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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