148.116]) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A243811B5B79 for <suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:50:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from 193.100.166.26 (auth. user v029029(a)mail.verspoolt.org) by webmail.verspoolt.org with HTTP; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:50:42 +0100 To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: trouble on generating a grub network boot floppy Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:50:42 +0100 X-Mailer: IlohaMail/0.8.13 (On: webmail.verspoolt.org) Message-ID: <z5myWovI.1102074642.6354540.v029029(a)mail.verspoolt.org> From: "Ralf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gn=E4dinger?=" <ralf(a)verspoolt.org> Bounce-To: "Ralf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gn=E4dinger?=" <ralf(a)verspoolt.org> Errors-To: "Ralf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gn=E4dinger?=" <ralf(a)verspoolt.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at scanhost.suse.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.9 tagged_above=-20.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, MY_LINUX X-Spam-Level: Hi, i`m getting some trouble when i try to generate my own floppy boot disk with grub. the configuration of my self comiled grub looks like this: /configure --enable-diskless --enable-smc9000 --enable--smc9000-scan=3D3D3D0x320,0x340 --enable-3c90x all seems find till i try to load the kernel and initrd over the lan. all i get is the output of the network card check and the network configuration including the my configuration for the kernel: kernel /linux.80 netdevice=3D3D3Deth0 server=3D3D3D89.0.14.4 ramdisk_size=3D3D3D655=3D 36 autoyast=3D3D3Dnfs://89.0.14.4/srv/ftp/ayconf/myconf.xml install://89.0.14.4/srv/ftp after this line the loading process stops nothing like [bzimage ...] the menu.lst file couldn`t be the reason it works with the offical floppy provided by this site. do anyone have some idea how to got this work? unfortunally i`m forced to generate a new boot disk becaus the offical one won`t work for my smc card ( the card is not detected correctly). thx in advance ralf

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?)
by Benjamin Shi 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

In /usr/share/YaST2/include/bootloader/grub/misc.ycp, string dev = select ( select ( filter (`l, device_map, ``(l[1]:"" == o_dev)), 0, [] ), 0, "" ); if (dev == "") dev = "(null)"; else if (num != 0 && num != "") { num = num - 1; string number = sformat ("%1", num); dev = substring (dev, 0, size (dev) - 1) + "," + number + ")"; } return dev; It is setting dev to (null) which almost certainly break grub. Don't know why dev is "" to beging with, but setting it to a more sensible default value, ((hd0,0) maybe?) fix the problem. -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Shi Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:20 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?) Also, this is installing suse 9.0 on amd64 opterons. We tried to update /etc/grub.conf with (hd0,0) on tty2, then went back to tty1 to rerun the bootloader config; /etc/grub.conf gets overwritten with (null) again. -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Shi Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:17 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?) Hi, all: We are running into problem installing grub via autoyast installation. Here is the error: cat /etc/grub.conf | /usr/sbin/grub --batch --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> root (null) Error 23: Error while parsing number grub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 d (hd0,0) /grub/stage2 0x8000 (null)/grub/menu.lst Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> quit Yast install is using (null) instead of (hd0,0). The device.map seems to be fine, and we have tried to reduced the bootloader sectin on autoinst.xml to minimum: <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location></location> </bootloader> It didn't help either, using /dev/sda in the loader_device section. Yast always gets (null). Where is yast reading this value from and what can we do to fix it? Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Ben -- 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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Suse 9.1 Network driver problem
by Milind Nanal 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

List, I have installed Suse 9.1 on HP system. The system is having Brodcom Gigabyte Ethernet card. The installation went fine with out any error. The problem I am facing is that the LAN driver are not getting loaded while system booting process. I have to run YAST to activate LAN driver & then only it works. Dose any one tell me why it could be? Quick response is highly appreciated. Regards, Milind

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Instalation Repository
by Robert Morrow 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

I have created an installation repository on my FTP server and want to add customer rpm's. I have added one and ran the create_package_descr and it shows up as an option to install but when I go to install it, it tells me it can not find the package. Robert Morrow Network Specialist (913)588-7306

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autoyast using a http port other than 80
by Romani, Roberto 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Is there a patch to autoyast that allows it to use a different http port than 80

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Preventing AutoYast from partitioning the disks
by Naveen 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hi, We are trying to use AutoYast to perform 'a kind of unattended install'. We would like to do the disk partitioning manually and this we wish to do during the install only. That is, during installation Yast should prompt for a manual disk partitioning but nothing else. How to do this with AutoYast ? We have tried omitting the entries related to disk partitioning from the AutoYast file but it didn't help. - Naveen

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?)
by Benjamin Shi 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Also, this is installing suse 9.0 on amd64 opterons. We tried to update /etc/grub.conf with (hd0,0) on tty2, then went back to tty1 to rerun the bootloader config; /etc/grub.conf gets overwritten with (null) again. -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Shi Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:17 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?) Hi, all: We are running into problem installing grub via autoyast installation. Here is the error: cat /etc/grub.conf | /usr/sbin/grub --batch --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> root (null) Error 23: Error while parsing number grub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 d (hd0,0) /grub/stage2 0x8000 (null)/grub/menu.lst Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> quit Yast install is using (null) instead of (hd0,0). The device.map seems to be fine, and we have tried to reduced the bootloader sectin on autoinst.xml to minimum: <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location></location> </bootloader> It didn't help either, using /dev/sda in the loader_device section. Yast always gets (null). Where is yast reading this value from and what can we do to fix it? Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Ben -- 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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Grub and autoyast (getting null for device?)
by Benjamin Shi 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi, all: We are running into problem installing grub via autoyast installation. Here is the error: cat /etc/grub.conf | /usr/sbin/grub --batch --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> root (null) Error 23: Error while parsing number grub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 d (hd0,0) /grub/stage2 0x8000 (null)/grub/menu.lst Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> quit Yast install is using (null) instead of (hd0,0). The device.map seems to be fine, and we have tried to reduced the bootloader sectin on autoinst.xml to minimum: <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location></location> </bootloader> It didn't help either, using /dev/sda in the loader_device section. Yast always gets (null). Where is yast reading this value from and what can we do to fix it? Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Ben

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Multiple source through http
by Aaron McSorley 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Does multiple source install for SLES8 and SLES9 work through http? Thanks Aaron

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dhcp-server configuration XML configuration not supported although generated?
by fraser_bailey＠agilent.com 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

I've just installed a system and used autoyast to create a reference profile. The installed ystem has the dhcp server enabled. The reference profile contains a: <dhcp-server> . . . </dhcp-server> block. xmllint -dtdvalid /usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd x.xml blows up on this block. Inspection of the DTD suggests this element is undefined. This means autoyast will probably blow up when it tries to use this xml file to autoload a system. Is this a problem? How can I validate the generated xml? Will autoyast be able to handle dhcp-server blocks? advice appreciated.

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