February 2006 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

autoyast/info file problem
by dbellis＠mmm.com 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

I am new to SUSE and am trying to setup an AutoYaST install using the SUSE Linux CD1 to boot with the autoyast=floppy boot option. On the floppy disk I have the autoinst.xml file and an info file. The info file contains the following: install: nfs://169.10.63.215/instserv/9.0_x64 netdevice: eth0 server: 169.10.63.215 serverdir: /instserv/9.0_x64 ip: 169.10.248.36 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 169.10.248.1 nameserver: 169.10.8.4 autoyast: floppy I can mount the nfs share manually, but when I run the install process it fails with the following message: "Could not find the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation Source" Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave Bellis

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cant add gid to groups
by mailing list 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

hi, i want to add groups and set group ids for that groups in autoyast, if i create a xml with the gui it doesnt create the gid for some reason. How do i specify the group id? thanks

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extended partition
by jean.manco＠bpm.it 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

hi, when i deploy a server with sles9 by pxe/nfs server i have the follow errors : .the first partition (/dev/cciss/c0d0p1) is extended and i don't want so. .when i want recovery my server after crash, with a recovery action by installation cd i don't view all partitions but only the extended how can i set the partitions normally in autoyast file? i pasted the lines that indicate the partitions. thanks a lot **************************************************** .................... <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fs_options> <opt_blocksize> <option_str>-b</option_str> <option_value>auto</option_value> </opt_blocksize> <opt_bytes_per_indoe> <option_str>-i</option_str> <option_value>auto</option_value> </opt_bytes_per_indoe> <opt_raid> <option_str>-Rstride=</option_str> <option_value>none</option_value> </opt_raid> <opt_reserved_blocks> <option_str>-m</option_str> <option_value>auto</option_value> </opt_reserved_blocks> </fs_options> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/boot</mount> <mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby> <noauto config:type="boolean">false</noauto> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type></partition_type> <size>100MB</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_type></partition_type> <size>8GB</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/dati</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type></partition_type> <size>4GB</size> </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_type></partition_type> <size>auto</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> **************************************************** .................... byez Jean Manco

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Emacs broken after auto-install, but working after manual install
by Richard Hobbs 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hello, If I install from DVD manually (i.e. creating partitions and selecting software by hand etc...) emacs within X works fine. However, if I use my autoinstall script to install SuSE over NFS, emacs starts ok in X, but each character is replaced with a square/rectangle. Also, the following is printed to either stdout or stderr: ============================================================ stg-opti2:~ # emacs Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct stg-opti2:~ # ============================================================ As I said, emacs works fine if I install manually. Am I simply missing some packages, or has something more serious happened here? I have typed "xlsfonts | grep helv" and nothing is returned, but if I look in the Font Installer within YaST the fonts do appear to exist. Whether they are strictly the correct ones or not is a different matter though. Any clues are very much appreciated :-) Thanks again, Richard. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Normal Email: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Mobile Email: mobile(a)mongeese.co.uk Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Verizon Business Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com

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unattempted autoyast installation on z/VM
by Kai Dusek 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Dear all, I'm trying to setup an enviroment for installing z/VM guests (SLES9-SP2/3, 31bit) completely unattended. This is my parmfile: ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc dasd=150,151 TERM=dumb AUTOYAST=http://<IP>/autoinst.xml AUTOINSTALL=yes IP_INTERFACE=qeth IP_HOST=<hostname> IP_ADDR=x.x.x.x IP_NETMASK=x.x.x.x IP_BROADCAST=x.x.x.x IP_GATEWAY=x.x.x.x IP_DNS=x.x.x.x IP_SEARCH=x.x.x.x READ_DEVNO=7000 WRITE_DEVNO=7001 DATA_DEVNO=7002 PORTNAME=xxxxxx INST_INFO=ftp INST_IP_ADDR=x.x.x.x INST_IP_DIR=/SLES/sles9_s390_sp3 FTPUSER=<user> FTPPASSWORD=<pw> INST_SCREEN=VNC VNC_PASSWORD=<pw> IP_MTU=1492 INST_PASSWORD=<pw> The forceboot option in the autoyast control file is set to true, confirm is set to false. The installation itself is running unattended (even if I had some problem in the past with the environment setup and a bug in YaST), so the major part of the game is basically solved. But after disk formatting/partitioning and package installation I always have to "trigger" the second stage by IPLing the guest manually since the automated reboot doesn't take place. This is my output: [...] umount: /y2update: not mounted umount: /var/adm/mount: not mounted Feb 15 19:48:19 suse sshd¬322|: Received signal 15; terminating. You should be able to login via telnet/ssh now. To restart network setup, enter: netsetup To continue the installation, enter: ./inst_source bash: no job control in this shell SuSE Instsys boeid120:/ # [...] After a manual IPL the system is doing the second stage installation - and it looks like the system installation is done completely and correctly. What do I have to do to prevent re-IPLing the system manually? BTW: Is it possible to "re-direct" installation output to 3270 instead of VNC? Mit freundlichen Gruessen/Kind regards Kai Dusek

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 9 SP2
by Kurt Chang 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Here is what I have xianserv:/export/SLES9/yast # cat order /SUSE-SLES-9-Service-Pack-Version-2/CD1 /SUSE-SLES-9-Service-Pack-Version-2/CD1 /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 xianserv:/export/SLES9/yast # cat instorder /SUSE-SLES-9-Service-Pack-Version-2/CD1 /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 xianserv:/export/SLES9/yast # What is /SUSE-Updates? Thanks Kurt -----Original Message----- From: Mike Marion [mailto:mmarion@qualcomm.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:35 PM To: Kurt Chang Cc: Karsten Petersen; suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 9 SP2 On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 01:04:44PM -0500, Kurt Chang wrote: > Thank you for your suggestion. My system looks like this What do your yast/order|instorder files have in them? My directories are similar and I have: cornholio sles9-sp2 {497}$ cat yast/order /SUSE-SLES-9-Service-Pack-Version-2/CD1 /SUSE-SLES-9-Service-Pack-Version-2/CD1 /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-sp2 {498}$ cat yast/instorder /SUSE-SLES-9-Service-Pack-Version-2/CD1 /SUSE-Updates /SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 /SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com "The day that Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is the day that they start making vacuum cleaners." - shaman(a)kos.net

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Performing an online update from within an init script
by Richard Hobbs 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Hello, Is it possible to run an online update using YaST2 from within an init script? If so, which command should I use, and how can I specify what types of packages I want to upgrade (e.g. security, recommended etc...)? Thanks in advance, people :-) Richard. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Normal Email: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Mobile Email: mobile(a)mongeese.co.uk Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Verizon Business Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com

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Keyboard is still US within X server
by Richard Hobbs 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Hello, I have auto-installed a number of machines now, and when in a terminal outside of the X server (i.e. in runlevel 3, for example), the keyboard works fine. However, when I use runlevel 5, and use the "Konsole" or if I login and run "startx", the keyboard within X is still using the US layout. Here is the <general> part of the XML config, which I'm pretty sure is correct, but it's not setting the keyboard layout within X. ============================================================ <general> <clock> <hwclock>UTC</hwclock> <timezone>Etc/GMT</timezone> </clock> <keyboard> <keymap>english-uk</keymap> </keyboard> <language>en_GB</language> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> </mode> </general> ============================================================ Any ideas? Thanks in advance :-) Richard. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Normal Email: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Mobile Email: mobile(a)mongeese.co.uk Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Verizon Business Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Performing an online update from within an init script
by Schumacher, Gordon 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

# From: Richard Hobbs [mailto:richard.hobbs@crl.toshiba.co.uk] # Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:42 AM # To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com # Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Performing an online update from within an init script # # Hello, # # Is it possible to run an online update using YaST2 from within an init # script? # # If so, which command should I use, and how can I specify what types of # packages I want to upgrade (e.g. security, recommended etc...)? # # Thanks in advance, people :-) This should get you started - run this as an init_script: #!/bin/sh /bin/chvt 9 exec < /dev/tty9 > /dev/tty9 echo Performing online update... online_update -l en -u <<<<url_to_update_from>>>> -V SuSEconfig echo Rebooting the computer now to use the new kernel. sleep 5 /bin/chvt 1 shutdown -r now

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Suse 9.3 panics in both suse professional & fail safe version
by kanji linux 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Hi We have a Iwill dk88 system (dual core amd opteron 200 series, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA nforce4 professional 2000 chipset, ATI RageXL VGA controller with AMI BIOS). I was able to successfully install the system using NFS network installation. But while trying to boot from the hard disk, both the suse9.3 professional & failsafe versions goes into kernel panic mode. Now, this problem is similar to the links posted earlier: 1. http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Sep/0043.html 2. http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-May/0095.html but no solution seems to be provided. Now there is no problem with the system as such because i was able to successfully install RHEL4 on it. I did notice the fact that boot options are the following : **************************************** - SUSE LINUX 9.3 kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 vga=ox31 selinux=0 splash=silent console=tty0 console=ttyS0 resume=/dev/hda2 showopts initrd (hd0,0)/initrd - Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.3 kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal noresume selinux=0 barrier=off iommu=noforce 3 initrd (hd0,0)/initrd ****************************************** if SUSE linux 9.3 is selected to be booted, the video goes blank and no output or response can be seen. If the "vga" parameter is set to "normal", then the system goes in to kernel panic mode. Failsafe - also goes into kernel panic mode. I salvaged the following stack trace displayed after kernel panic : ******************************************************************* Kernel Panic - not syncing. Aiee, Killing interrupt controller Badness in do_unblock_screen at driver/char/vt.c: 2840 Call Trace: <ffffffff80278710>{do_unblank_screen+80}<ffffffff80120d5c>{bust_spinlocks+28} <ffffffff80136f56>{panic+198}<ffffffff8013795d>{vprintk+479} .......{__upread+29}....... {_oops_end+}... *************************************************************** Any ideas on what could be the reason ? Thanks Kanji --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars.

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