June 2004 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

nfs timeouts?! client or server specific?!
by Helge Koehn 09 Jun '04

09 Jun '04

hi mailinglist, we have setup an autoyast environment which serves the installation data via nfs. we are facing the situation that some clients can't connect to the nfs-server (others do), the automatic installation process wents back to the manual installation menu. if we choose there network install and as source nfs the client find its way and can connect to the nfs install server, the installation starts and a "half automatic" installation goes on. how can we be sure that the client also connects to the nfs-server without going through the menu by hand?! are there any possible settings or parameters for the nfs-server or the client to change, may be timeout values or something like that?! thanks for answers. :-) helge.

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fstopt option for lvm?
by Kohrs, Steven 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Is there anyway to specify fstopt options when defining a LVM volume under a SLES8 autoinstall?

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Reboot in a post-script?
by Hubertus Haniel 05 Jun '04

05 Jun '04

Yes the permeissions will make a difference I belive. I have a chmod 700 right after the creation of the script in the postinstall script. Regards Hubba On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Peter A. Schwenk wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:00:42 -0400 > From: Peter A. Schwenk <schwenk(a)math.udel.edu> > To: Hubertus Haniel <hubba(a)unixcook.com> > Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Reboot in a post-script? > > I've tried various permutations of Roy Butler's solution, and I have > yet to get it to work. I've tried putting the script in both > /etc/init.d/rc3.d and /etc/init.d/rc5.d, and in both cases the script > doesn't run (or doesn't cause a reboot). I even tried making a > pre-script write a reboot script into these directories, and it still > did not cause a reboot. The only thing I can think of is that the > script didn't have execute permissions, but I don't think that matters. > > On Jun 4, 2004, at 3:33 PM, Hubertus Haniel wrote: > > > > > > > > > I can confirm that Roy's solution works very well - I have used this > > for > > all my SLES8 deployments and I have done a lot of them. Rebooting at > > the > > end of a post scripts can cause grief if you have a lot of them and not > > just one. > > > > Best regards > > Hubba > > > > > > > > On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Anas Nashif wrote: > > > >> Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:18:58 -0400 > >> From: Anas Nashif <nashif(a)suse.de> > >> To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > >> Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Reboot in a post-script? > >> > >> rebooting in postscripts should be OK if you run SuSEconfig before > >> rebooting. Usually SuSEconfig is the last thing run after the post > >> scripts are executed. > >> The solution belwoe might also be a good idea, did not test it though. > >> Alternative is to schedule a reboot using atd :-) > >> > >> Anas > >> > >> Roy Butler wrote: > >>> Peter, > >>> > >>> I'm not positive, but I think it may be a problem. What I believe > >>> would > >>> work in any case would be to create a post-script like so: > >>> > >>> ---------- > >>> > >>> #!/bin/sh > >>> > >>> cat /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99reboot << EOF > >>> > >>> #!/bin/sh > >>> rm /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99reboot > >>> reboot > >>> > >>> EOF > >>> > >>> ---------- > >>> > >>> > >>> Good luck, > >>> Roy > >>> > >>> > >>> Peter Schwenk wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello: > >>>> > >>>> I am using autoyast w/ SuSE 9.0, and I was wondering if it is a bad > >>>> idea to reboot the system at the end of a post-script? Are there > >>>> steps after the post-script that would be skipped? I'm doing an > >>>> online_update in the post-script, and I would like to make sure that > >>>> the system comes up with the new kernel. Thanks in advance for your > >>>> help! > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> - Peter A. Schwenk | Mathematical Sciences > >>>> - schwenk(a)math.udel.edu | University of Delaware > >>>> - (302) 831-0437 | Newark, DE 19716-2553 USA > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > > -- > - Peter Schwenk > - peterschwenk(a)comcast.net > - '79 SF >

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Problems with SuSE SLES 9 -beta 6
by Joachim.Tork＠gad.de 05 Jun '04

05 Jun '04

Hi, I have got the problem that linuxrc in SuSE SLES 9 beta 6 always starts a network configuration with dhcp. I am only able to get beyond this point by pushing the ESC key. Then the second initrd is being loaded, yast starts and the automatic installation goes on ... I am using the following Kernel parameters ( with isolinux) append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 autoyast=default instmode=cd instusedhcp=0 textmode=1 Does anybody know Does anybody know how to avoid the dhcp thing ? The second thing I am wondering about is that in SLES 9 there is no such tool like create_package_descr to keep the package description files upto date ? Best regards Joachim

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Mount From a Post-Install Script...
by Roy Butler 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Autoinstall gurus, I'm trying to mount an NFS share from a post-install script and it's failing with the error "mount: only root can do that". I threw a call to id in the script and it reports "uid=0(root) gid=0(root)", so I'm a little baffled. The mount can be performed manually during the install or after completion with no problem. Here's the relevant part of my XML configuration file (server IP faked): -------------------- <![CDATA[#!/bin/sh mkdir /mnt/resources id mount 1.2.3.4:/autoinst/SuSE9.0 /mnt/resources for MYSCRIPT in /mnt/resources/scripts/generic/A*; do $MYSCRIPT done > /var/adm/autoinstall/logs/generic.log 2>&1 umount /mnt/resources]]> -------------------- Does anybody have an idea what the issue could be? I need it to happen after the RPM installs. I suppose I could throw this in a one-time rc script, but I'd like to understand the underlying issue... Thanks, Roy

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Reboot in a post-script?
by Peter Schwenk 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Hello: I am using autoyast w/ SuSE 9.0, and I was wondering if it is a bad idea to reboot the system at the end of a post-script? Are there steps after the post-script that would be skipped? I'm doing an online_update in the post-script, and I would like to make sure that the system comes up with the new kernel. Thanks in advance for your help! -- - Peter A. Schwenk | Mathematical Sciences - schwenk(a)math.udel.edu | University of Delaware - (302) 831-0437 | Newark, DE 19716-2553 USA

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Aw: Re: [suse-autoinstall] textmode
by joerg.ranff＠arcor.de 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Hi, > -> have you removed / commented these lines: > framebuffer 1 > gfxboot bootlogo thank you very much for your help. Kind regards, Joerg

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textmode
by joerg.ranff＠arcor.de 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

we are currently in the process of preparing an autoyast based installation for hp proliant servers and we would like to control the installation by the ILO management console that accesses the bios console via a browser based interface. For this to work, the installation has to stay in textmode and not switch to framebuffer based display since that doesn't work with the ILO interface. When booting an installation CD this can be achieved with a parameter textmode=1 in isolinux.cfg, however when yast running in textmode starts the linux kernel, it switches to framebuffer display. It would be necessary to have some kind of configuration option that can be set to force textmode in the kernel boot process, but we didn't find such an option. When the installation process is started without the option textmode=1, setting textmode in the option screen by pressing F2 everything works, i.e. the kernel boots in textmode as well, but since the default option is booting in framebuffer mode, this is not useful. We would appreciate any pointers how this can be done. TIA

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Mount From a Post-Install Script...
by Roy Butler 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Damien, I'm using SuSE 9.0 Intel. I might give this a try, but that fact that I can run it manually w/o the "-t nfs" makes me wonder... This might all end up going in a post-YaST2.firstboot start-up script. :) Roy damien.selles(a)eu.effem.com wrote: > Hi, > > Could you try "/bin/mount -t nfs" instead of "mount" ? > > you can also insert a "which mount" > .... I am not completely sure.. but I think it has something to do with > the path that are not all set. > > As far as I am concerned... the nfs mount works fine during the post > install when I use the /bin/mount -t nfs .... > > BTW... which version of SUSE are you using? > > Hope this can help. > > Regards, > Damien. > > Inactive hide details for Roy Butler <roy.butler(a)jpl.nasa.gov>Roy Butler > <roy.butler(a)jpl.nasa.gov> > > > > > > Roy Butler <roy.butler(a)jpl.nasa.gov> > jpl.nasa.gov > > 03/06/2004 03:37 > > > > Inactive hide details for To: suse-autoinstall > > > To: > > cc: > > > Subject: > [suse-autoinstall] Mount From a Post-Install Script... > > > Autoinstall gurus, > > I'm trying to mount an NFS share from a post-install script and it's > failing with the error "mount: only root can do that". I threw a call > to id in the script and it reports "uid=0(root) gid=0(root)", so I'm a > little baffled. The mount can be performed manually during the install > or after completion with no problem. Here's the relevant part of my XML > configuration file (server IP faked): > > -------------------- > > <![CDATA[#!/bin/sh > > mkdir /mnt/resources > > id > > mount 1.2.3.4:/autoinst/SuSE9.0 /mnt/resources > > for MYSCRIPT in /mnt/resources/scripts/generic/A*; do > $MYSCRIPT > done > /var/adm/autoinstall/logs/generic.log 2>&1 > > umount /mnt/resources]]> > > -------------------- > > Does anybody have an idea what the issue could be? I need it to happen > after the RPM installs. I suppose I could throw this in a one-time rc > script, but I'd like to understand the underlying issue... > > > Thanks, > Roy > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > > -- Roy Butler - MIST Development Environment Jet Propulsion Laboratory email: roy.butler(a)jpl.nasa.gov phone: 818-354-8825

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SLES8 + SP3 Autoinstall
by Frank Samuel 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Hi, I've done an autoinstall for SLES8 through network succesfully and hope to make autoinstall for SLES8 + autoinstall work. I remember sometime ago there is an example on how to set up do an autoinstall for SLES8 + SP3. http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/faq.html But it is no longer there now. Could someone sucessfully installed SLES8 + SP3 provide some instructions. Another thing when I copy stuff from SP3 CD1, I used "cp -av" but met a problem of "cp: will not create hard link ..../UnitedLinux/1.0/patches(rpm) to dir .../SuSE-SLES/8/pacthes(rpm)" So how should I do the copy? Thanks. Xuehua Chen __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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