April 2004 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

IBM HS20 Blade PXE install of SLES 8 w/ SP3 - revised
by Kohrs, Steven 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

I'm looking for any pointers on automating the installation of SLES 8 w/ SP3 to IBM HS20 blade servers via PXE booting. First, I have a question about creating my network share. http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/03/rschmid_slesnfs.html states to copy all 4 CDs, in reverse order, to a common directory. How does the SP3 CD fit into this puzzle? Can I substitute the SP3 CD for CD 1, since you can boot from SP3? Second, I'm going to try and follow the instructions from http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/06/tsieden_pxe-install.html. This is where any (HS20 | Blade Center Chassis | RDM) specific hints would be great. Thank you. -- Sincerely, Steve Kohrs Distributed Systems 402.633.7058 This email and any files attached with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error delete this message and notify the sender at 402-341-0500. If you are not the named recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachment.

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IBM HS20 Blade PXE install of SLES 8 w/ SP3
by Kohrs, Steven 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

I'm looking for any pointers on automating the installation of SLES 8 w/ SP3 to IBM HS20 blade servers via PXE booting. First, I have a question about creating my SMB share. http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/03/rschmid_slesnfs.html states to copy all 4 CDs, in reverse order, to a common directory. How does the SP3 CD fit into this puzzle? Can I substitute the SP3 CD with CD 1, since you can boot from SP3? Second, I'm going to try and follow the instructions from http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/06/tsieden_pxe-install.html. This is where any (HS20 | Blade Center Chassis | RDM) specific hints would be great. Thank you. -- Sincerely, Steve Kohrs Distributed Systems 402.633.7058 This email and any files attached with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error delete this message and notify the sender at 402-341-0500. If you are not the named recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachment.

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SLES8 and keeping partitions / linuxrc and installation media
by Wenk, Moritz 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

Hi, I am trying to do a disk-to-disk installation using SLES 8 and autoyast. Now I have two questions: 1) Is it possible to keep disk partitions? And if yes, how? I figured it out for SuSE 9.0 but it does not work this way for SLES 8. 2) I prepared a source repository as described in 6.1.3 in http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/sles8/html/advanced.html#AEN1321 on partition /dev/hda7 (the last one on the disk). The info file for linuxrc seems to work but linuxrc always says "/dev/hda7 is not a SuSE Linux installation media". After trying DHCP on the NICs it runs into the textual UI of linuxrc. When I select installation from harddisk and then /dev/hda7 as source, everything works fine. Any ideas? Regards, i. A. Moritz Wenk Software Developer Produkt Management International PLATINUM Server MAXDATA Computer GmbH&Co.KG Elbestraße 12 - 16 D-45768 Marl Telefon: +49 2365 952-2715 Telefax: +49 2365 952-2279 http://www.maxdata.com

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Automatische Größe bei logischen Laufwerken?
by Hartmut.Dunker＠finanzit.com 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

Hallo, ich möchte per AutoYast2 unter SLES8 logische Laufwerke anlegen. Das letzte logische Laufwerk soll dabei den restlichen zur Verfügung stehenden Plattenplatz belegen. Ist dieses Möglich und wenn ja wie sieht die Syntax dafür aus? Ich konnte leider keine Referenz finden, in der die Syntax mit möglichen Parametern beschrieben ist. Gibt es eine solche? Folgendes habe ich versucht: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/cciss/c0d0</device> <reuse>all</reuse> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> [...] <partition> <size>max</size> <lvm_group>datavg</lvm_group> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> <lvm config:type="list"> <lvm_group> <lvm_name>datavg</lvm_name> <pesize>4M</pesize> <logical_volumes config:type="list"> [...] <lv> <lv_name>datalv</lv_name> <lv_size>max</lv_size> <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/data</lv_mount> </lv> </logical_volumes> </lvm_group> </lvm> Bei datalv bleibt AutoYast2 mit einer Fehlermeldung stehen - hier scheint es max für lv_size nicht zu mögen... MfG Hartmut Dunker

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WG: [suse-autoinstall] Antwort: Re: [suse-autoinstall] autoinst.xml on self-made cd
by Manuel.Laesser＠telekurs.com 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Hello, is there really no way to have the ethernet adapter detected automatically so that there will be the entry for my ethernet interface in /etc/modules.conf again? Since I create my CD according to Anas instruction it won't be inserted automatically. Thank you for you help. Regards Manuel ----- Weitergeleitet von Manuel Lässer/TK Services/Telekurs am 17.04.2004 13:32 ----- Manuel.Laesser(a)telekurs.com 07.04.2004 21:52 An Anas Nashif <nashif(a)suse.de> Kopie suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Thema [suse-autoinstall] Antwort: Re: [suse-autoinstall] autoinst.xml on self-made cd Hello Anas Thank you so much for this hint! It really works if you follow all your instruction below step by step. There are a couple of things that changed if I compare it with the installation from my repository-server. 1. at the stage when the license agreement is displayed, there is a 10 second countdown and after this the installation starts. How can I disable this timer so you really have to press enter to continue? 2. no module will be loaded for the network interface(s) because there is no entry in /etc/modules.conf for eth0. If I install the server from my repository-server the ethernet interface eth0 will be discovered automatically and I've got an alias set for my eth0 in /etc/modules.conf. Is there a way, I can detect all ethernet interfaces and insert them all in /etc/modules.conf even I install my server from the cd as described by Anas below? Thank you for your answer. Regards Manuel ----------------------------------------------------------- Telekurs Services Hardturmstrasse 201, 8005 Zürich Phone : +41 1 279 44 24 Fax : +41 1 279 34 44 mailto : manuel.laesser(a)telekurs.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Anas Nashif <nashif(a)suse.de> 03.04.2004 02:59 An Manuel.Laesser(a)telekurs.com Kopie suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Thema Re: [suse-autoinstall] autoinst.xml on self-made cd Hi, I have just tried reproducing this, and it works for me as expected. - unpack ISO/CD of SLES8 into a directory /tmp/SLES - unpack ISO/CD of SP3 into a directory /tmp/SP3 - cp /tmp/SP3/driverupdate /tmp/SLES - cp /tmp/SP3/boot/loader/linux /tmp/SLES/boot/loader - cp /tmp/SP3/boot/loader/initrd /tmp/SLES/boot/loader - Edit /tmp/SLES/boot/loader/isolinux.cfg and add autoyast=default instmode=cd - Copy autoinst.xml into /tmp/SLES Create ISO image Boot and it works. Anas Manuel.Laesser(a)telekurs.com wrote: > Hello, > sorry to bother you again and again. I'm using SLES8 with > autoyast2-2.6.44-7 and autoyast2-installation-2.6.44-7. I think this is > the latest version for SLES8 (comming with SP3). I copied autoinst.xml to > the root of my self-made CD-ROM and I'm using the following parameter in > isolinux.cfg > > # autoyast > label autoyast > kernel linux > append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 autoyast=default instmode=cd > usedhcp=0 textmode=1 > > If you use parameter "autoyast=default" YaST2 will look for autoinst.xml > in the following three places (according to Anas Nashif PDF SLES8 - > Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration with YaST2) : > > 1. the root directory of the floppy disk > 2. the root directory of the installation medium (CD-ROM in my case) > 3. the root directory of the initial ram disk used to boot the system > > Cool......unfortunately it doesn't work at all in my environment. I tried > with "autoyast=file:/autoinst.xml", "autoyast=file://autoinst.xml", > "autoyast=default" I always got this bloody control menu where it asks for > the location of the autoinst.xml! From there I could choose http, device, > floppy, nfs....but I didn't manage to access the cdrom. If I insert a > floppy with my autoinst.xml in the root, the installation is proceeding. I > also can edit isolinux.cfg with "autoyast=floppy://autoinst.xml" and it'll > find autoinst.xml. > > Why do I get always very nice and well meant hints from the autoinstall > mailing list telling me that the are using "...autoyast= default > instmode=cd..." and everything is working fine. Does this have a coherence > that I'm using SLES8 with autoyast2-2.6.44-7 and most of people Suse x.x > with the newest autoyast2 autoyast2-2.8.14-20 or so..... > > I'm really stumped.... > > Any comment is welcome. > > Regards Manuel > > p.s. I'll send a box of the finest original swiss chocolate to the one who > can give me the right tip to solve this problem...... ;-)) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 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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RE: [suse-autoinstall] automatic updates after autoinstall
by Ness, Todd 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

You can run "online_update -s" That will update for you assuming that you have all the network access you need. Todd -----Original Message----- From: Cosmo King [mailto:cosmo@pogolinux.com] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 5:39 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] automatic updates after autoinstall How do I force updates to be automatically run after a network autoinstall of susepro 9/ sles8? I have downloaded the update tree, and placed it in the update folder at the root of the suse installation repository. Thanks! -- Cosmo King Systems Engineer Pogo Linux, Inc. 888.828.7646 cosmo(a)pogolinux.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] Postinstall scripts in a different file
by Ness, Todd 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

I have used the method of "wget http://IP/somepath/somefile -O /somedest" in a post install script. -----Original Message----- From: Cosmo King [mailto:cosmo@pogolinux.com] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 5:34 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Postinstall scripts in a different file Is there a way to have the entire postinstall script reside in a file other than the autoinstall.xml, and circumventing the need for the awkward <![CDATA[#!/bin/bash ]]> syntax? Thanks! -- Cosmo King Systems Engineer Pogo Linux, Inc. 888.828.7646 cosmo(a)pogolinux.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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Postinstall scripts in a different file
by Cosmo King 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Is there a way to have the entire postinstall script reside in a file other than the autoinstall.xml, and circumventing the need for the awkward <![CDATA[#!/bin/bash ]]> syntax? Thanks! -- Cosmo King Systems Engineer Pogo Linux, Inc. 888.828.7646 cosmo(a)pogolinux.com

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automatic updates after autoinstall
by Cosmo King 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

How do I force updates to be automatically run after a network autoinstall of susepro 9/ sles8? I have downloaded the update tree, and placed it in the update folder at the root of the suse installation repository. Thanks! -- Cosmo King Systems Engineer Pogo Linux, Inc. 888.828.7646 cosmo(a)pogolinux.com

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Keep various installations up to date
by Stefano Zanarini 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Hi, I have several installations done throught autoyast and everithing works fine,but I spend lot of time replicating all configuration variations after installation across different machines,is it possible to use autoyast and generate an autoinst.conf with some variations (for example one more user or something similar ...) and pass it to another autoyast on an other machine and make him write changes on the configuration files (or pass it directly to yast) ? I've read that autoyast use a format compatible with other modules of yast ,so how can I make yast able of reading these configurations from autoyast and use them to change my configuration files ? Is it possible ? even with some hacks .... Thanks in advance regards

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Automatische Größe bei logischen Laufwerken?
by Hartmut.Dunker＠finanzit.com 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Hello, i want to create logical volumes with AutoYast2. The last volume should use the remaining place of the Volume group. Is this possible? How is the Syntax for this? I wasn't able to find a reference including the syntax with possible parameters and values. Is there any one avalable? I tried following: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/cciss/c0d0</device> <reuse>all</reuse> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> [...] <partition> <size>max</size> <lvm_group>datavg</lvm_group> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> <lvm config:type="list"> <lvm_group> <lvm_name>datavg</lvm_name> <pesize>4M</pesize> <logical_volumes config:type="list"> [...] <lv> <lv_name>datalv</lv_name> <lv_size>max</lv_size> <lv_fs>ext3</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/data</lv_mount> </lv> </logical_volumes> </lvm_group> </lvm> When reaching datalv AutoYast2 stops with an error message - it seams AutoYast2 don't like the value max for lv_size... Regards Hartmut Dunker

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Antwort: [suse-autoinstall] Automatische=?iso-8859-1?Q?Gr=F6=DFe_bei_logischen_Laufwerken=3F?=
by Hartmut.Dunker＠finanzit.com 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Hello, i didn't remember that this is an english mailinglist. Sorry. I opened a new thread in english. Regards Hartmut Dunker

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Suse 9.0: Help for Autoyast via FTP server
by Support Idea-Net Consulting & Web Solutions 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

Hi, I'm begin to describe my network/server configuration: ******************** server configuration ******************** ip: 192.168.2.10 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.2.1 ftp user: hotspot pass: xxx directory on ftp server: /_ |- profiles/_ | |_ default (autoinst.xml renamed in default for multiple | profiles) |_ suse/_ |- boot/ |- docu/ |- dosutils/ |- media.1/ |- suse/ |_ unsorted/ ************************ linux.config on boot.iso ************************ I wrote in to linuxrc.config on boot.iso this following parameters: KernelPCMCIA: 1 UseUSBSCSI: 1 Product: SuSE Linux Display: Color InstMode: ftp Server: 192.168.2.10 Serverdir: suse Netdevice: eth0 Insmod: 3c59x Username: hotspot Password: xxx HostIp: 192.168.2.254 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.2.1 AutoYast: ftp://192.168.2.10/profiles/ and after I have burned the cd ********** My problem ********** I boot the client with my cd bootable, yast2 starting, load the network configuration from linuxrc.config and log on the ftp server with my user "hotspot". Read the profile ("default" file), run the yast2 GUI interface and configure the language selection. Via Ethereal I sow that's works fine, but in the second step named "Installation Setting" of yast2 GUI, the autoyast prompt me a windows where are the message: "Profile for this machine could not be founde o retrieved. Please make sure you have specified the correct location on the command line" Any idea? I have renamed the default file in autoinst.xml and changed in the linuxrc.config the parameter, but I receive always the same error. Thank you Luca Lafranchi

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AutoInstall on small memory systems
by Lee Mayes 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

I'm using some old hardware (and vmware instances) to verify some SuSE 9.0 autoinstalls. Some only have 128MB of RAM. While I wouldn't attempt to run any production services on these boxes, they're a good test of my final scripts and processes. I've run across a problem in the way the rpm's are installed using a network (http) source. By pushing a virtual console during the actual install, it appears that the rpm command is caching the rpm to be installed in / (the ramfs) vs. the mounted hardrive. So basically, this limits the size of an rpm that can be installed from a network source to roughly Physical Ram - ( kernel + cramfs installer ram footprint), which works out to roughly 52MB on a 128M system. With less than 128M there are other concerns, so that's my bare minimum for testing installs. Is there a switch I can pass AutoYaST2 somewhere to have it use the installing system's mounted /var/tmp vs. the ramfs? There are some pretty big RPM's out there, like OpenOffice (who's integration I need to test :^). Thanks, I realize this is a corner case most people would never hit on modern hardware (HTTP install + 128M RAM). Lee

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Saving packages...
by Ness, Todd 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Thank you that is a thought, I was hoping that there was a install flag that tells the installer to keep the rpm when installing. Much like redcarpet has for not clearing the cache. -----Original Message----- From: Lenz, Fabian [mailto:Fabian.Lenz@telekom.de] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:44 AM To: todd.ness(a)eds.com; suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: AW: [suse-autoinstall] Saving packages... Hello! You can mount the installmedium an copy the rpm´s on the disk with a preinstall-script. Fabian Lenz Azb Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration Deutsche Telekom AG Telekom Training BBi Koblenz Hausadresse: Blücherstr. 6-8, 56073 Koblenz Postanschrift: Postfach 9100, 56065 Koblenz Telefon (mobil): +49 (160) 3565851 E-Mail: mailto:Fabian.Lenz@telekom.de Intranet: http://ttc.telekom.de/ -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. April 2004 14:33 An: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Betreff: [suse-autoinstall] Saving packages... Is there a way to save the rpms that are being installed during autoinstall to the local disk? For example: If I save every rpm I install and I save a special initrd and autoinst.xml saved on the machine I could have a re-install option on the boot menu that a user could re-image his machine if he broke it too badly and could not get remote support. Todd -- 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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AW: [suse-autoinstall] Saving packages...
by Lenz, Fabian 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Hello! You can mount the installmedium an copy the rpm´s on the disk with a preinstall-script. Fabian Lenz Azb Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration Deutsche Telekom AG Telekom Training BBi Koblenz Hausadresse: Blücherstr. 6-8, 56073 Koblenz Postanschrift: Postfach 9100, 56065 Koblenz Telefon (mobil): +49 (160) 3565851 E-Mail: mailto:Fabian.Lenz@telekom.de Intranet: http://ttc.telekom.de/ -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. April 2004 14:33 An: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Betreff: [suse-autoinstall] Saving packages... Is there a way to save the rpms that are being installed during autoinstall to the local disk? For example: If I save every rpm I install and I save a special initrd and autoinst.xml saved on the machine I could have a re-install option on the boot menu that a user could re-image his machine if he broke it too badly and could not get remote support. Todd -- 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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Saving packages...
by Ness, Todd 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Is there a way to save the rpms that are being installed during autoinstall to the local disk? For example: If I save every rpm I install and I save a special initrd and autoinst.xml saved on the machine I could have a re-install option on the boot menu that a user could re-image his machine if he broke it too badly and could not get remote support. Todd

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Suse 9.0 on Raid mirror - include external driver module
by Eveline Bernard 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Please help me install Suse 9 on a new Raid system! It is driving me MAD! I noticed several unsolved issues on this newsforum, about Raid, External modules. Please let some more experienced Linux crack dive into it and solve it, I'm a newbe on Linux. The Yast2 should ask for the external driver module, but it does not. Hèèlup! My system is Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard with Promise FasTrak 378 controller. I attached two Maxtor 80 GB SATA disks in Raid mirror configuration. The system has also an Adaptec 2940 SCSi controller, with Plextor CD-Writer and Iomega Zip 100 drive attached. And to the on-board USB 2.0 controller an multimedia card reader is attached. There is an Plextor DVD RW on the EIDE controller. I partitioned the Raid disks in 3 NTFS and 1 Ext3 partition. On one NTFS partition Windows 2000 is succesfully running. I want to install Suse 9.0 on an ext3 partition. I downloaded the file 1_ft3xssb19.zip file, containing the FasTrack S150 TX2plus driver for Suse 9.0 from Promise, since the FasTrak 378 OEM controller is the same, according to Promise. I unpacked it and put it on a floppy disk, as the manual says. I put the Suse 9.0 CD #1 in the CD drive, start the PC. The system boots from the CD, while I press the F3 key (as the manual says to do) The Suse Installation screen appears and I Enter on the option "Installation". @@@>The YASt2 should now ask for the floppy. But it does not!<@@@ It does not matter if I insert the floppy before or afterwards. The diskette is read for a second, when inserted. But the module seems not toe be loaded. I tried again with a diskette where the driver module is in the root - no result either. Yast2 does not find my Raid disks, whatever I try. (Error) So Yast givess no configuration proposal. I also tried left Alt key instead of F3 key. I also tried "Installation - safe settings" - no result I also installed "Installation" with ACPI = Off in the boot options - no result I also tried, after a no result installation effort, to click the button "cancel installation. A smaller Main menu window appears. I choose option "Start Installation / system" Then I push OK, select Installation, and Ok again, a menu appears: choose source medium. But choices are CD-Rom, Network, Hard disk When I choose Harddisk I can fill in several partitions. Not any of my choices had result: "error could not mount the specified partition" When I choose CD-Rom and have the F3 key pressed the same useless round starts, with one difference: there is a window asking "confirm driver activation" "Yast2 has detected the following device: Promise Technology Inc (Asustek Computer Inc) Driver module to load" and then there is a window with "pdcraid" I can click OK or cancel. Both to no result. On OK I get a similar window about usb storage and then another one about sbp2 protocol. What should I do wih these? Do I have to enter something? The whole thing drives me raving mad. Please help.. Eveline Bernard 'Denkster'

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Suse 9.0 on Raid mirror - include external driver module
by Harald.Milz＠computacenter.com 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Is it just me or is this forum more and more used as a generic SuSE support list? Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Best regards Harald Milz Senior Consultant CC CompuNet AG & Co. oHG A part of Computacenter plc Hoerselbergstrasse 7, 81677 Muenchen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 45712-161, Fax: -331, Mobile: +49 (0)173 3866604 E-Mail : Harald.Milz(a)computacenter.com Visit us on the Internet: http://www.computacenter.com Visit our Online-Shop: http://www.compunet.de/connect This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this mail in error, please tell us immediately by return email and delete the document. suse-autoinstall-return-1815-harald.milz=computacenter.com(a)suse.com on 14.04.2004 18:27:33 To: <suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com> cc: Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Suse 9.0 on Raid mirror - include external driver module -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please help me install Suse 9 on a new Raid system! It is driving me MAD! I noticed several unsolved issues on this newsforum, about Raid, External modules. Please let some more experienced Linux crack dive into it and solve it, I'm a newbe on Linux. The Yast2 should ask for the external driver module, but it does not. Hèèlup! My system is Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard with Promise FasTrak 378 controller. I attached two Maxtor 80 GB SATA disks in Raid mirror configuration. The system has also an Adaptec 2940 SCSi controller, with Plextor CD-Writer and Iomega Zip 100 drive attached. And to the on-board USB 2.0 controller an multimedia card reader is attached. There is an Plextor DVD RW on the EIDE controller. I partitioned the Raid disks in 3 NTFS and 1 Ext3 partition. On one NTFS partition Windows 2000 is succesfully running. I want to install Suse 9.0 on an ext3 partition. I downloaded the file 1_ft3xssb19.zip file, containing the FasTrack S150 TX2plus driver for Suse 9.0 from Promise, since the FasTrak 378 OEM controller is the same, according to Promise. I unpacked it and put it on a floppy disk, as the manual says. I put the Suse 9.0 CD #1 in the CD drive, start the PC. The system boots from the CD, while I press the F3 key (as the manual says to do) The Suse Installation screen appears and I Enter on the option "Installation". @@@>The YASt2 should now ask for the floppy. But it does not!<@@@ It does not matter if I insert the floppy before or afterwards. The diskette is read for a second, when inserted. But the module seems not toe be loaded. I tried again with a diskette where the driver module is in the root - no result either. Yast2 does not find my Raid disks, whatever I try. (Error) So Yast givess no configuration proposal. I also tried left Alt key instead of F3 key. I also tried "Installation - safe settings" - no result I also installed "Installation" with ACPI = Off in the boot options - no result I also tried, after a no result installation effort, to click the button "cancel installation. A smaller Main menu window appears. I choose option "Start Installation / system" Then I push OK, select Installation, and Ok again, a menu appears: choose source medium. But choices are CD-Rom, Network, Hard disk When I choose Harddisk I can fill in several partitions. Not any of my choices had result: "error could not mount the specified partition" When I choose CD-Rom and have the F3 key pressed the same useless round starts, with one difference: there is a window asking "confirm driver activation" "Yast2 has detected the following device: Promise Technology Inc (Asustek Computer Inc) Driver module to load" and then there is a window with "pdcraid" I can click OK or cancel. Both to no result. On OK I get a similar window about usb storage and then another one about sbp2 protocol. What should I do wih these? Do I have to enter something? The whole thing drives me raving mad. Please help.. Eveline Bernard 'Denkster'

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Excuse me. I accidentely reported a non-spam
by Eveline Bernard 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

I want to apologize. I accidentely reported a message as spam, which is not (see below). Can you correct this and please excuse me. thanks, Eveline Bernard The falsely reported message Return-Path: <suse-autoinstall-return-1817-ebernard=denkster.nl(a)suse.com> Received: from viruscheck1.xs4all.nl (viruscheck1.xs4all.nl [194.109.20.101]) by maildrop10.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i3EKUOCi011156 for <popde493(a)xs4all.nl>; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:30:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mxzilla7.xs4all.nl (mxzilla7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.207]) by viruscheck1.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3EKUNHR016343 for <popde493(a)viruscheck.xs4all.nl>; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:30:23 +0200 (CEST) X-XS4ALL-DNSBL-Checked: mxzilla7.xs4all.nl checked 195.135.221.131 against DNS blacklists X-XS4ALL-Pad: empty Received: from lists.suse.com (lists.suse.com [195.135.221.131]) by mxzilla7.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i3EKUNAi084029 for <ebernard(a)denkster.nl>; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:30:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 5643 invoked by alias); 14 Apr 2004 20:30:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:suse-autoinstall@suse.com> List-Help: <mailto:suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe-ebernard=denkster.nl@suse.com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:suse-autoinstall-subscribe@suse.com> X-Mailinglist: suse-autoinstall Delivered-To: mailing list suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Received: (qmail 5633 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2004 20:30:20 -0000 Message-ID: <20040414202203.99773.qmail(a)web61301.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:22:03 -0700 (PDT) From: anna cheng <anna_cheng11(a)yahoo.com> To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com MIME-Version: 1.0

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problem using grub for NFS install
by anna cheng 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

I have tried this at home and it worked, but for some reasons I was not able to make it to work in my office. My home machine is a Compaq desktop and the machine at work is Dell PowerEdge 1650. I downloaded the grub floppy from http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/ and updated menu.lst to use the following. It works like a charm at home. title autoinstall-ip ifconfig --address=172.20.212.51 --server=172.20.212.41 --mask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=172.20.212.1 root (nd) kernel (nd)/linux install=nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE autoyast=nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE/profiles/autoinst.xml ip=172.20.212.51 netmask=255.255.255.0 initrd (nd)/initrd title floppy root (fd0) chainloader +1 However, I updated the IP and use the **same floppy** to test a PowerEdge server at work, it hangs on kernel (nd)/linux install=nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE autoyast=nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE/profiles/autoinst.xml ip=172.20.212.51 netmask=255.255.255.0 Basically after I picked autoinstall-ip from the grub menu, the messages from the console are Booting autoinst-ip ifconfig --address=172.20.212.51 --server=172.20.212.41 --mask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=172.20.212.1 Probing ..[RTL8139]... The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device Updating PCI command 0000->0005. PC_bus 00 pci_device_fn 00 ioaddr 0x0000, addr 00:00:00:00:00:FF 10mbs full-deplex Filesystem is tftp, using whole disk root (nd) kernel (nd)/linux install=nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE autoyast=nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE/profiles/autoinst.xml ip=172.20.212.51 netmask=255.255.255.0 Then it just hangs.... I was not sure whether it was related to the PC BIOS has not been enabled, even I think the version under http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/ may already have those options enabled, but I downloaded grub and recompiled with the options --enable-diskless and --enable-rtl8139 and still have the same problem. Have anyone seen this before? and I appreciate any suggestion in fixing the problem. Thanks anna --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th

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AW: [suse-autoinstall] Dynamic partitioning
by itredl＠freudenberg.de 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

>> It all depends on what SuSE Linux release you are using. With recent >> releases this might be possible using rules. >> >> Anas > We use SuSE Linux Enterprise Server release 8. Should be recent enough, > shouldn't it? I've just done some research concerning rules with SLES8 and now I'm almost sure that SLES8 does not support them. My assumption comes from the facts that it ignores my rules/rules.xml file, that I didn't find any rules.dtd file and that rules appear in your documentation for 8.2 at first. (suggestion: It would be nice if you provided a changelog which can be reached through your website easily.) Is my assumption - it is only a assumption because I could not find a changelog - true? As I've already mentioned we use SLES8. Since we would need such a solution (and I'm not really willing to write sfdisk-scripts or something like that) I've had another idea: Is it possible to update AutoYast and continue using SLES8? If so, what has to be done? Thanks in advance! Best regards Matthias Redlich

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AW: [suse-autoinstall] Dynamic partitioning
by itredl＠freudenberg.de 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

> It all depends on what SuSE Linux release you are using. With recent > releases this might be possible using rules. > > Anas We use SuSE Linux Enterprise Server release 8. Should be recent enough, shouldn't it? Best regards Matthias Redlich

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Dynamic partitioning
by itredl＠freudenberg.de 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

Hello list, we use AutoYast for a lot of different server types. Some of them have 32GB harddrives, others have bigger once with 72GB and so on. Thus the partitioning differs from server to server. Currently our linux system, with all its filesystems (/tmp, /usr ..), is about 2GB. The rest of the disk space is used for 10GB partitions for databases. Since we have different harddrives the number of additional 10GB partitions may vary. (example: 32GB means 3 additional partitions; 72GB => 7 additional partitions) Is there a feature (or a simple solution) which makes AutoYast create as much 10GB partitions as possible until the disk is full automatically? Therefore it should detect the size of the disk and then decide how many partitions it can create. Or do we have to change the control file manually? Or do we have to manage this with self-written scripts? Best regards Matthias Redlich

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unable to see info file
by anna cheng 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

I understand this may not be an autoinstall program, but I thought some of you may have seen this. I have read the documentation in http://www.suse.com/~nashif/autoinstall and created a floppy which contains an autoinst.xml and info file. I put the first SLES 8 CD in the CDROM and entered autoyast=floppy when the system came up. I put the floppy in the floppy drive and have no problem setting up the machine at home using NFS. However, I was not able to repeat the same setup at work. For some reasons, the machine kept on reporting cannot see info file and tried to start manual install. I tried different settings on autoinst.xml and even use the same settings I have at home (with the IP address updated to reflect the IP address at work), but without success. My home machine is Compaq but my machine at work is Dell PowerEdge 1650. Will this be a problem? ( I have tested including aacraid aic7xxx usb-storage in the kernel_parameter of the autoinst.xml file and I have also tested removing the CDATA portion from the xml file) It failed after "Searching for the infofile", it returned a manual install screen. When I attemtped to do a manual install, it was obvious that the system already knew the IP of the machine and the server, it even knew the serverdir of the software. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/YaST2/include/autoinstall/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <configure> <networking> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_hostname> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_resolv> <domain></domain> <hostname></hostname> <nameservers config:type="list"/> <searchlist config:type="list"/> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <broadcast>172.20.212.255</broadcast> <device>eth0</device> <ipaddr>172.20.212.51</ipaddr> <module></module> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <network>172.20.212.0</network> <options></options> <remote_ipaddr></remote_ipaddr> <startmode>onboot</startmode> <wireless>no</wireless> </interface> </interfaces> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> <routes config:type="list"> <route> <destination>default</destination> <device>-</device> <gateway>172.20.212.1</gateway> <netmask>-</netmask> </route> </routes> </routing> </networking> <users config:type="list"> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <user_password>3ssF48KCbJon2</user_password> <username>root</username> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <user_password>wxEGdL44Qe4IY</user_password> <username>acheng</username> </user> </users> </configure> <install> <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">false</activate> <kernel_parameters></kernel_parameters> <lba_support config:type="boolean">false</lba_support> <linear config:type="boolean">false</linear> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> <general> <clock> <hwclock>localtime</hwclock> <timezone>US/Eastern</timezone> </clock> <keyboard> <keymap>english-us</keymap> </keyboard> <language>en_US</language> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> <forceboot config:type="boolean">false</forceboot> <interactive_boot config:type="boolean">false</interactive_boot> <reboot config:type="boolean">false</reboot> </mode> <mouse> <id>00_ps2</id> </mouse> </general> <software> <addons config:type="list"> <addon>YaST2_modules</addon> <addon>LSB</addon> <addon>sles_admin</addon> <addon>Basis-Devel</addon> <addon>X11</addon> </addons> <base></base> <packages config:type="list"/> </software> <init> <info_file> <![CDATA[ # #start_linuxrc_conf # install nfs://172.20.212.41/usr/local/SuSE/current ip: 172.20.212.51 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 172.20.212.1 server: 172.20.212.41 serverdir: /usr/local/SuSE/current netdevice: eth0 # #end_linuxrc_conf ]]> </info_file> </init> </install> </profile> thanks anna --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th

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