February 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-autoinstall] Install process can't find source
by Suffin, Charles 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Mitko, I think you need to add an "install=" to your append line... Below is a snippet from a pxelinux config file I used recently: kernel linux append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 install=http://192.168.1.1/install/SLES9 autoyast=http://192.168.1.1/install/autoinst.xml textmode=1 instmode=http splash=silent showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off barrier=off -----Original Message----- From: Mitko Haralanov [mailto:mitko@pathscale.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:10 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Install process can't find source I am having another problem (now that I can actually try autoinstall): PXE starts up, loads the kernel and the initrd image. SuSE installation process starts, configures some hardware, does a DHCP request for eth0 and then it goes into the "graphical" screen with the error message "Could not find the SUSE Linux Installation source". I only assume that this means that it can't find the autoinstall xml file. Below is my PXE config file, which (according to the documentation) seems correct: default linux serial 0 115200 label linux kernel suse9.1_amd64/linux append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=suse9.1_amd64/initrd network ramdisk_size=65536 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial autoyast=nfs://1.2.3.4/export/dist/redhat/kickstart/ks-suse9.1-x86_64-iqa.xm l Where do you think the problem could be? -- Mitko Haralanov mitko(a)pathscale.com http://www.pathscale.com ========================================== 76. I have never seen it do *that* before... --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say -- 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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Install process can't find source
by Mitko Haralanov 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

I am having another problem (now that I can actually try autoinstall): PXE starts up, loads the kernel and the initrd image. SuSE installation process starts, configures some hardware, does a DHCP request for eth0 and then it goes into the "graphical" screen with the error message "Could not find the SUSE Linux Installation source". I only assume that this means that it can't find the autoinstall xml file. Below is my PXE config file, which (according to the documentation) seems correct: default linux serial 0 115200 label linux kernel suse9.1_amd64/linux append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=suse9.1_amd64/initrd network ramdisk_size=65536 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial autoyast=nfs://1.2.3.4/export/dist/redhat/kickstart/ks-suse9.1-x86_64-iqa.xml Where do you think the problem could be? -- Mitko Haralanov mitko(a)pathscale.com http://www.pathscale.com ========================================== 76. I have never seen it do *that* before... --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts
by Suffin, Charles 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

What you're saying is great, guys (thanks!), but Todd's post-install script in his XML fragment does not do network initialization (I think) before executing wget. I do not understand why his script works... Thanks! -- Charlie p.s./ I didn't mean to rathole Mitko's original email! I am shutting up now! :) -----Original Message----- From: Andreas.Matthieu(a)tfa.brandenburg.de [mailto:Andreas.Matthieu@tfa.brandenburg.de] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:21 AM To: Charles.Suffin(a)stratus.com; suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: AW: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Hi Charles, at postinstall step network are not running [SLES9: AY boot, setup network, install packages (second step), stop network, configure network (but let it down), start postscripts, continue boot with startup network]. Try "ifconfig ethX up" in postscript before use network. Regards, Andreas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Charles.Suffin(a)stratus.com [SMTP:Charles.Suffin@stratus.com] Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2005 16:41 An: todd.ness(a)eds.com; suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Betreff: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Hmm... OK, I'd swear I was unable to use http: during my post-install scripts (when I did my testing), but maybe I goofed. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:36 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts This happens during the post-scripts section of the auto install process. Also, I am doing network builds so the networking has to be up and running. So, I download one script that downloads and executes the rest of the scripts. <scripts> <pre-scripts config:type="list"> </pre-scripts> <post-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <filename>cleanup</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source> <![CDATA[ echo writing profile echo "d-default" > /etc/MSDprofile echo getting scripts /usr/bin/wget http://1.2.3.4/install/postinst.sh -O /tmp/postinst.sh chmod 555 /tmp/postinst.sh /tmp/postinst.sh exit 0]]> </source> </script> </post-scripts> </scripts> -----Original Message----- From: Suffin, Charles [mailto:Charles.Suffin@stratus.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:38 AM To: Ness, Todd; suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Guys, quick question... I found that the post-install scripting environment -- which runs after the reboot -- didn't have networking set up yet (whereas chroot scripts run before the reboot and have the network running). Do you guys (Todd) do some magic to enable the network for the operation of post-install scripts so you could use wget? What I do is use wget during chroot scripts and store the files in /mnt/... (which gets mounted as root after the reboot). -- Charlie -----Original Message----- From: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:31 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Just a thought, I wrote a post-install wrapper that gets scripts via wget and those scripts are S01name.. S20name and then executes them serially similar to rc startup scripts. -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:15 AM To: Mitko Haralanov Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts They are executed in the order they appear in the XMl file. Anas Mitko Haralanov wrote: > I have recently started working on a autoyast configuration file for > SuSE9.1. In the process of generating the file, I have created several > post-install scripts which configure different parts of the system. > The question that I have is: what is the order in which the scripts > are going to be executed? Currently some of the post-install scripts > depend on others and I need to be sure in what order they will be > executed. > > Thanx > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.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] post-install scripts
by Campbell, Fraser 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Charles Suffin wrote: > Hmm... OK, I'd swear I was unable to use http: during my post-install > scripts (when I did my testing), but maybe I goofed. Thanks! I recall the same thing. The first thing I do in my post scripts is "/etc/init.d/network restart". -- Fraser Campbell TD Bank Financial Group T: 416-308-9702

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts
by Suffin, Charles 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Hmm... OK, I'd swear I was unable to use http: during my post-install scripts (when I did my testing), but maybe I goofed. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:36 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts This happens during the post-scripts section of the auto install process. Also, I am doing network builds so the networking has to be up and running. So, I download one script that downloads and executes the rest of the scripts. <scripts> <pre-scripts config:type="list"> </pre-scripts> <post-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <filename>cleanup</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source> <![CDATA[ echo writing profile echo "d-default" > /etc/MSDprofile echo getting scripts /usr/bin/wget http://1.2.3.4/install/postinst.sh -O /tmp/postinst.sh chmod 555 /tmp/postinst.sh /tmp/postinst.sh exit 0]]> </source> </script> </post-scripts> </scripts> -----Original Message----- From: Suffin, Charles [mailto:Charles.Suffin@stratus.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:38 AM To: Ness, Todd; suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Guys, quick question... I found that the post-install scripting environment -- which runs after the reboot -- didn't have networking set up yet (whereas chroot scripts run before the reboot and have the network running). Do you guys (Todd) do some magic to enable the network for the operation of post-install scripts so you could use wget? What I do is use wget during chroot scripts and store the files in /mnt/... (which gets mounted as root after the reboot). -- Charlie -----Original Message----- From: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:31 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Just a thought, I wrote a post-install wrapper that gets scripts via wget and those scripts are S01name.. S20name and then executes them serially similar to rc startup scripts. -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:15 AM To: Mitko Haralanov Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts They are executed in the order they appear in the XMl file. Anas Mitko Haralanov wrote: > I have recently started working on a autoyast configuration file for > SuSE9.1. In the process of generating the file, I have created several > post-install scripts which configure different parts of the system. > The question that I have is: what is the order in which the scripts > are going to be executed? Currently some of the post-install scripts > depend on others and I need to be sure in what order they will be > executed. > > Thanx > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.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] post-install scripts
by Ness, Todd 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

This happens during the post-scripts section of the auto install process. Also, I am doing network builds so the networking has to be up and running. So, I download one script that downloads and executes the rest of the scripts. <scripts> <pre-scripts config:type="list"> </pre-scripts> <post-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <filename>cleanup</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source> <![CDATA[ echo writing profile echo "d-default" > /etc/MSDprofile echo getting scripts /usr/bin/wget http://1.2.3.4/install/postinst.sh -O /tmp/postinst.sh chmod 555 /tmp/postinst.sh /tmp/postinst.sh exit 0]]> </source> </script> </post-scripts> </scripts> -----Original Message----- From: Suffin, Charles [mailto:Charles.Suffin@stratus.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:38 AM To: Ness, Todd; suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Guys, quick question... I found that the post-install scripting environment -- which runs after the reboot -- didn't have networking set up yet (whereas chroot scripts run before the reboot and have the network running). Do you guys (Todd) do some magic to enable the network for the operation of post-install scripts so you could use wget? What I do is use wget during chroot scripts and store the files in /mnt/... (which gets mounted as root after the reboot). -- Charlie -----Original Message----- From: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:31 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Just a thought, I wrote a post-install wrapper that gets scripts via wget and those scripts are S01name.. S20name and then executes them serially similar to rc startup scripts. -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:15 AM To: Mitko Haralanov Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts They are executed in the order they appear in the XMl file. Anas Mitko Haralanov wrote: > I have recently started working on a autoyast configuration file for > SuSE9.1. In the process of generating the file, I have created several > post-install scripts which configure different parts of the system. > The question that I have is: what is the order in which the scripts > are going to be executed? Currently some of the post-install scripts > depend on others and I need to be sure in what order they will be > executed. > > Thanx > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.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] post-install scripts
by Suffin, Charles 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Guys, quick question... I found that the post-install scripting environment -- which runs after the reboot -- didn't have networking set up yet (whereas chroot scripts run before the reboot and have the network running). Do you guys (Todd) do some magic to enable the network for the operation of post-install scripts so you could use wget? What I do is use wget during chroot scripts and store the files in /mnt/... (which gets mounted as root after the reboot). -- Charlie -----Original Message----- From: Ness, Todd [mailto:todd.ness@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:31 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts Just a thought, I wrote a post-install wrapper that gets scripts via wget and those scripts are S01name.. S20name and then executes them serially similar to rc startup scripts. -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:15 AM To: Mitko Haralanov Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts They are executed in the order they appear in the XMl file. Anas Mitko Haralanov wrote: > I have recently started working on a autoyast configuration file for > SuSE9.1. In the process of generating the file, I have created several > post-install scripts which configure different parts of the system. > The question that I have is: what is the order in which the scripts > are going to be executed? Currently some of the post-install scripts > depend on others and I need to be sure in what order they will be > executed. > > Thanx > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.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] post-install scripts
by Ness, Todd 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Just a thought, I wrote a post-install wrapper that gets scripts via wget and those scripts are S01name.. S20name and then executes them serially similar to rc startup scripts. -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:15 AM To: Mitko Haralanov Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] post-install scripts They are executed in the order they appear in the XMl file. Anas Mitko Haralanov wrote: > I have recently started working on a autoyast configuration file for > SuSE9.1. In the process of generating the file, I have created several > post-install scripts which configure different parts of the system. > The question that I have is: what is the order in which the scripts > are going to be executed? Currently some of the post-install scripts > depend on others and I need to be sure in what order they will be > executed. > > Thanx > -- 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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post-install scripts
by Mitko Haralanov 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

I have recently started working on a autoyast configuration file for SuSE9.1. In the process of generating the file, I have created several post-install scripts which configure different parts of the system. The question that I have is: what is the order in which the scripts are going to be executed? Currently some of the post-install scripts depend on others and I need to be sure in what order they will be executed. Thanx -- Mitko Haralanov mitko(a)pathscale.com http://www.pathscale.com ========================================== Stinginess with privileges is kindness in disguise. -- Guide to VAX/VMS Security, Sep. 1984

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Chroot-install?
by Stefan Pahrmann 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Hi, I've tried to setup an install out of a chroot'ed environment (as known from i.e. gentoo-installs). My plan was to create my own initrd which is booted with pxe (I use this for installing Windows) based on Suse 8.2 & kernel 2.4.29, put up som dialog-box for getting the appropriate settings, create the xml-file for unattended install, download the initrd from a http-server and mount it in /mnt/root I go inside /mnt/root and call a "chroot . ./linuxrc" which starts the setup and download the root-filesystem. After the download it goes back to the initial setup-screen. When i switch to console 3 (CTRL+ALT+F3) i see following: Loading image "/90/boot/root" http: /90/boot/root (47890432 bytes) cramfs: "root 46768" Image size: 46768 kB mount: /dev/ram2: we need a loop device mount: using /dev/loop1 mount: /dev/loop1: No such device mount: /dev/ram2: No such device I've created these devices in my own initrd (and also inside the original initrd for testing without succeding) This setup should also work from a running linux-machine, not just from my initrd. Any ideas what could be wrong? Best regards Stefan Pahrmann

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