September 2004 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[suse-autoinstall] First Baby Steps - 9.1 Pro and auto Yast.
by Ted Hilts 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

I included [SLE] because there were several people on that listing that were trying to help me on my auto - install question. I've got the full box set for SuSe 9.1 pro. When I do this installation I want to do it in a way that can automatically create the same installation on other machines. I have been reading the box set manuals (but nothing found as a step by step guide for auto install). I acquired the .pdf file for auto-Yast from a SuSe site for auto installation thanks to those on [SLE]. I think auto-Yast is an alternate name for YAST2 but it could be an option in regular Yast that evokes YAST2? I am a bit confused on this as I only used YAST (text version) several years ago.. What I am looking for is the first few steps using these cd-roms (in the box set) to install SuSe 9.1 Pro while also ensuring that the final product will be suitable for building SuSe 9.1 Pro in the same way on other machines having different hard drives and format types as well as different CPU, chip set support, audio, video drivers, host name, IP Address and that sort of thing. (I realize that I have to check out the hardware compatibility issues first and I've done that). Can someone with experience on auto installations provide me with these first few installation steps and alert me to any problems that they know will probably arise. Thank you in advance for your kindness in this regard -- also I will be several days in responding. Ted

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unknown partition table error
by Stephens, Bill {PBSG} 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

I'm testing installs on a Dell 1750 server no raid, single hard drive. About 1 in 5 times I'm getting an error while attempting to format the swap partition indicating that the installer can't format the partition. When I Hit alt+F4, I see an errorindicating "sda: unknown partition table". If I reboot, 95% of the time the system formats installs fine. Any ideas what might be going on? Thanks

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Autologin KDE after Installation complete...
by Kai Moeller 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Hi there! My ControlFile + Unattended Setup works great... But is it possible to autologin in KDE after setup is completed? I tried to copy my own kdmrc to /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc via post-install script, but than my login doesn't work anymore! Any other solutions? best regards Kai Moeller

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Reboot After Install
by Stephens, Bill {PBSG} 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

My system isn't rebooting after the install completes. It's still running at runlevel 5, with build networking definitions started. I need to reboot the system after the build process is complete to ensure it starts up with a completely clean environment. How do I force a reboot after installation and customization completes?

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Install CD
by Marcin Kurc 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

take the boot directory from the first cd and run the folowing command mkisofs -R -r -J -b boot/loader/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -no-bak -o ../suse_boot.iso . I'm not sure about 9.1, but isn't there a some kind of miniboot iso shipped with it? >>>Stephens, Bill {PBSG} <Bill.Stephens(a)pbsg.com> 09/17/04 11:55 am >>> In the 9.0 yast2 autoinstallation xml gui, there was a utility to create a stripped down bootable installation CD. That option seems to be gone from 9.1 :-<. I would like to create a stripped down CD Image. I've tried deleting the suse directory from the generic install cd 1, but then the cd won't boot due to a checksum error. How do I go about creating a stripped down bootable install CD? All my source files are on an NFS mount (probably moving to an FTP install). Thanks, Bill

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Install CD
by Stephens, Bill {PBSG} 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

In the 9.0 yast2 autoinstallation xml gui, there was a utility to create a stripped down bootable installation CD. That option seems to be gone from 9.1 :-<. I would like to create a stripped down CD Image. I've tried deleting the suse directory from the generic install cd 1, but then the cd won't boot due to a checksum error. How do I go about creating a stripped down bootable install CD? All my source files are on an NFS mount (probably moving to an FTP install). Thanks, Bill

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extend /usr
by Patrick B. O'Brien 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

How are you SuseUsers extending O/S filesystems like /usr? /dev/dasda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/dasdb1 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/dasdc1 swap swap pri=42 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

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Online update
by Patrick B. O'Brien 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

While doing an online update on my Suse 8.0 Box I'm getting the following screen. Not sure where or what this screen wants? I tried my www.portal.suse.com user and password, but no joy? Authorization ? ? ? ??server, fetch the ? ? Enter the registration data. ? ??????????????? ? ??files, and install ? ? ?Registration data?????????? ? ? ??the patches. ? ? ? Code: ? ? ??????????????? ? ?? Manual Update ? ? ? ???????????????????????? ? ? ? ? ??will display all ? ? ? Password: ? ? ? ? ??available patches ? ? ? ???????????????? ? ? ??????????????? ? ??and you can choose ? ? ???????????????????????????? ? ? ??which patches should? ? [x] Keep registration data ? e?????????????? ? ??be installed. ? ? [Login][Abort] ? [Expert]? ? ??Information about ? ??????????????????????????

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] run update from the command line
by Ness, Todd 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Online_update --help Pick the options that work best for you -----Original Message----- From: Patrick B. O'Brien [mailto:pobrien@doit.nv.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:53 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] run update from the command line I use YAST2 to update my Suse 8.0 Box. I want to update from the command line too. What command do I run to do O/S updates from the command line? Tia -- 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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run update from the command line
by Patrick B. O'Brien 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

I use YAST2 to update my Suse 8.0 Box. I want to update from the command line too. What command do I run to do O/S updates from the command line? Tia

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