March 2006 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

showopts/info file
by dbellis＠mmm.com 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

Hello everyone. I am trying to create a custom boot cd that will be used to build many servers. Our network admins do not allow DHCP in our datacenters, so I need to use a static IP address. I would like to be able to do the following: 1. Use a network installation source 2. Use a control file on a network installation source 3. Use a static IP to connect to the installation source 4. Allow the person using the custom boot cd to change the name of the control file at run time. Can I use a combination of the showopts boot options and a control file to do this? Or are they mutually exclusive of each other? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David Bellis

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] lvm volume group problem
by discip＠pjm.com 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

Thanks! That worked. Just one problem. If I do a reinstall on this one. It complains about not being able to remove the existing LVs. Is there an option for the volume group to force it to recreate it so I don't have this problem? Thanks, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:08 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] lvm volume group problem On Wednesday 22 March 2006 19:05, discip(a)pjm.com wrote: it's like I told you in my last mail. Add the line to your profile that I have added below. > Sorry, here it is: > > <partitioning config:type="list"> ... > <drive> > <device>/dev/vg0</device> > <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> > <partitions config:type="list"> > <partition> > <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> > <format config:type="boolean">true</format> > <lv_name>USR</lv_name> > <mount>/usr</mount> > <size>2GB</size> > </partition> > </partitions> <use>all</use> > </drive> > </partitioning> -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, 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 -- 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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problem with an xinclude
by mailing list 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

hi, i have a problem with an xinclude here. All of my xincludes work fine (normally) but im having a problem with the include of sysconfig. heres my configuration: default.xml: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config=" http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns" xmlns:xinclude=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <xinclude:include href=" http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/bootloader.xml"/> <xinclude:include href="http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/users.xml"/> <xinclude:include href="http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/groups"/> <xinclude:include href=" http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/sysconfig.xml"/> <xinclude:include href=" http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/files-ldap.xml"/> <xinclude:include href="http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/firewall.xml "/> <xinclude:include href="http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/local.xml"/> <xinclude:include href="http://192.168.100.19/autoyast/includes/inetd.xml"/> ...... and so on. everything worked fine .. i just wanted to integrate a sysconfig. Heres my sysconfig.xml: <sysconfig config:type="list" xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1. 0/configns" xmlns:xinclude="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_key>RUN_PARALLEL</sysconfig_key> <sysconfig_path>/etc/sysconfig/boot</sysconfig_path> <sysconfig_value>no</sysconfig_value> </sysconfig_entry> </sysconfig> For me everything looks ok. But i cant really find the mistake im making. checked everything about 10 times allready. any help would be nice. mfg Florian.

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Problems with using XInclude tag:
by Alexander Dubinin 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Hi all, Does anybody know, which format of XML file should be to make it acceptable for XInclude? AutoYaST complains that "Premature end of data in tag profile line 3 " "could not load /partinfo.xml" But same time, xmllint parsing both files fine... I'm using following construct in autoyast.xml to get automatically generated partition layout: - Cut - <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns" xmlns:xinclude="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">  <xinclude:include href="/partinfo.xml" />  </profile> - Cut - And layout, generated by script, is: - Cut - <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns" xmlns:xinclude="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">false</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext2</filesystem> <mount>/boot</mount> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <mount>swap</mount> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <mount>/</mount> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <mount>/localdisk</mount> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> </profile> - Cut - Where is error? Please, do not propose to use rules - these are useless if NFS is not accessible, unfortunately. And I not ready to make whole structure in initrd yet. -- Regards, Alexander Dubinin

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Does AutoYast support smbfs?
by Jonathan Meller 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] iscsi install/boot questions/issues for SLES10-beta8
by Lee, Richard 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Hi Yall: How do you get hold of sles10 x86_64 , I have only the 32bit version , I need to compile a cross compiler for it and need a copy of the OS to endorse my cross compiler. Richard Lee , (408)957-1590 richard_lee(a)adaptec.com Software Engineer , HostRAID Driver Adaptec Inc. Milpitas, CA (408)957-1590 http://richnote01.corp.adaptec.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Aggarwal, VikasX [mailto:vikasx.aggarwal@intel.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:51 PM To: suse-sles-e(a)suse.com; suse-linux-e(a)suse.com; suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com; alice(a)suse.com Cc: open-iscsi(a)googlegroups.com; Kumar, Dinesh Subject: [suse-autoinstall] iscsi install/boot questions/issues for SLES10-beta8 Hi all I am trying SLES10-beta8 installation to iscsi-target. When booted from SLES-10-beta8 installation Disk1, I could not goto some iscsi-GUI to give iscsi-target IP and initiatorname. Is there a iscsi-configuration-GUI/Menu available for the user during the install time? To be able to try installation to iscsi-target, I went to command-prompt(ctrl+alt+f2) and loaded drivers(iscsi_tcp, e1000), assigned static IP address, start iscsid, run iscsiadm -discovery + iscsiadm -login. I could connect to the iscsi-target and had the remote disk in the installation-partition menu. Main issue appears after the installation is started and is in the middle. The machine will freeze, can't do anything. I tried several times , and it always will freeze before being able to finish the installation. Is it the open-iscsi driver issue(version 0.5.473-11)? Or is there something I need to configure properly to be able to install to iscsi-target? I am just doing a minimal base system install. Also I noticed through local-install that there is an open-iscsi support in /sbin/mkinitrd of SLES10-beta8. Will installer automatically create iscsi enabled initrd image, once it knows installation was made to iscsi target? Thanks in advance -vikas aggarwal

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iscsi install/boot questions/issues for SLES10-beta8
by Aggarwal, VikasX 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Hi all I am trying SLES10-beta8 installation to iscsi-target. When booted from SLES-10-beta8 installation Disk1, I could not goto some iscsi-GUI to give iscsi-target IP and initiatorname. Is there a iscsi-configuration-GUI/Menu available for the user during the install time? To be able to try installation to iscsi-target, I went to command-prompt(ctrl+alt+f2) and loaded drivers(iscsi_tcp, e1000), assigned static IP address, start iscsid, run iscsiadm -discovery + iscsiadm -login. I could connect to the iscsi-target and had the remote disk in the installation-partition menu. Main issue appears after the installation is started and is in the middle. The machine will freeze, can't do anything. I tried several times , and it always will freeze before being able to finish the installation. Is it the open-iscsi driver issue(version 0.5.473-11)? Or is there something I need to configure properly to be able to install to iscsi-target? I am just doing a minimal base system install. Also I noticed through local-install that there is an open-iscsi support in /sbin/mkinitrd of SLES10-beta8. Will installer automatically create iscsi enabled initrd image, once it knows installation was made to iscsi target? Thanks in advance -vikas aggarwal

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] lvm volume group problem
by discip＠pjm.com 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Sorry, here it is: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <mount>/</mount> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>5000M</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>/boot</mount> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>500M</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>swap</mount> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <lvm_group>vg0</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/vg0</device> <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>USR</lv_name> <mount>/usr</mount> <size>2GB</size> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:22 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] lvm volume group problem On Wednesday 22 March 2006 16:31, discip(a)pjm.com wrote: > Yes, that's what I was trying. The problem is that /dev/vg0 doesn't > exist because the volume group isn't being successfully created in the > previous section. As such, the install fails terribly. you have to create logical volumes in the vg. If you don't do that and just configure the VG but no volumes, then the VG is not created. Unfortunately you did not provide me the information I asked you for. I wanted to see your partitioning part of the profile with the logical volumes. Even if that "fails terribly" I want to see it and I don't want to see a version that does not work either but does not fail that terrible. That the VG is not created might just be an error, triggered by the profile part you did not show us. The logical volume configuration. So, to speed things up, I start to guess. Did you forget the <use>all</use> in the logical volume drive configuration? If not, again, please poste your complete partitioning section. Even if it fails terribly. I can stand it. Just show it. :) -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, 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 -- 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] lvm volume group problem
by discip＠pjm.com 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Yes, that's what I was trying. The problem is that /dev/vg0 doesn't exist because the volume group isn't being successfully created in the previous section. As such, the install fails terribly. Thanks, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:17 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] lvm volume group problem On Wednesday 22 March 2006 15:55, discip(a)pjm.com wrote: > SLES9 SP5 Interesting. Here at SUSE the latest SP we have is SP3. > <partitioning config:type="list"> > <drive> ... > </drive> > </partitioning> I don't know how this will be solved with SP5 but with SP3 you have to configure a second <drive> with <device>/dev/vg0</device> if you have a volume group with the name vg0. Put all partitions into that drive that shall be in the LVM. example 4.16 on page: http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_doc/CreateProfile.Partitioning.html#id25298… explains it. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, 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 -- 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] lvm volume group problem
by discip＠pjm.com 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

SLES9 SP5 <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <mount>/</mount> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>5000M</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>/boot</mount> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>500M</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>swap</mount> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <lvm_group>vg0</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> This obviously isn't going to be my final config since everything is in / right now, but I was planning on slicing up the rest of the filesystems out of the LVM. Thanks, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:38 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] lvm volume group problem On Wednesday 22 March 2006 15:21, discip(a)pjm.com wrote: > I have a stanza in my autoinstall.xml file that looks like this, and > the partition is getting created and flagged as an LVM partition, but > the volume group is not being created. Additionally, I still have to > run pvcreate on the partition before I can do a vgcreate with it. Am > I missing something? > > <partition> > <lvm_group>vg0</lvm_group> > <partition_type>primary</partition_type> > <size>max</size> > </partition> poste your SUSE Linux version and your complete partitioning section please. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, 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 -- 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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