March 2004 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-autoinstall] Newbie help wanted for installing java on suse 9
by Andy W. Barclay 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hi Frederic, This is the wrong forum for this question, but I'm sure I saw an answer to your question on the linuxquestions.org website. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161929&h… Frederic Durodie wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a bit new to linux and to SuSE (home user) and I try to install > java by > executing the file 'j2re-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin' which I downloaded from > www.java.com. I have now a directory /usr/local/java/j2re1.4.2_04. How > do I > get from there to java working under Konqueror ? Also in the end I > want to > run LimeWire. > > Thanks up front for all help, > Kind regards, > Frederic >

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Newbie help wanted for installing java on suse 9
by Frederic Durodie 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hi, I'm a bit new to linux and to SuSE (home user) and I try to install java by executing the file 'j2re-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin' which I downloaded from www.java.com. I have now a directory /usr/local/java/j2re1.4.2_04. How do I get from there to java working under Konqueror ? Also in the end I want to run LimeWire. Thanks up front for all help, Kind regards, Frederic

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/boot & ext3, grub, swap
by Manuel.Laesser＠telekurs.com 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hello I've got three questions 1. If I create a own filesystem for /boot It's always ext2 even if got ext3 specified in the autoinst.xml Workaround: Use tune2fs -j .... after Installation (post script) 2. Even I've got a autoinst.xml from Karl-Walter Grabbe which should install grub instead of lilo, I still have lilo installed after the unattendand installation. Below an extract of the bootloader section from Karl-Walter <bootloader> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <specific> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <grub_conf> <addr>0x8000</addr> <device>(null)</device> <discswitch config:type="boolean">true</discswitch> <menu>/boot/grub/menu.lst</menu> <s2prefix>--stage2=/boot/grub/stage2</s2prefix> <stage1>/boot/grub/stage1</stage1> <stage2>/boot/grub/stage2</stage2> </grub_conf> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> </specific> </bootloader> Some people told me to use a post script again to remove lilo and install and configure grub. But when I do this by hand I'll receive the following error messages: ************************** grub> root (hd0,0) Error 21: Selected disk does not exist grub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 d (hd0) /grub/stage2 0xgrub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 / grub/stage1 d (hd0) /grub/stage2 0x8grub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 d (hd0) /grub/stage2 0x8grub> .... Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> quit ************************** 3. If I use LVM in my xml file the swap partition will be created but I don't have any entry in /etc/fstab. Therefore a swap partition will never be activated. After I put the statement in /etc/fstab, made a mkswap /dev/systemvg/swap and swapon -a the swap partition is available. Unfortunately only for a short period of time because after about 10 minutes I receive a Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/hda5 (deleted) partition 248968 2044 42 if I execute swapon -s. What does this "deleted" mean? Has this got a bad impact on my installation? Thank you very much for your help. Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Manuel Laesser ----------------------------------------------------------- Telekurs Services Hardturmstrasse 201, 8005 Zürich Phone : +41 1 279 44 24 Fax : +41 1 279 34 44 mailto : manuel.laesser(a)telekurs.com -----------------------------------------------------------

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SLES9beta1 suspended-data signature
by Dustin Kirkland 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Hi- I'm porting my SuSE Autoinstallation scripts to SLES9beta1. The installation seems to work fine until the first reboot. This causes the following error: resuming from /dev/hda5 Resuming from device hda5 Kernel panic: Resume Machine: Unable to find suspended-data signature ( - misspelled? Suggestions? Dustin

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Partitioning question
by Daniel Groscost 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Hello, I am trying to configure autoyast2 (autoinst.xml) to automatically use the partitions that I have created (but not formatted yet) with a pre-install script. This will be used for mass staging purposes. I intend to have three primary partitions: /dev/hda is the device. /dev/hda1 will mount to /boot - approx 100MB. Needs to be formatted reiser. /dev/hda2 will mount to / - MAX SIZE (total size minus swap size). Needs to be formatted reiser. /dev/hda3 will be swap (memory*2). Format swap. I'm calculating the hard drive figures inside of the pre-install script so I just need autoyast to just accept the drive configuration the way it is, format the partitions, and go on with the install. I've read through the advanced partitioning but each time I attempt to run through an install I get a response in autoyast saying ERROR: No proposal. Is there an easier way of accomplishing this? Below is the partitioning section of my autoinst.xml: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem>reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">83</partition_id> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem>reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">83</partition_id> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">82</partition_id> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> Any help is appreciated. Thanks, > Daniel J. Groscost MCSA Windows Server 2003 > Systems Engineer > > Datavantage Corporation a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc. > 6573 Cochran Rd., Suite L > Cleveland, OH 44139 > Tel: (440)498/4419 x265 > Fax: (440)498/4430 > Email: dgroscost(a)datavantagecorp.com > Web: http://www.datavantagecorp.com >

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Does automatic control file ffind work for NFS?
by "Müller, Folkhard" 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Hi everybody, I use autoyast2-2.8.14-20 and try to install Suse 9.0 to a couple of Workstations I use the grubfloppy from Anas's Website to boot the system to be installed. This is my menus.lst for the grubfloopy ---snip title autoinstall-bootp bootp tftpserver 172.18.127.43 root (nd) kernel (nd)/opt/ignite/linux install=nfs://172.18.127.126/.home/install/suse9.0/DVD1 autoyast=nfs://172.18.127.126/var/lib/autoinstall/repository initrd (nd)/opt/ignite/initrd --snap on 172.18.127.126 the installation server ll /var/lib/autoinstall/repository drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 272 Mar 23 09:33 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 128 Nov 14 2005 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390 Mar 22 18:07 AC127F57 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390 Mar 22 17:53 AC127F8C drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 Mar 22 17:47 classes lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 22 18:07 hatti -> AC127F57 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Sep 24 20:44 rules drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Sep 24 20:44 templates AC127F57 is HEX for 172.18.127.87 which is the TCP/IP of the client booted with the grubfloppy. ->My test system boots stage2 successfull ->Loads the kernel and initrd via tftp from the tftpserver 172.18.127.43. ->starts thekernel ->starts linuxrc 1.5 ->starts yast2 for automated install mounts the installation source But yast2 does not find the controlfile for autoyast The control file is available as: see above. The system to be installed ends up in a yast2 mask where the server and mountpoint of the controllfile is displayed as told to yast2 by the autoyast= statement to the kernel. (this shows the 'control file repository' is known!) If I extend the repository path by AC127F57 and hit enter the installation rolls on as expected. This shows that NFS works for 172.18.127.126/var/lib/autoinstall/repository. It seems as if the autochoose feature of the control file fails for a reson I cannot see! The /var/log/message file on the Installation server (172.18.127.126) shows, that no trial to mount /var/lib/autoinstall/repository is done,however, /.home/install/suse9.0/DVD1 is mounted succesfully. Only after I extend the repository path by the control file's name the nfs mount is done as seen in messages on the installation server. Does anybody can help ? -- Dipl. Phys. F.Mueller EPCOS AG Surface Acoustic Wave Components Division SAW RD EDA IS P.O. Box 80 17 09 Phone: ++49 89 636 23316 D-81617 Munich Fax: ++49 89 636 27304 Germany mailto: Folkhard.Mueller(a)epcos.com Web: http://www.epcos.com

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Causing a partition to _not_ be mounted?
by Anton Altaparmakov 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Hi, We are using autoyast2-2.8.14-68 (SUSE 9.0) to automatically install machines over the network. The machines have an existing NTFS partition which we do not want to touch. autoyast removes the other partitions and creates them as Linux ones. This all works fine. However, after the system is installed the NTFS partition is found in /etc/fstab like so: /dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=iso8859-1 0 0 But we don't want to have this in /etc/fstab! Is it possible to not create the fstab entry for this partition? If yes, how could this be done? If you want to see our autoinst.xml, I have made it available here: http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/linux/autoinst.xml Thanks a lot in advance! Best regards, Anton -- Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @) Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK Linux NTFS maintainer / IRC: #ntfs on irc.freenode.net WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ & http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/

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Error saving bootloader configuration
by Kfir Lavi 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Hi all, I'm trying to install SLES 8.0 for AMD64. Before the end of the installation i get this error: "An error occurred during saving bootloader configuration". In the end of the email i have included the bootloader section from linuxrc file. Important: I'm using pxe install. It works perfect with SUSE 9.0 AMD64 installation on the same computer, but with SLES 8.0 the installation didn't got DHCP after the kernel finished loading, and no manual config helped (module for nic installed good). I have seen that SUSE 9.0 have installer ver 1.5 and SLES 8.0 have ver 1.4, so i used the linux and initrd files from the SUSE 9.0 dvd. Now the installation works good, part of this boot loader issue. <snip>linuxrc<snip> <bootloader> <loader_device>/dev/hda</loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <specific> <activate config:type="boolean">false</activate> <device_map config:type="list"> <device_map_entry config:type="list"> <device>(hd0)</device> <device>/dev/hda</device> </device_map_entry> </device_map> <global config:type="list"> <listentry> <changed config:type="boolean">true</changed> <key>__intern__</key> <value> <changed_opts config:type="list"> <listentry>__location</listentry> </changed_opts> </value> </listentry> </global> <grub_conf> <addr>0x8000</addr> <device>(null)</device> <discswitch config:type="boolean">true</discswitch> <menu>/boot/grub/menu.lst</menu> <prefix>--stage2=/boot/grub/stage2</prefix> <stage1>/boot/grub/stage1</stage1> <stage2>/boot/grub/stage2</stage2> </grub_conf> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> <sections config:type="list"/> </specific> <write_settings/> </bootloader>

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Creating ISO-Images from multiple sources
by Otto Bommer 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

Hi, I am using AutoYast from SuSE Professional 9.0 to install PC's with some standard configuration (Minimal+X11) plus additional specific .rpm's and configuration files. This works pretty well when I do the installation over the net: My current procedure: - Installation of SuSE9.0 over the net with bootp, tftp, PXELINUX with an AutoYast-Configuration - The AutoYast-Packet-Selection is based on 2 Installation-Sources 1. SuSE 9.0 dir:///store/SuSE/i386/9.0 2. nfs://InstallationServer//store/RPMS - Update of installed system with YOU 1st question/problem: When I want to create an ISO-Image based on this configuration AutoYast doesn't find the second installation source ;-( 2nd question/problem: I would like to include the updated rpm-packages from the YOU-Server into the installation procedure, so I wouldn't have to run YOU after the installation procedure. Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance Otto Bommer

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Building patch RPM updates .patch.rpm files
by IT Staff 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

Hello We are trying to build SuSE-compatible patch RPM updates (.patch.rpm files) in order to maintain quicker our home made RPM packages on our servers via the yast online_update utility. Is it possible to create such .patch.rpm files and what is the procedure ? Thanks in advance Kind regards

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