March 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-autoinstall] YaST2 Doesn't Search for Source Packages
by Ness, Todd 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Try to grep src out of the CD1/suse/setup/descr/packages if it is in there I think the yast sw_single module should be able to see it. You can create packages files with /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/create_package_descr -----Original Message----- From: Suffin, Charles [mailto:Charles.Suffin@stratus.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:27 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] YaST2 Doesn't Search for Source Packages Hi guys, This isn't an autoyast question, but it involves an installation server, and I'll bet someone here will know the answer... More to the point, I'm adding packages for my company's software, and I want to do it right! :) With YaST2 pointing at an SLES9 installation server, I find that "Install and Remove Software" does not find the source packages for a given name when you do a search on it (with the filter in search mode). The sources are part of the distro though, and sometimes someone in my dept. wants to study them... For example, the k3b binary package is found if you search for it, but not the source package. The two packages are in the CD1 and CD3 directories, respectively, on the server: ./SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/i586/k3b-0.11.7-23.1.i586.rpm ./SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse/src/k3b-0.11.7-23.1.src.rpm The package database on the server (./SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup/descr/packages) is standard SLES9, and I see that both the binary and source packages for k3b are listed there. Why doesn't YaST2 find it? Is there something in the syntax of the packages file that indicates whether it should be found by the YaST2 search? Thanks. -- Charlie ----- A. Charles Suffin Senior Software Engineer Stratus Technologies, Inc. (http://www.stratus.com) 111 Powdermill Road Maynard, MA 01754-3409 US (978)461-7590 -- 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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YaST2 Doesn't Search for Source Packages
by Suffin, Charles 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Hi guys, This isn't an autoyast question, but it involves an installation server, and I'll bet someone here will know the answer... More to the point, I'm adding packages for my company's software, and I want to do it right! :) With YaST2 pointing at an SLES9 installation server, I find that "Install and Remove Software" does not find the source packages for a given name when you do a search on it (with the filter in search mode). The sources are part of the distro though, and sometimes someone in my dept. wants to study them... For example, the k3b binary package is found if you search for it, but not the source package. The two packages are in the CD1 and CD3 directories, respectively, on the server: ./SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/i586/k3b-0.11.7-23.1.i586.rpm ./SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse/src/k3b-0.11.7-23.1.src.rpm The package database on the server (./SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup/descr/packages) is standard SLES9, and I see that both the binary and source packages for k3b are listed there. Why doesn't YaST2 find it? Is there something in the syntax of the packages file that indicates whether it should be found by the YaST2 search? Thanks. -- Charlie ----- A. Charles Suffin Senior Software Engineer Stratus Technologies, Inc. (http://www.stratus.com) 111 Powdermill Road Maynard, MA 01754-3409 US (978)461-7590

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AW: AW: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 8 - Removing of packages during Installation failed[Auf Viren geprüft]
by Diener, Stefan 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Anas, i´ve got it from the autoyast2-sles8.pdf available at your homepage at this moment. section 5.5 example 4.24 Stefan ________________________________ Von: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Gesendet: Di 08.03.2005 20:46 An: skarsch(a)s1.karsch-net.de Cc: 'Hubertus A. Haniel'; Diener, Stefan; suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Betreff: Re: AW: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 8 - Removing of packages during Installation failed[Auf Viren geprüft] Frank, Where exactly is this documented? Anas Frank Hollmann wrote: > Hi, > > the <remove-packages> Tag was dokumented for SLES8, but appearently > never worked. I'd call that a bug. > > > Frank > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Hubertus A. Haniel > [mailto:hubba@unixcook.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. März 2005 16:24 > An: Diener, Stefan Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Betreff: Re: > [suse-autoinstall] SLES 8 - Removing of packages during Installation > failed[Auf Viren geprüft] > > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Diener, Stefan wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:49:21 +0100 From: "Diener, Stefan" >> <Stefan.Diener(a)isoft.de> To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: >> [suse-autoinstall] SLES 8 - Removing of packages during > Installation >> failed >> >> Hi group, >> >> i´m having a little problem with the software package configuration >> using > autoyast installation. I want to uninstall some packages > automatically during the autoyast installation. Here is the software > section from my xml file: >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> <software> <addons config:type="list"/> <base>default</base> >> <packages config:type="list"> <package>kernel-source</package> >> </packages> <remove-packages config:type="list"> >> <package>capi4linux</package> <package>i4l-isdnlog</package> >> <package>i4lfirm</package> <package>i4l-base</package> >> </remove-packages> </software> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> >> The installation of the additonal package "kernel-source" is okay, >> but the > uninstallation of the i4l package doesn´t work. A manual removing > with the rpm -e command in the order shown above works fine. >> >> Any ideas? >> > > > I belive the remove-packages syntax was not supported in SLES8 and is > a SLES9 feature - you will have to edit the selection files instead > or create your own. > > Best regards Hubba > > -- 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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user dialog during post install/config
by Mark Acosta 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Is there a mechanism/(set of xml tags) to enable user dialogs during post install/config? We need some of our auto-installs to have a user manually enter hostname and network details,etc. thanks, Mark

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Bonding in Suse 9 - Need setup info
by Dana Jaeger 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hi, I am running Suse 9 (Kernel 2.6.5-7.147-bigsmp). I would like to set up bonding for dual nic failover. Can someone please tell me if this is possible and provide setup inforamation (what packages are needed, where and what files need to be created, along with samples if possible.) Also I can't seem to find much documention on this. Would anyone know where I might find some? Thanks very much, Dana Jaeger Hartford Hospital jaeger(a)harthosp.org

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Wondering about grafting my own packages on SuSE pro 9.2 for autoinstall....
by Marlier, Ian 05 Mar '05

05 Mar '05

I've got a couple of RPMs that I maintain for local install -- apps with non-standard configurations, or apps specific to my network. I'm wondering what the recommended method is for adding them to a SuSE 9.2 distribution for autoinstall... Is there an option other than copying them into the distribution directory and then rebuilding the distro? Some way to tell autoyast to go somewhere else to find some packages?

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autoyast tries to install into memory disk
by Jeremy Sanders 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

I've finally solved my raid partitioning problem (though autoyast does try to use the separate swap devices in the swap raid for swap, sigh). However, now yast tries to install the distribution into memory disk (or at least somewhere with not enough room). It fails a couple of minutes in with a ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed). I have /dev/md0 specified as /, so I have no idea why it's not installing the distribution there. <drive> <device>/dev/md</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">xfs</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">0</partition_nr> <raid_options> <raid_type>raid1</raid_type> </raid_options> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> </partition>  <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <raid_options> <raid_type>raid1</raid_type> </raid_options> </partition>  <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">xfs</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <mount>/soft3</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <raid_options> <raid_type>raid1</raid_type> </raid_options> </partition> </partitions> <use>none</use> </drive> Maybe it's the use directive, but I can't see the possible values documented anywhere. I suppose autoyast may not like partitions with a partition_id of 0 or something... Thanks Jeremy -- Jeremy Sanders <jss(a)ast.cam.ac.uk> http://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jss/ X-Ray Group, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK. Public Key Server PGP Key ID: E1AAE053

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] CDROM Based Load With Network Access Confirmation
by Francois, Jean (J.L.) 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

>-----Original Message----- >From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] >Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:01 PM >To: Francois, Jean (J.L.) >Cc: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com >Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] CDROM Based Load With Network >Access Confirmation > > > > >Francois, Jean (J.L.) wrote: >> I have an interesting problem I am trying to solve. > >(...) > >> Is there a way to trigger an AutoYaST install that : >> >> 1. does a complete install from the CDROM >> 2. reads the autoinst.xml control file from the floppy drive >3. grabs >> some content from a web server and does not get a 404 >> >> without having to write a <PRE> script or modify the install root >> image on the CDROM image? > >Why not use a pre-script? What is the problem with that? >How do you want to tell yast to contact a web server and do something >without using a script? > >Anas > >> >> If I do end up using lwp or wget, is there a smart way to integrate >> this so it can interrupt the install process if a file cannot be >> retrieved from a web server? >> >> -- >> Jean L. Francois Sends... >> - Enterprise Platform Engineering & Certification ( LINUX ) >> - Linux Counter Registered User #8863 1994-12-13 06:39:24 >> http://www.novell.com/linux/truth/ >> - Torquemada Linux - For the Inquisitive... >> > Hi Anas: I was just checking to see if anyone knew of another way before I went forward. Today, for network installs we use an ACL in the webserver so if the IP is not in the ACL the load fails. This is not as easy to do with a pure CDROM based install for license tracking. Since the AutoYaST control file is on a floppy I don't have control over it. In this case, I will just have to trust no one comes along with VI or notepad and changes anything :) My plan now is to use a <PRE> script to check /proc/cmdline for what type of CDROM based install is being done and use the result of the HTTP check as the trigger for whether or not to continue with the install. Thanks. -- Jean L. Francois - Enterprise Platform Engineering & Certification ( LINUX ) - Linux Counter Registered User #8863 1994-12-13 06:39:24 http://www.novell.com/linux/truth/ Torquemada Linux - For the Inquisitive...

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Integrating 3ware drivers into autoyast?
by Marlier, Ian 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

I've successfully autoyast'ed SuSE Pro 9.2 onto a number of machines with 3ware 9500-series RAID controllers without difficulty...it's recognized by the kernel, the correct modules (3w_9xxx.ko, which requires scsi_mod and maybe another) are loaded, etc. If the problem lies in installing the bootloader onto the controller card, well, that's one that I don't know how to solve. -----Original Message----- From: Phong Nguyen [mailto:phongn@gmail.com] Sent: Fri 3/4/2005 8:34 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Integrating 3ware drivers into autoyast? I will shortly be deploying SuSE Linux to a bunch of computers that use 3Ware 9500-series RAID controllers. For a variety of reasons we don't have an independant boot disks so we must boot off the RAID controller. Is there are way to integrate the drivers from 3ware into our autoyast system? Furthermore, 3ware claims that due to a bug in YaST a script (or series of scripts) must be run before YaST completes in the standard GUI install. Is anyone familiar with doing this? I see that there are sections on how to include shell scripts in the Auto Installer website but not on how I might include various drivers. Thanks, Phong. -- 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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Integrating 3ware drivers into autoyast?
by Phong Nguyen 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

I will shortly be deploying SuSE Linux to a bunch of computers that use 3Ware 9500-series RAID controllers. For a variety of reasons we don't have an independant boot disks so we must boot off the RAID controller. Is there are way to integrate the drivers from 3ware into our autoyast system? Furthermore, 3ware claims that due to a bug in YaST a script (or series of scripts) must be run before YaST completes in the standard GUI install. Is anyone familiar with doing this? I see that there are sections on how to include shell scripts in the Auto Installer website but not on how I might include various drivers. Thanks, Phong.

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