May 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-autoinstall] Re: failure notice
by Michael Marion 05 May '05

05 May '05

On 4 May, Joubert Berger wrote: > I also created a yast directory with two files: > /yast/order: > /core9/cd1 /core9/cd1 > > /yast/instorder: > /core9/cd1 You only need the first cd... I think you're making the installer think there are more trees of suse stuff under cd2, cd3, etc.. but if it knows core9/cd1 it's smart enough to look for cd2, cd3, etc on it's own. i.e. I have (for sles9): cornholio sles9 {623}$ ls SUSE-CORE-Version-9/ CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 cornholio sles9 {626}$ ls SUSE-Updates/ content media.1 no updates cornholio sles9 {627}$ ls SUSE-SLES-Version-9/ CD1 cornholio sles9 {624}$ cat yast/order /SUSE-Updates /SUSE-Updates /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 cornholio sles9 {625}$ cat yast/instorder /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-Updates /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 I think, for each path you specify in order/instorder it'll look for a media.1 dir, content file, etc.. and it doesn't see those in your cd2, cd3, etc directories. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com [The Quickie Mart was robbed, during the robbery Homer dove into the chips] Apu: "You can emerge now from my chips, the opportunity to prove yourself a hero is long gone." -- The Simpsons

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Re: failure notice
by Joubert Berger 05 May '05

05 May '05

I am setting up an autoinstall environment so that I can autoinstall SuSe9.2. I copied all the ISO images to a directory and then created 5 directories and mounted the ISO images on those 5 directories. I have created symlinks in the root directory to boot, control.xml, content, and media.1 on cd1. I also created a yast directory with two files: /yast/order: /core9/cd1 /core9/cd1 /core9/cd2 /core9/cd2 /core9/cd3 /core9/cd3 /core9/cd4 /core9/cd4 /core9/cd5 /core9/cd5 /yast/instorder: /core9/cd1 /core9/cd2 /core9/cd3 /core9/cd4 /core9/cd5 So, I have something like this: /core9/cd1 /core9/cd2 /core9/cd3 /core9/cd4 /core9/cd5 /boot -> core9/cd1/boot /content -> core9/cd1/content /control.xml -> core9/cd1/control.xml /media.1 -> core9/cd1/media.1 /yast During the installation I eventually will get the error message: "Cannot read media description for /core9/cd2. Package from this media cannot be installed". It repeats this for cd3, cd4, and cd5. Any idea how I could get fix this error message? TIA, --joubert

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] FAQs, autoyast, and auto updates
by Michael Marion 04 May '05

04 May '05

On 4 May, Robert Cummins wrote: > Please note that I need solutions for SuSE Pro-9.{0,1,2,3} and > SLES 9.0. For each release, download the updated rpms and create your own update paths in the install tree, and autoyast will install the updated versions automatically. Look in the archives of this list for many threads on this, i.e. subjs: [suse-autoinstall] Custom install source for yast in SLES9 [suse-autoinstall] How can I regularly update the install repository? etc. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com "The Tuxomatic 2200(TM) with patented Gates-Be-Gone(TM) gets rid of blue screens in a flash! It forks! It blits! Look at those fantastic pixels! It surfs the web! You could even host an ISP with it!" -- Matthew Sachs on Slashdot

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FAQs, autoyast, and auto updates
by Robert Cummins 04 May '05

04 May '05

Hello, I hope someone on this list can either point me to a FAQ or answer my question. First let me explain what I'm doing in the hopes that my question will make complete sense. I install a base system, with autoyast, on a new machine I apply the updates I apply/build custom source rpms including kernel based modules I apply custom configurations I can do three of the four steps from autoyast but I'm having problems applying the updates. Does anyone out there have any experience with this? I can't use the YOU Automatic Mode Setup because I want this to happen right after the installation of the base system. I also need to be able to point to my own distribution as these machines are on a private wan that is not routed to the internet. Please note that I need solutions for SuSE Pro-9.{0,1,2,3} and SLES 9.0. TIA. R.

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clone this server function in SLES9 SP1
by Harald Milz 04 May '05

04 May '05

Hi, I am trying to use the "Clone this server" function in SLES9 SP1 with a -147 kernel. Whenever I try to save the created XML file, I get the error "An error occured while saving the file" and no XML file is created. Is that a known problem, and how do I get around it? TIA! The Install Server function in SP1 is great, I set up an install server with SLES9 SP1 and SLES8 SP3 and 4 within half a day, a breeze. -- Quality Control, n.: The process of testing one out of every 1,000 units coming off a production line to make sure that at least one out of 100 works.

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Create DVD from Network Installation
by Robertson, Hill 03 May '05

03 May '05

I have a working network installation for SLES9 with SP1. I basically boot the PC with the SP1 CD and a floppy with an info file containing the info for the NFS autoinst.xml file and repository directory for the automatic installation. Everything works flawlessly. The network installation repository was build from the SLES9 CDs and SP1 CDs. Now, I need to do the same thing on a DVD. Is there any simple way to take the network repository and put it on a DVD with some minor changes where it will work installing from the DVD? Are there any info file parameters I need to specify or other tricks required? Everything I try gives me "Could not find the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Installation Source - Activating manual setup program.". Then, I have to manually tell it to install from hard drive (not CD or DVD as you would expect) where I specify hda (the CD/DVD drive) and the directory for the repository and the install works. There must be one or two simple little things I am missing. Any ideas??? Thanks for any help....... - Hill

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Lilo
by suse_list＠infineon.net 02 May '05

02 May '05

Hi, In our shop we are required to use Lilo as a boot loader, since some of the machines (IBM's) don't return the correct HD param (geometry) values to Grub. So my question is, does anyone know the what parameters/values/configs i need to add to the autoyast file to automatically select the first partition (drive like in grub) to auto-boot. Also how do i setup a timeout type value, so that it only shows the menu list for x number of seconds and then boots to the default partition as designated above. Please let me know Thanks Sascha

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DVD Install
by Robertson, Hill 02 May '05

02 May '05

I need help please! I just need to create a SLES9 DVD from the CDs that I can autoinstall with a autoinst.xml control file. I need to include SP1 also. I would think this should be a simple thing to do but I can't seem to get it done. Is there a procedure (or scipt or something) that can show me specifically how to do this? See my post on Friday for more info. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Hill

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