July 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SuSE 9.3 install area with virtual hosts
by Bjorn Tore Sund 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

I've got a server set up to serve out the various SuSE distros and patches locally. One virtual host for installation, one for patching, one for packman, etc. Worked like a charm until SuSE 9.3 came along. As far as I can see Yast resolves the hostname and substitutes in the IP address before it tries to install from there - which obviously fails. Is there a way around this on the client or do I need to change my server setup? Bjørn -- Bjørn Tore Sund Phone: (+47) 555-84894 Stupidity is like a System administrator Fax: (+47) 555-89672 fractal; universal and Math. Department Mobile: (+47) 918 68075 infinitely repetitive. University of Bergen VIP: 81724 Support: system(a)mi.uib.no Contact: teknisk(a)mi.uib.no Direct: bjornts(a)mi.uib.no

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IBM BladeCenter and SAN boot
by Bernhard Duebi 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

Dear Everybody, we are testing different Blade Systems. In our environment PXE boot is not allowed, though all the deployment tools can't work. That's why we use autoyast with custom CDs. The IBM Blade Center has an USB CDROM and an USB floppy. On blades with local disks the installation works fine, but on blades without local disks there is a problem with the USB floppy. When the system boots from CDROM the floppy shows up as /dev/sda and the first SAN disk as /dev/sdb. After the installation the device probing order changes an the first SAN disk shows up as /dev/sda. There is no problem if I do a manual installation with the original SLES9 CDs. Any idea ? Details on install media: I created the CD with Yast CD Creator from SLES9 RC5 isos and SLES9 SP1 isos. There is no autoyast.xml but a rules/rules.xml which calls other XML files depending on disk device, cpu architecture and memory. Sincerely Bernhard

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Additional Package & Silent install
by Mike Marion 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

On 1 Jul, Harald Milz wrote: > On a SLES9 SP1 I'm trying to add a webwasher RPM to the install repository > created with the Yast installation server function. > I put the RPM into SUSE-CORE-9-CD1/suse/i586, and ran Personal preference, but I like to leave the default directories untouched and make a custom/update path with any new rpms. That way you still have an untouched default setup and don't have to figure out what you added. I put all our updates/custom packages in a SUSE-Updates path (at the same level as your SUSE-CORE-9 path). > create_package_descr -x suse/setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV -d SUSE-CORE-9-CD1/suse > Now if this were understandably documented. What the heck is EXTRA_PROV, > and are the paths right? EXTRA_PROV is short for extra provides.. lists short names and the full path to the executable, it's a text file, just look at it. That should work for you though. Unless they expect that new rpms are put into a seperate path like I do. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday. Homer: Woo-hoo! Four-day weekend! ==> Simpsons

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HP Proliant DL380 boot problem
by Lars Stavholm 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

I have a bit of a problem installing SuSE 9.3 Pro on a HP Proliant DL380 with six SCSI disks defined in two RAID arrays using the hardware RAID controller. Everything seems to work fine when autoinstalling. The problem is that the boot loader wont install properly, rendering the machine useless after an autoinstall. I left the bootloader section mostly empty, to allow autoyast to fill in the proper values. I even tried without the bootloader section in the autoyast file. Does anyone have any experience from autoinstalling a HP Proliant DL380? R /LarS

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Install Server
by Greg Pryzby 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

I am using AutoYaST and an Installation Server for SLES 9. I want to offer SLES9 and SLES9SP1. What is the best way to make SP1? Install SLES9 again and then add CDs? Copy SLES9 to new directory and configure it and then add CDs Start w/ SLES9SP1 CD1 for first CD and go through all 9 CDs? Thanks

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Samba Network install fails
by Yogesh Bhanu 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi , I 'm trying to setup Network install using CIFS for 9.3 and 9.2 and they both fail for my cluster setup . Though I have got the network install to work using NFS, But same install FAILS while using samba. The server hosting the repository is an Netapp FAS 980 . While using Suse 9.3 the system boots up fine and I can see my repository too . but it fails with an message cant find sources. While using Suse 9.2 I get a very different message . I get a message cant find images and the installation aborts. Any help to solve the problem Cheers yogesh

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partitioning fails
by Maarten Hilgenga 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Dear all, as a systemadministrator for a research group at a university,I'd like to use autoyast to install version 9.3 on all the computers. While trying my autoyast file on a test system, I get this error while partitioning: "Error while configuring partitions. Try again." When I look at the partitioning after this, it looks like yast is determining it's own partitioning scheme, since it partitions a swap partition first and then a / partition. my configuration file looks like this (for partitioning): <partitioning> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <partitions> <partition> <mount>/</mount> <size>3gb</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>swap</mount> <size>auto</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> after checking y2log I found the following error: 2005-07-01 07:24:22 <3> linux(2771) [Interpreter] clients/inst_autosetup.ycp:118 Can't convert value '$["drive":$["device":"/dev/hda", "partitions":$["partition":$["mount":"swap", "size":"auto"]], "use":"all"]]' to type 'list' 2005-07-01 07:24:22 <3> linux(2771) [Interpreter] clients/inst_autosetup.ycp:118 Parameter eval failed (/* any -> list */Profile::Flat["partitioning"]:[]) 2005-07-01 07:24:22 <1> linux(2771) [YCP] AutoinstStorage.ycp:300 Target map: $["/dev/hda":$["bios_id":"0x80", "bus":"IDE", "cyl_count":13328, "cyl_size":483328, "label":"msdos", "max_logical":63, "max_primary":4, "model":"MPD3064AT", "name":"1. IDE, 5.9 GB, /dev/hda, FUJITSU-MPD3064AT", "partitions":[], "scrpath":."hda", "unique":"l_yX.aATOdNRb6qD"]] 2005-07-01 07:24:22 <1> linux(2771) [YCP] AutoinstStorage.ycp:306 disk with bios_id 0x80: /dev/hda 2005-07-01 07:24:22 <1> linux(2771) [YCP] AutoinstStorage.ycp:311 mbr disk: /dev/hda 2005-07-01 07:24:22 <1> linux(2771) [YCP] AutoinstStorage.ycp:164 processed autoyast partition plan: $[] TIA, Maarten Hilgenga -- ------------------------------------------------------- M.L.Hilgenga University of Groningen Department of Applied Physics Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands tel: +31-50-3638045 fax: +31-50-3634886 email : m.l.hilgenga(a)rug.nl -------------------------------------------------------

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AW: [suse-autoinstall] Additional Package & Silent install
by Götz Rieger 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi Harald, I did that a few days ago for a 9.3 Pro. The purpose was to have dhcpd, bind and squid on CD1. I copied the CD-Content to sl93cd1/ cd sl93cd1/suse/ /opt/kde3/share/apps/krpmview/create_package_descr \ -x ./setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV -l en -l de -p ./setup/descr/ worked for me. I have no idea why I found create_package_descr only in this directory. It also had a minor bug with the parameter order for find. >From the docu: Change starting from SUSE Linux 9.1/SLES 9 To provide extra dependencies which can not be extracted from the rpm files, an extra file with missing dependencies is available in the directory suse/setup/descr. The file EXTRA_PROV can be used when recreating the package database using the -x option. I admit that the documentation leaves many question for R&D or this mailinglist... Maybe a AutoYaST-Wiki would be a good idea? Or is it already in existence? Regards, Goetz > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Harald Milz [mailto:hm@seneca.muc.de] > Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Juli 2005 08:19 > An: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Betreff: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Additional Package & Silent install > > > Michael Marion <mmarion(a)qualcomm.com> wrote: > > > I should document my setup when I have a chance.. this > comes up so often. > > I wish everything were documented more clearly to begin with. > > On a SLES9 SP1 I'm trying to add a webwasher RPM to the > install repository > created with the Yast installation server function. > I put the RPM into SUSE-CORE-9-CD1/suse/i586, and ran > > create_package_descr -x suse/setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV -d > SUSE-CORE-9-CD1/suse > > Now if this were understandably documented. What the heck is > EXTRA_PROV, > and are the paths right? > > -- > Great minds run in great circles. > > -- > 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] Additional Package & Silent install
by Michael Marion 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

On 30 Jun, Jan Kalcic wrote: > 1) I'm looking for a clear way to add additional packages to the installation server. I found a solution using the post script (wget && rpm) but it would really better and more handy to have them direclty into the AutoYaST software package database. Sort of difficult to get working.. but once you do, easy to keep updated and very slick integration. >From a previous answer I posted to the same question before: 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? I should document my setup when I have a chance.. this comes up so often. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com Joe: "I don't know, one minute we're spanking each other with meat, the next minute it got weird." --Wings

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