April 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Interactive option checked BEFORE scripts?
by Jesse Keating 25 May '05

25 May '05

I'm using the modified.xml method of dynamic autoinstall control files. One of the things I wanted dynamic was the interactive or not choice, controlled by: <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> If this was set to true, it should be interactive. I have this being set in modified.xml, however it does not take effect. Is this option checked BEFORE the pre-scripts run? -- Jesse Keating RHCE Pogo Linux -- Linux Systems Engineer tel: (888) 828-7646 ex: 436

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partitioning SuSE Professional 9.3 keep partition
by Hoepfner, Enrico 12 May '05

12 May '05

Hi, I've a problem to keep a partition by a new installaiton with autoyast (SuSE Professional 9.3). There is a logical partition /dev/hda7 mounted on /data1 wich i want to keep with all data on it. The oether logical partitions /dev/hda5 + /dev/hda6 should use for "/" and "swap". The strange is that my XML-config did exactly what i want in SuSE 9.2 but not in SuSE 9.3. What i have, before installation: /dev/hda Partition Size Mount FS Type /dev/hda1 extended partition /dev/hda5 376mb swap swap logical partition /dev/hda6 5gb / ext3 logical partition /dev/hda7 xx /data1 ext3 logical partition What i want is the following: /dev/hda Partition Size Mount Format FS Type /dev/hda1 extended partition /dev/hda5 auto swap F swap logical partition /dev/hda6 5gb / F ext3 logical partition /dev/hda7 xx /data1 -- logical partition (KEEP) My XML-configuration looks so: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">false</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <mount>/data1</mount> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <partition_nr config:type="integer">7</partition_nr> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> <size>5gb</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <size>auto</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>5,6</use> </drive> </partitioning> What i get ist: Device F Typ MountP /dev/hda1 extended /dev/hda2 Linux /data1 /dev/hda5 swap swap /dev/hda6 Linux /dev/hda7 Linux My Question: What have i get wrong? How can I configure what I want (also with SuSE 9.3)? thanks enrico

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Fwd: [suse-autoinstall] auto updating install tree
by Ashe Canvar 06 May '05

06 May '05

I am still not clear about the process of getting the updates from SuSe. 1. The command line (online_update) does not have any parameters for passing my portal username and password. 2. I don't want to use the GUI because I want to script this. 3. man online_update does not exist. -h is very little help either. 4. If I use the gui via YaST2 then the patches get downloaded in /var/lib/Yast2/you/blah.. This happens for the i386 architecture by default. How do I also do this for the x86_64 architecture ? (SLES9). 5. There do not seem to be too many rpms doenloaded after step 4. But a lot of patch-xxx files. What do I do with these ? 6. What do I do with .patch.rpm packages ? I am so confused that I would rather go back to freebsd and its awesome cvsup system. Any help would be appreciated esp with the command lines to get the updates and info on what parts of the downloaded tree to move into the updates folder created by Anas's script. Thanks! On 4/27/05, Ashe Canvar <acanvar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Perfect. I got the script after some digging. Will let you know if this works. > > http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoyast2/scripts/create_update_source.sh > > On 4/24/05, Anas Nashif <nashif(a)suse.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If you dont know it by now, there is a command line utility for YOU > > > > /usr/bin/online_update > > > > What you can do is download all updates (download only) to the server, > > create an update source with the script I have posted some weeks ago and > > copy the rpms to this new source and recreate the package database > > everytime something changes. All those steps can be automated using a > > smart script run by cron. > > > > Then you can install new machines with the new packages and without the > > need to run YOU afterwards... > > > > > > Anas > > > > Ashe Canvar wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am tryng to make a fully automated installation system for SLES9 for > > > x86_64 and i386. First of all I must congratulate Suse for such an > > > excellent, well thought out installation automation system. Yast does > > > have its issues, but once I learnt the ropes it has made me pretty > > > productive. > > > > > > The issue I am not clear about is as follows: > > > > > > - I created my base install image following the docs in > > > http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/9.1/html/ch05s02.html#id2523126 > > > > > > - if I install 20 machines and then YOU them then it takes a long > > > time, even if I run a local YOU server. > > > > > > - What I ideally want is to update the installation tree I have > > > created above such that doing a YOU update post-install is not even > > > required. > > > > > > Is there any way to accomplish this ? > > > > > > How do I download the rpm's that have been released as updates to the > > > base SLES9 release ? Doing that through the portal site is pretty > > > painful/manual. > > > > > > I would ideally like to automate this if possible as a weekl > > > build/test/publish cycle for my organization. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > >

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] ANSWER: autoyast=file: with CDROM based control file
by Michael Marion 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

On 29 Apr, Schumacher, Gordon wrote: > And per SuSE's standard, it would be cd://xxxxx > I don't know if it will recognize that already or not... it > might be worth a shot though! Depending on which device the cdrom is, it might work as hdc://xxxx too. or hdb, hdd, etc. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com Half of the people I talk to need a good going over with the old clue-by-four. - Tracy Reed...Regarding RoadRunner Tech Support

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] ANSWER: autoyast=file: with CDROM based control file
by Schumacher, Gordon 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

# From: Dax Kelson [mailto:dax@gurulabs.com] # Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:56 PM # To: autoinstall # Subject: [suse-autoinstall] ANSWER: autoyast=file: with CDROM based # control file # # How about adding the syntax, # # autoyast=cdrom:/filename # # To reference a control on the top level of the booted cdrom? Well, it would still have two slashes (you always have two for the schema). And per SuSE's standard, it would be cd://xxxxx I don't know if it will recognize that already or not... it might be worth a shot though!

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ANSWER: autoyast=file: with CDROM based control file
by Dax Kelson 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

After quite a bit of testing, I have determined that the autoyast=file:///filename syntax doesn't work with placing the bare control file on a CDROM (if I'm wrong please show me). It works with if the control file is INSIDE of a initial ram disk (or initramfs on SL9.3) or on a floppy. The documentation here: http://yast.suse.com/autoinstall/9.1/html/invoking_autoinst.html Implies very strongly that it should work outside of the initial ram disk/fs. I couldn't get this to work. Also, the documentation is very ambiguous on // versus ///. How about adding the syntax, autoyast=cdrom:/filename To reference a control on the top level of the booted cdrom? Thanks, Dax Kelson Guru Labs

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Creating DVD from CDs
by Robertson, Hill 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

OK. I've been browsing through the archives and can't seem to find exactly what I need (although I can't believe no one else has asked this). Please forgive me if this has been answered and I have overlooked it. I've seen a lot of posts that get close to what I want but not quite enough to help my situation. I think I'm really close and just need to tweak a couple of media.X, order files, or infofile/kernel paramaters but I'm having trouble getting everything right. I have all of the SLES9 CDs as well as the SP1 CDs. I need to create a single DVD from these. I have a script that I wrote that generates the autoinst.xml file and writes it to floppy. I just want to have my floppy inserted with the installation DVD and boot. I just can't seem to get the DVD properly created to work. It always end up going into manual installation mode. I was able to get it to "sort of" install except YaST said it couldn't find the installation media and then when I manually told it to boot from the hard drive (but selected had - which is my DVD-ROM drive) the rest of the install worked. However, I need to remove this manual part. I want to be able to install from one DVD just like I can install from a NFS server. I do network installs all the time but the DVD install is not going so well. What is the exact step-by-step procedure to create an autoinstalling DVD? Do I need any special info file or kernel parameters (instmode=cd or instmode=hd)? Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Hill

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Using autoyast=file:// with CDROM based file, broken?
by Ness, Todd 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

the file:///pathtofile seems to work really well if you imbed the control file in the initrd. Unzip initrd, mount it as a loop device, copy the control file to the right path, umount the initrd, zip it back up and make a new CD. Todd -----Original Message----- From: Dax Kelson [mailto:dax@gurulabs.com] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:37 AM To: boopathy krishnamoorthy Cc: autoinstall Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Using autoyast=file:// with CDROM based file, broken? On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 05:52 +0100, boopathy krishnamoorthy wrote: > You have to use the autoyast in isolinux.cfg as > follows. > autoyast=file:///d8. > If d8 is present in the "installroot" directory > itself. > here "installroot" denotes the base directory of CD or > DVD. I tried with three slashes, eg, file:///d8 and I'm still getting the error. Is this supposed to work? I'm trying to do a NFS based autoyast install, but I'm booting off a CDROM I created that only contains the 5 files: isolinux.bin isolinux.cfg linux initrd d8 <--- my autoyast control file In my isolinux.cfg I have: label sl93ay kernel linux append initrd=initrd install=nfs://10.100.0.254/export/netinstall/SL9.3 ip=10.100.0.8 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.100.0.254 nameserver=10.100.0.254 textmode=1 autoyast=file:///d8 I still get an error saying it can't read the file. If I place the autoyast file on a NFS server and change the autoyast= like to point to it, it installs OK. So I know the syntax is valid inside the "d8" file. Dax Kelson Guru Labs -- 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] Using autoyast=file:// with CDROM basedfile, broken?
by Schumacher, Gordon 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

# From: Dax Kelson [mailto:dax@gurulabs.com] # Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:37 AM # To: boopathy krishnamoorthy # Cc: autoinstall # Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Using autoyast=file:// with CDROM # basedfile, broken? # # I tried with three slashes, eg, file:///d8 and I'm still getting the # error. Is this supposed to work? Yep, three slashes is right. The first two are for the file:// scheme itself, and the third one is part of the path (/d8). (I learned this the hard way by finding out that file links to Windoze UNC network paths have to be specified as file://///comp/share - yep, five slashes.)

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Using autoyast=file:// with CDROM based file, broken?
by boopathy krishnamoorthy 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

You have to use the autoyast in isolinux.cfg as follows. autoyast=file:///d8. If d8 is present in the "installroot" directory itself. here "installroot" denotes the base directory of CD or DVD. consider if d8 is present in some directory "Installroot/custom" u have to use the autoyast as follows autoyast=file:///custom/d8. --- Dax Kelson <dax(a)gurulabs.com> wrote: > I have a custom CDROM I burnt with the following > contents: > > isolinux.bin > isolinux.cfg > linux > initrd > d8 <--- my autoyast control file > > In my isolinux.cfg I have: > > label sl93ay > kernel linux > append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 > splash=silent showopts > install=nfs://10.100.0.254/export/netinstall/SL9.3 > ip=10.100.0.8 netmask=255.255.255.0 > gateway=10.100.0.254 nameserver=10.100.0.254 > textmode=1 autoyast=file://d8 > > > The last part, "autoyast=file://d8" I came up with > based on the > documentation here: > > http://yast.suse.com/autoinstall/9.1/html/invoking_autoinst.html > > When I try to use this, I an error message during > the: > > => Retrieve Read Control File > > stage > > A dialog pops up and says, "A profile for this > machine could not be > found or retrieved..." and a box where I delete and > replace the > file:=//d8 > > Isn't this supposed to work? > > Any help great appreciated. > > Dax Kelson > Guru Labs > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: > suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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