May 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-autoinstall] Custom CD for SLES9 x86_64
by Steffen Winterfeldt 17 May '05

17 May '05

Sorry for the late reply, I'm just back from vacation. On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Bernhard Duebi wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 10:17, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bernhard Duebi wrote: > > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > > > I try to create a custom CD for SLES9 x86_64. > > > With Yast CD Creator I setup the hierarchy needed to install Linux. Then > > > I put Enterprise Agents into a separate directory. These get installed > > > by the postinstall script. Then I compiled everything with mkisofs. > > > I can boot from the CD, there's a popup complaining that I try to > > > install 32bit software on a 64bit hardware. > > > In the Yast log file I can see that yast is doing some magic to avoid > > > this messages. Is somebody willing to share this magic with me ? > > > > http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-autoinstall/2005-Apr/0029.html > > sounds great, does it mean that I can create a CD which contains both > archs and the installer decides which packages to install ? Yes. But only with SL >= 9.2 (not SLES9). > If yes, is there a howto somewhere ? Not that I'm aware of. But on our 'normal' DVD it works this way: the bootloader appends '64' to the kernel and initrd names on 64-bit machines (if bit 4 is set in 'notice' in isolinux.cfg). You must ensure that initrd64 points to a 64-bit installation system (linuxrc.config has an entry in our initrd64 setting it to 'root64'). I think that's about all the black magic. Steffen

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AutoYast DVD 32/64-Bit
by Petros.Stavrakakis＠br-automation.com 17 May '05

17 May '05

Hi, I'm using SuSE 9.3 on a 32bit-System. I have created an SuSE 9.3-AutoYast DVD with all the needed packages for 32bit and 64bit architectures. DVD was made with mkisofs and burned with k3b. The installation of the 32bit version is going fine. Everything is in place and working. The 64bit installation fails a the very beginning of the bootprocess of the DVD with the following text "Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel." The boot-directory on the AutoYast-DVD is the same as on the normal SuSE 9.3-DVD. Nothing except the isolinux.cfg was altered. I added "netsetup=0 instmode=cd autoyast=default" to the isolinux.cfg. Are there any special options for the mkisofs-command to make it work for the 64bit-Arch? I found out that in the bootlogo the names for "linux" and "initrd" will be changed to "linux64" and "initrd64" with a suffix-option. (gfxboot) I don't know why a normal SuSE 9.3-DVD boots and installs fine in 64bit and my DVD does not, although the relevant files are unchanged. Somebody a clue? Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Petros Stavrakakis APROL-Systemintegration email: petros.stavrakakis(a)br-automation.com Bernecker +Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH Niederlassung Essen An der Reichsbank 8 D-45127 Essen Tel.:+49 (0) 201 74777 - 0 Fax: +49 (0) 201 74777 - 999 http://www.aprol.com http://www.br-automation.com ###################################### The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ######################################

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S.O.S. Kiez! Polizei schlaegt Alarm
by MVIDNER＠suse.cz 15 May '05

15 May '05

Lese selbst: http://bz.berlin1.de/archiv/041115_pdf/BZ041115_004_GB2IG556.1.htm

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] partitioning SuSE Professional 9.3 keep partition
by Uwe Gansert 13 May '05

13 May '05

On Thursday 12 May 2005 14:46, Hoepfner, Enrico wrote: > the result is: > > /dev/hda1 9.1 GB - Extended 0 19589 > /dev/hda5 3.1 GB - Linux swap swap 0 6529 > /dev/hda6 3.1 GB F Linux nativ (ext2) / 6530 13059 > /dev/hda7 3.1 GB - Linux nativ /data1 13060 19589 > > seams like the parameter <create config:type="boolean">false</create> is > ignored now. if you specify the size correctly, then the partitions keep alive, because they are not formated. At the moment, this is the only way I see. So, add the correct <size> statement for each partition maybe <region> instead of <size> is even better. Maybe there is a better way but I can't find it and I don't understand the partitioning code in autoyast. The partitioning code will be rewritten completely and I hope to get rid of the old code until SLES10. We will see. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert(a)suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] partitioning SuSE Professional 9.3 keep partition
by Uwe Gansert 12 May '05

12 May '05

On Thursday 12 May 2005 13:16, Hoepfner, Enrico wrote: > what i want is only to keep the partition 7. all other partition I don't > care about - this mean, that partition 5 (swap) and 6 (/) can be use as > they are - they must not create only format. The following Config-File was > working on SuSE 9.2, what goes wrong in SuSE 9.3 ? I hope the following forces autoyast to use your partition plan. Please try to add: > <partitioning config:type="list"> > <drive> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> > <device>/dev/hda</device> > <partitions config:type="list"> > <partition> > <mount>swap</mount> > <create config:type="boolean">false</create> > <format config:type="boolean">true</format> > <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> > </partition> > <partition> > <mount>/</mount> > <create config:type="boolean">false</create> > <format config:type="boolean">true</format> > <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> > <filesystem>ext3</filesystem> > </partition> > <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>ext3</filesystem> > </partition> > </partitions> > </drive> > </partitioning> let me know what happens then. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert(a)suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

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suse 9.2 ftp installation error
by Kai Zhang 12 May '05

12 May '05

Cannot read package data from installation media. Media Error? Im installing Linux suse 9.2 via FTP. I downloaded boot.ioi from and burned it into a CD. I've got ADSL and disabled firewall. The installation gets as far as the install settings page then i recieve the above Error. Any help would be greatley appreciated.

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] partitioning SuSE Professional 9.3 keep partition
by m.frerichs 12 May '05

12 May '05

I failed with all tests depending on the following XML-File to leave the size of all 4 partitions and to format the primary filesystems /boot, / and swap and to keep data on partition /private . Tests: 1) <create config:type="boolean">true</create> for partition 1-3 2) <create config:type="boolean">false</create> for partitition 1-4 3) without line <create config: 4) <size>max</size> for partition 3 , / But always during " System fuer automatische Installation vorbereiten" a window is opened with text : "Fehler bei der Konfiguration der Partitionen" xmllint does not notice any syntax-errors. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns ="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns""http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> .... <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext2</filesystem> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <size>10gb</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">4</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/private</mount> </partition> </partitions> <prefer_remove config:type="boolean">true</prefer_remove> <keep_partition_num>4</keep_partition_num> </drive> </partitioning> ..... The same test-machine is previously autoinstalled with 9.3 with 4 formatted partitions with the following XML-File: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <use>all</use> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext2</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <size>10gb</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">4</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/private</mount> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> Thanks for your help! M.Frerichs xmlns:config=

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] partitioning SuSE Professional 9.3 keep partition
by Hoepfner, Enrico 12 May '05

12 May '05

Hi, tanks for your help!! now i understand the problem i little bit more. but i can see how the problem is to solve. what i want is only to keep the partition 7. all other partition I don't care about - this mean, that partition 5 (swap) and 6 (/) can be use as they are - they must not create only format. The following Config-File was working on SuSE 9.2, what goes wrong in SuSE 9.3 ? <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <mount>swap</mount> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <mount>/</mount> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> <filesystem>ext3</filesystem> </partition> <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>ext3</filesystem> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> the result in SuSE 9.3 is: /dev/hda1 9.4 GB 0 19589 /dev/hda2 0.4 MB swap 19587 19587 /dev/hda3 0.4 MB F / 19588 19588 /dev/hda4 0.4 MB /data1 19589 19589 /dev/hda5 376.5 MB swap 0 764 /dev/hda6 5.0 GB 765 11171 /dev/hda7 4.0 GB 11172 19589 seams like the parameter <mount> or <partition_nr> is not used. Thanks enrico Uwe Gansert wrote: > On Thursday 12 May 2005 10:31, Hoepfner, Enrico wrote: > > please don't reply to me directly. Always use the list, so that the mails get > archived for google and other people who'll have the same problem in the > future. > > >>the result is: >> >>/dev/hda1 9.4 GB - Extended - 0 19586 >>/dev/hda7 4.0 GB - Linux nativ - 11172 19586 >>/dev/hda8 5.0 GB F Linux nativ / 0 10405 >>/dev/hda9 376.5 MB F Linux swap swap 10406 11171 >> >>nearly correct - only mount from partititon 7 to /data1 is missing. (this >>not realy a problem) > > > okay, I just talked to our Storage expert and this partitioning is not > possible. What we see above is simply broken but autoyast expects it to be > like that. So the reality and what autoyast thinks are no longer in sync. :( > > >>"Die Partition /dev/hda8 konnte nicht formatiert werden. ..." > > > yes, that's what we expect, since there is no hda8 > After deleting hda5 and hda6, the old hda7 is the new hda5 - we can't change > that behaviour. Autoyast seems not to know that and just adds partitions at > the end - that's a bug. > > >>after aborted installation the partition are all destroyed!!!! > > > sorry, I hope you had a backup :) > well, at the moment it looks like it's not possible to do what you want to do > (keep logical partition nr.7 but delete partition 5 and 6). It would have > been possible to delete the logical partition at the end but not some in > between. > > I will do heavy changes in the partitioning code in the near future together > with the storage expert here at SUSE. > -- --------------- enrico hoepfner (+49) 0711/811-49394 hoepfner(a)fli.sh.de.bosch.com Robert Bosch GmbH, Abt. CD/AEF, PSF 30 02 40, D-70442 Stuttgart -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] sles9-s390 autoyast
by Stefan Leippert 12 May '05

12 May '05

Did anybody try autoyast on an s390(x) on an lpar ? Any idea where I can pass the autoyast=-parameter ? Thank you. Stefan Uwe Gansert <ug(a)suse.de> 12.05.2005 10:42 To Stefan Leippert/Germany/IBM@IBMDE cc Subject Re: [suse-autoinstall] sles9-s390 autoyast On Thursday 12 May 2005 10:32, you wrote: > Thank you for your fast reply. please don't reply to me directly. Always reply to the list (that will be archived and so in the future, other people with the same problem might find the answer in the archive). > then you can add "autoyast=ftp://servername/profile_name.xml" to the > linuxrc parameter list (that's where you configured the "install=nfs://...." > > Where do I have to insert this parameters ? Into > (boot/loader/isolinux.cfg)? http or ftp is fine. the problem is, I don't know anything about s390 and so it might be, that the installation workflow is another than on an i586 system. On i586, if you boot a CD for example, you'll get a menue with a prompt where you can add kernel parameters, installation source and stuff like that. There you have to add the autoyast parameter to. I don't know where to do that on a s390 system. > > You can manipulate the installation source, if you want that, > > I think I have to do that, or is there another way to tell yast to look > for the controlfile at another location. well, I told you. Use http or ftp for the control file. The problem is, I don't know where you can pass the "autoyast=" parameter on a s390 -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert(a)suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

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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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