August 2006 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 10 RC2 remove-packages section?
by Matt Gillard 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

I dont have kinternet installed. This is what doesnt seem to work: <software> <patterns config:type="list"> <pattern>default</pattern> <pattern>Basis-Devel</pattern> <pattern>x11</pattern> </patterns> <packages config:type="list"> <packages>perl-libwww-perl</packages> <packages>net-snmp</packages> <packages>kernel-source</packages> </packages> <remove-packages config:type="list"> <packages>pptp</packages> <packages>smpppd</packages> <packages>ppp</packages> <packages>wvdial</packages> <packages>mutt</packages> </remove-packages> </software> In y2log it mentions that those packages should be removed, but it goes ahead and installs them anyway. I can do it manually on the command line: # rpm -e pptp smpppd ppp wvdial mutt and that works fine so I know I have no dependency problems. matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] > Sent: Friday, 30 June 2006 12:50 AM > To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 10 RC2 remove-packages section? > > > On Thursday 29 June 2006 16:45, Manfred Hollstein wrote: > > > If that fails, you have kinternet installed; add that to > the list and it > > should work. > > good point. > <remove-packages> can not break dependencies and so it's very > likely that > there is still a package that needs those packages. > I did a very small installation with no X - so it worked for me. > > -- > ciao, Uwe Gansert > > Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany > Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de/~ug > now playing Covenant - Wasteland > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material.

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Scripting dirinstall?
by Teun 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Does anyone know if it is possible to use the 'dirinstall' from the command line? For instance i would like to be able to do something like: # yast dirinstall -d /someroot -s mypackages.sel If i do yast -h it says: "Usage: /sbin/yast [OPTIONS] [MODULE] [module specific parameters]" But is there a way to find out what 'module specific parameters' are available for a specific module? Thanks, Teun

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Problems with bootloader configuration in autoyast SLES10 RC3
by Matt Gillard 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

I have logged SR#10273247971 for this but I thought I would get peoples thoughts here as well. Problem is with the <default> global parameter in the <bootloader> section of autoyast. This works fine: <bootloader> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> Default kernel is SLES_10 as expected. This doesnt work, during boot loader installation an error is given that there is no default value given in lilo.conf. This occurs if I put an entry in the <default> tag or not. <bootloader> <global> <default>SLES_10</default> <gfxmenu></gfxmenu> <prompt>1</prompt> <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout> </global> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> ie: This also gives the same error for the default tag. It should default to SLES_10 - I should not have to specify it. <bootloader> <global> <default></default> <gfxmenu></gfxmenu> <prompt>1</prompt> <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout> </global> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> And this also the same error: <bootloader> <global> <gfxmenu></gfxmenu> <prompt>1</prompt> <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout> </global> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> The reason I am doing this is because I do *not* want a graphical menu so I want to specify nothing for <gfxmenu> which seems to work ok. The text of the error during the bootloader config/installation phase is: "Value expected for 'default' at or above line 11 in file /etc/lilo.conf." And sure enough in /mnt/etc/lilo.conf at that point of the installation default has no value. thanks -- Matt Gillard UNIX Systems Engineer Coles Myer Ltd | Lvl 4 236 Bourke St | +61 3 963 51926 This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material.

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problems with language settings.
by Simon Crute 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

HI All, I'm having problems setting the language settings. I'm using this fragment of XML that's being pulled in via a rule. (basically, import a custom file depending on which domain the client is in) This fragment was created by yast2 autoyast. I just added the <general>tags round it. <?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"> <general> <keyboard> <keyboard_values> <capslock config:type="boolean">false</capslock> <delay></delay> <discaps config:type="boolean">false</discaps> <numlock></numlock> <rate></rate> <scrlock config:type="boolean">false</scrlock> <tty>tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 tty8 tty9 tty10 tty11 tty12 tty13 tty14 tty15 tty16 tty17 tty18 tty19 tty20</tty> </keyboard_values> <keymap>english-uk</keymap> </keyboard> <language> <language>en_GB</language> <languages>en_US,en_GB</languages> </language> <timezone> <hwclock>UTC</hwclock> <timezone>Europe/London</timezone> </timezone> </general> </profile> However, the compleated system ends up with a US keyboard.... Interestingly, shortly after loading the xml fragment, the log file has 2006-08-17 17:01:55 <3> 192.168.21.139(3453) [Interpreter] Profile.ycp:118 Can't convert value '$["language":"en_GB", "languag es":"en_US,en_GB"]' to type 'string' in it. so, is it a bug, or user error ? ;-) -- Simon Crute IS&T Bracknell Novell UK Ltd

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AutoYaST IP and partitioning problems
by Peter Ludikovsky 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Good morning! I have some problems using AutoYaST to test the automatic installation I made from within VMware. But first things first. My target is to generate a bootable DVD that should be used to "reset" testing servers. The installation should run as quietly and automatic as possible from inserting the DVD and powering up the system to a complete system with Samba & Oracle. The configuration files can be retrieved at http://www.badongo.com/file/1308770 While the used linuxrc.config & info files should tell AutoYaST to use a static IP address (using VMwares emulated AMD PCnet32 card) it always tries to fetch information from a DHCP server, which is not present, or skips this step all together without BOOTP fallback. This is a major problem since the autoinstall directives should be fetched by HTTP. As soon as the installation proceeds past this it stops short at partitioning. I already tried using fresh disks (remember, still in VMware) and disks that had all required partitions written but to no avail. Is this a general problem with VMware or did I find a glitch? I would really like to be able to continue my test within VMware since I don't want to stress out the hardware now and have it break too soon. Regards, Peter

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OpenSUSE 10.1 Online update in autoyast
by Ian Grant 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Does anyone have XML for OpenSUSE 10.1 to cause autoyast to do an online update at install time? I am hoping this is better than the farce we have to go through at the moment to run it after the autoyast install: it has to be run, interactively, four times to get the security/recommended updates done. Failing that, does anyone know how to run it from the command line so it doesn't need somoeone to press keys?

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] OpenSUSE 10.1 Online update in autoyast
by hp9 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Man! I also had very bad experience as you. It seems that SUSE Linux 10.1 autoyast does not work. It failed in partition and software Package Selections. Anyone has succeeded about online installation with that? >===== Original Message From gordon_schumacher(a)maxtor.com ===== >Ian Grant <Ian.Grant(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote on 08/31/2006 03:33:14 AM: > ># Does anyone have XML for OpenSUSE 10.1 to cause autoyast to do an ># online update at install time? I am hoping this is better than the ># farce we have to go through at the moment to run it after the ># autoyast install: it has to be run, interactively, four times to get ># the security/recommended updates done. > > <script> > <filename>3-start_you.sh</filename> > <interpreter>shell</interpreter> > <source><![CDATA[ >#!/bin/sh >/bin/chvt 9 >exec < /dev/tty9 > /dev/tty9 >echo Performing online update... >online_update -l en -u http://my-system/srv/suseupdate -V >SuSEconfig >echo Rebooting the computer now to use the new kernel. >sleep 5 >/bin/chvt 1 >shutdown -r now >]]> > </source> > </script> > </init-scripts> > </scripts> > > >-- >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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Not understanding rules.xml and autoinst.xml interaction
by John Comitas 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

I am running Suse Enterprise 9-1 I'm trying to use rules.xml to create partitions, but it never uses it, only uses autoinst.xml, which has nothing in the partition declaration. John Comitas Sr. Network Engineer

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] OpenSUSE 10.1 Online update in autoyast
by gordon_schumacher＠maxtor.com 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Ian Grant <Ian.Grant(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote on 08/31/2006 03:33:14 AM: # Does anyone have XML for OpenSUSE 10.1 to cause autoyast to do an # online update at install time? I am hoping this is better than the # farce we have to go through at the moment to run it after the # autoyast install: it has to be run, interactively, four times to get # the security/recommended updates done. <script> <filename>3-start_you.sh</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source><![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh /bin/chvt 9 exec < /dev/tty9 > /dev/tty9 echo Performing online update... online_update -l en -u http://my-system/srv/suseupdate -V SuSEconfig echo Rebooting the computer now to use the new kernel. sleep 5 /bin/chvt 1 shutdown -r now ]]> </source> </script> </init-scripts> </scripts>

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Choose Installation Kernel on Sles9 SP3 x86_64
by Florian Sachs 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi! I'm running AutoYast with Sles9 SP3 x86_64 on a IBM x366 (Dual XeonMP with ETM64). I use a custom Install CD made with yast2's CD-Creator. AutoYast uses the default kernel for installation and so forces me into a manual reboot after the installation for the SMP kernel to be activated. (The "forceboot" and "reboot" are both set but don't work...) The x366 has the ServeRaid 8i Raid Controller and IBM has an Driver Update Floppy Image which resides on the CD and works fine (Vendor Driver update). The Installation (update.post) of the driver makes an "uname -r" and gets 2.6.5-7.244-default and installs into the wrong directory and I get depmod errors. I also use the module bonding which can't be found after the installation because the depmod goes for the wrong kernel. After the manual reboot everything works perfect. So I would like to know if it is possible to change the kernel autoyast is using? (I know that the install kernel resides in /boot/loader/linux and there is an initrd in /boot/loader/initrd, but changing them gave me some ..hmm... interesting results :-)) best regards, florian

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"No products to register" after autoyast installation
by Jan Steinkuehler (AC/EDD) 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hey, After an autoyast installation registration of the system (and hence automaticupdates) fail. blade5-eth0:~ # suse_register No products to register blade5-eth0:~ # ls /var/lib/zypp/db/products blade5-eth0:~ # We used our own installation source (copy from the DVDs) but we nerver had these problem in a manual installation. Any ideas? (Is there a default location for the autoyast-logfile? Does someone want to have a look at it?) Regards Jan -- Autoyast config file follows: <?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"> <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <global> <embed_stage1.5 config:type="boolean">true</embed_stage1.5> <lines_cache_id>0</lines_cache_id> <prompt>1</prompt> <stage1_dev>/dev/sda1</stage1_dev> <timeout config:type="integer">8</timeout> </global> <initrd_modules config:type="list"> <initrd_module> <module>amd74xx</module> </initrd_module> <initrd_module> <module>cciss</module> </initrd_module> <initrd_module> <module>qla2xxx</module> </initrd_module> <initrd_module> <module>processor</module> </initrd_module> <initrd_module> <module>thermal</module> </initrd_module> <initrd_module> <module>fan</module> </initrd_module> <initrd_module> <module>reiserfs</module> </initrd_module> </initrd_modules> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> <sections config:type="list"> <section> <append>resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts</append> <initial>1</initial> <initrd>/boot/initrd</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel> <lines_cache_id>1</lines_cache_id> <name>SUSE Linux 10.1</name> <original_name>linux</original_name> <root>/dev/sda1</root> <type>image</type> </section> <section> <append>showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3</append> <initrd>/boot/initrd</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel> <lines_cache_id>2</lines_cache_id> <name>Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1</name> <original_name>failsafe</original_name> <root>/dev/sda1</root> <type>image</type> </section> <section> <append>resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts</append> <initrd>/boot/initrd-xen</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz-xen</kernel> <lines_cache_id>3</lines_cache_id> <name>Xen -- </name> <original_name>Xen -- </original_name> <root>/dev/sda1</root> <type>image</type> <xen>/boot/xen.gz</xen> <xen_append></xen_append> </section> </sections> </bootloader> <general> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> </mode> <mouse> <id>none</id> </mouse> <signature-handling/> </general> <groups config:type="list"/> <networking> <dhcp_options> <dhclient_additional_options></dhclient_additional_options> <dhclient_client_id></dhclient_client_id> <dhclient_hostname_option>AUTO</dhclient_hostname_option> </dhcp_options> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_hostname> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_resolv> <domain>site</domain> <hostname>linux-uqg5</hostname> <nameservers config:type="list"> <nameserver>192.168.16.254</nameserver> <nameserver>212.117.68.10</nameserver> <nameserver>212.117.64.86</nameserver> </nameservers> <searchlist config:type="list"> <search>mwrl.net</search> </searchlist> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>dhcp</bootproto> <device>eth-id-00:14:c2:3d:2c:a2</device> <name>Compaq NC7782 Gigabit Server Adapter (PCI-X, 10,100,1000-T)</name> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <startmode>auto</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> </interfaces> <managed config:type="boolean">false</managed> <modules config:type="list"> <module_entry> <device>bus-pci-0000:02:02.0</device> <module>tg3</module> <options></options> </module_entry> </modules> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> </routing> </networking> <nfs config:type="list"> <nfs_entry> <mount_point>/home</mount_point> <nfs_options>defaults</nfs_options> <server_path>guam:/home</server_path> </nfs_entry> <nfs_entry> <mount_point>/data</mount_point> <nfs_options>defaults</nfs_options> <server_path>blade6:/mnt/san_v17</server_path> </nfs_entry> </nfs> <nis> <nis_broadcast config:type="boolean">false</nis_broadcast> <nis_broken_server config:type="boolean">false</nis_broken_server> <nis_by_dhcp config:type="boolean">false</nis_by_dhcp> <nis_domain>research.lab</nis_domain> <nis_local_only config:type="boolean">false</nis_local_only> <nis_options></nis_options> <nis_other_domains config:type="list"/> <nis_servers config:type="list"> <nis_server>guam</nis_server> </nis_servers> <start_autofs config:type="boolean">false</start_autofs> <start_nis config:type="boolean">true</start_nis> </nis> <online_update> <autoget config:type="boolean">false</autoget> <enable_autoupdate config:type="boolean">true</enable_autoupdate> <skipPre config:type="boolean">true</skipPre> <update_time> <day config:type="integer">0</day> <hour config:type="integer">0</hour> <minute config:type="integer">0</minute> <random_time config:type="boolean">true</random_time> <timing>weekly</timing> </update_time> </online_update> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>7304015872</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>1077511168</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> <report> <errors> <log config:type="boolean">true</log> <show config:type="boolean">true</show> <timeout config:type="integer">0</timeout> </errors> <messages> <log config:type="boolean">true</log> <show config:type="boolean">true</show> <timeout config:type="integer">0</timeout> </messages> <warnings> <log config:type="boolean">true</log> <show config:type="boolean">true</show> <timeout config:type="integer">0</timeout> </warnings> <yesno_messages> <log config:type="boolean">true</log> <show config:type="boolean">true</show> <timeout config:type="integer">0</timeout> </yesno_messages> </report> <runlevel> <default>3</default> </runlevel> <software> <addons config:type="list"> <addon>X11</addon> <addon>Min</addon> </addons> <base>Minimal+X11</base> <packages config:type="list"> <package>yast2-trans-en_US</package> (...) <package>xen</package> </packages> </software> <user_defaults> <expire></expire> <group>100</group> <groups>video,dialout</groups> <home>/home</home> <inactive>-1</inactive> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <skel>/etc/skel</skel> </user_defaults> <users config:type="list"> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">false</encrypted> <user_password>(..)</user_password> <username>root</username> </user> </users> </profile> -- Jan Steinkuehler Ericsson Research Ericsson GmbH, Eurolab EDD/XR/N Ericsson Allee 1 D-52134 Herzogenrath jan.steinkuehler(a)ericsson.com

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] current DTD
by Paul DiSciascio 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Ok, well, is the <configure/> element still valid in SLES 10? Some of the documentation has it; some doesn't; and the autoinst.xml file that the autoyast control panel applet generated does not have it. ~Paul -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:20 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] current DTD On Wednesday 23 August 2006 17:40, Paul DiSciascio wrote: > I'm using SLES10 and I am trying to validate autoinst.xml against the > dtd that installed in /usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd and > finding this quite difficult because the DTD doesnt seem to be > current. (e.g. it doesnt include any of the signature-handling > elements). > > Does anyone know where I can get an up-to-date DTD? there is none at the moment - sorry for that. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug now playing Agonoize - Sacrilege -- 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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Can't save packet selection in 10.1???
by Frank Steiner 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Hi, where's the feature to save/export a package selection gone in 10.1??? I'm trying to create our own .sel file, but I've no idea how to do that if I cannot save the selection that I create in the software selection menu of autoyast. How am I supposed to create my own selection file, mentioned in section "4.5.3. Custom Package Selections"? Has this feature vanished, once again? cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *

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current DTD
by Paul DiSciascio 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

I'm using SLES10 and I am trying to validate autoinst.xml against the dtd that installed in /usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd and finding this quite difficult because the DTD doesnt seem to be current. (e.g. it doesnt include any of the signature-handling elements). Does anyone know where I can get an up-to-date DTD? Thanks, Paul

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Installing multiple sites with one CD/DVD
by aschanz＠lcsc.dfs.de 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Maybe you could add the parameter <args> to the script block in AutoYast. We could then modify this parameter with the result of the question. Example: <script> <debug config:type="boolean">true</debug> <args> put arguments for script here</args> <feedback config:type="boolean">false</feedback> <filename>lcsc-config</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <network_needed config:type="boolean">false</network_needed> <source><![CDATA[ ... ]]></source> </script> ask part: <ask> <path>post-scripts,lcsc-config,args</path> <question>Site</question> <type>symbol</type> <selection config:type="list"> <entry> <value config:type="symbol">Site1</value> <label>Site One installation Options</label> </entry> <entry> <value config:type="symbol">Site2</value> <label>site two installation Options</label> </entry> </selection> </ask> This would be a very smart solution which could be useful for many users. Regards, Alexander Alexander Schanz DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Head of Linux Competence and Service Center

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Installing multiple sites with one CD/DVD
by aschanz＠lcsc.dfs.de 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hello, we have the following problem and are searching for a solution without writing a yast module. We have to install numerous systems in different locations (Sites). Each site has separate settings and special configurations. We have set up a folder with site specific sub-dirs containing the information. A Special Chroot/init script is processing the site-specific files and configures the system. We do this by providing an option to the kernel like site=xxx. While this is working fine, the customer requested an additional mode where Yast asks for the Site information if the kernel parameter was not specified. The <ask> directive looks promising but we are missing a way to return the selected Site to our script. We cold modify the xml file to contain the available sites with a pre-script but we don't see a way to communicate the selected site back to a script or variable which could be used by a shell script. Is there a way to do something like this without writing a yast module for the task?

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setup RHEL4 server for autoyast?
by Peter Strifas 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

I have a RHEL4 AS update3 server setup for kickstart -- can I also setup an install source on this server to install SLES9 SP3 servers (the dhcp server, tftp server is already configured). Would it be as simple as copying the ISOs to a directory and running the a script called 'create_sles9_instdir.sh' (see attached)? Is RHEL4 a supported platform for a SLES9 installation source? Thanks in advance for your time and patience. - Peter

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starting online update automatically after autoinstall
by Sebastian Reitenbach 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi, I use opensuse 10.1. I got my clients to use PXE boot to find their configuration on the http server and to start installation process. Do I can make an automated online update, add a rpm source and run rug? Is that possible to configure from within autoyast or do I have to start that process from within custom scripts after the standard installation is ready? any hints or links to documentation are welcome. kind regards Sebastian

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SLES 10: more than one primary partition?
by Holger Reif 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi, I'm trying to use the partition scheme that used for partitioning SLES8 and SLES9 systems. The minimal autoinst.xml snippet looks like <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">VAR_boot_filesystem</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <size>96M</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <size>8192M</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> What I expect is: 1st primary 96M /boot 2nd primary some 130G / 1st logical 6G swap What I get is: / # fdisk -l Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 146.8 GB, 146807930880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17848 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 14 17848 143259637+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 14 16803 134865643+ 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 16804 17848 8393931 82 Linux swap / Solaris BTW. If I do not specify partition_id and partition_nr for swap then root get's first logical partion and swap second one. Is there any chance to force / to be a primary partition w/o using part.info? http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_doc/CreateProfile.Partitioning.html#id25297… sugests that my snippet should do what I want... br Holger Reif -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft für 0,- Euro*. Nur noch kurze Zeit! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl

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yast crashes while editing config-file
by Daniel Spannbauer 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hello, I try to edit a Config.xml-File with the Autoyast-Module of Yast in SuSEe 10.1. This config.xml-Modul was edited with kxmleditor cause there was no config for for the User in it. Find attached the y2log of this. Any hints to solve this? A have to do some changes in the Package-Selection. Regards Daniel

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Installation with Autoyast: Frequency at 171 Hz
by Daniel Spannbauer 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hello, im starting Autoyast after Boot over PXE from the Network. The Installation-Source is mounted via NFS. The System is booting normaly with the PXE-Boot. The, when Yast starts my monitor says "Out of Range" an the Frequency ist displayed with 171 Hz. Graphics-Card is a Palit Daytona with a Geforde4-MX440. The same PC with a ATI Radeon7000 has now Problem. Can anybody give me a hint? Regards Daniel

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Peter J Bergmann/EMD/Merck ist außer Haus.
by Peter.J.Bergmann＠merck.de 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

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System does not boot after Netwrok installation
by Martin Mewes 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Hi all, maybe this is a very common one, but I simply bang my head against this wall not knowing what to do anymore. I setup my system (SUSE Linux 10.1) as normal, manually from DVD. With YaST2 I configured a NFS share for network installation. With "Automatic Installation" I cloned the system to a file named "config.xml". The NFS source is a notebook and completely the same like nine others I have, so I just want to apply the installation from the first one to all the others. Well of course I do not want to deploy the network settings, so I would like to set that manually during stage 2 of installation (together with the hostname), but everything else should be identical. So I opened the cloned profile "config.xml" and did a reset on the NIC configuration and (you never now) on the graphic cards section to let them detect during installation. The changed file now is stored as config.xml in /shares/nfs/amilo I turn on another notebook and start the installation from DVD and write the relevant append line autoyast=nfs://192.168.1.80/shares/nfs/amilo and now the fun begins. Sometimes this just wents through, sometimes the path must be entered again, sometimes he wants to have .../amilo/config.xml, but in the end ... Well, the filesystem is initialized to be sure that the complete harddrive is flushed. For my systems I only need one partion for swap and / so I just let autoyast autoset these things and all works, the packages are being installed and I get my cup of coffee. Then the system reboots and ... nothing happens. Grub does not start to boot. I only see a flickering cursor in the very left upper corner of the screen and that's it. I can boot up the system via the "boot installed system" option from the DVD and the installation goes to stage 2, but I would like to know what I can do to tell grub to just start my system. Just to be sure: My system is a plain install with no added packages from the internet. All packagages are from the DVD media and my "master" notebook has all updates installed. Freundliche Grüße / kind regards Martin Mewes MCSE +M 2003, MCSA +M 2003 -- http://www.mamemu.de/ mamemu - edv-dienstleistungen http://mbox.mewes.tv/ mailboxen zum downloaden

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Solved: copy files from cd
by Stefan Reisinger 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

I've found a solution, but I still don't know where the dvd is mounted :-( I've written the following script to mount a medium which is only know by the label and not by device. The main problem is the following: YaST mounts and unmounts the medium whenever he likes to, and - it is unmounted while executing the chrooted-scripts. #!/bin/sh hwinfo --cdrom > cdrom cat cdrom | fgrep -e "Device File:" -e "Volume ID:" > cdrom1 cat cdrom1 | grep -n "Volume ID: \"LABEL_HERE\"" | awk '{ print substr($0,1,1) }' > cdrom2 cat cdrom1 | head -n $((`cat cdrom2`-1)) | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print substr($0,16,100) }' > cdrom3 mkdir /dvdmnt mount `cat cdrom3` /dvdmnt rm cdrom cdrom1 cdrom2 cdrom3 this mounts the dvd to /dvdmnt - now you can copy everything you want from the medium and unmount it later. Stefan 2006/8/15, Stefan Reisinger <st.reisinger(a)gmail.com>: > > hello, > > does anybody know how to copy a specific file during (after) the > autoinstallation from the installation cd (dvd)? I saw the dvd was mounted > on /mnt/var/tmp/AP_0x00000001/, but i'm not able to copy anything via > chrooted-script nor post-install script. Does anybody have an idea how to do > this? > > Yours, > Stefan > > -- > > Stefan Reisinger > http://stefanreisinger.at.tf > -- Stefan Reisinger http://stefanreisinger.at.tf

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copy files from cd
by Stefan Reisinger 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

hello, does anybody know how to copy a specific file during (after) the autoinstallation from the installation cd (dvd)? I saw the dvd was mounted on /mnt/var/tmp/AP_0x00000001/, but i'm not able to copy anything via chrooted-script nor post-install script. Does anybody have an idea how to do this? Yours, Stefan -- Stefan Reisinger http://stefanreisinger.at.tf

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captions of the cd bootmenu - isolinux.cfg?
by Stefan Reisinger 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Hello, I've created my own SuSE DVD and would like to modify the DVD-bootloader which is located in boot/i386/loader, too. There is a file named isolinux.cfg - behind the keyword "label" I can change the indicated names of the menu entries. Unfortunately it is not possible to use blanks in this name. SuSE used however menu options as "boot from harddisk" or "manual installation". How and where can I define these menu options? Stefan -- Stefan Reisinger http://stefanreisinger.at.tf

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software selection
by Stephen Mah 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Hi, Is there a way to tell autoyast to install everything? I'm looking at suse/setup/descr/selections. Looks like those are just software groups. steve

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Eigene DVD: Autoyast findet pakete nicht
by Volkmar Glauche 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Stefan Reisinger wrote: > Am 14.08.06 schrieb Volkmar Glauche <volkmar.glauche(a)uniklinik-freiburg.de>: > > Your package structure seems to be ok, the rpm seems to be fetched, but > > it is failing to install - the rpm post install scriptlet fails. Did you > > get any more detailed information in the error message window? > > no, all i got is what i've written... hmm. > Perhaps the RPM requires some binaries that are not found during > > installation (there > > are no paths set during installation, and I did not get Uwe's trick to > > work setting the path through linuxrc - so, all commands called during > > install must be called using absolute path names). > > > no, the problem is that i've exported the settings after the installation > via '[x] create autoyast configuration file' - so all rpm-requirements seem > to be ok. > maybe some else has an idea? That doesn't mean anything - yast/autoyast will not check whether your rpm will be installable in the installation environment. And it is probably not package/software requirements that fail, but the individual post-install scriptlet contained in your custom rpm package returns an error condition during install. I don't remember the exact syntax, but you can use rpm to display the contents of the scripts in your package. Have a look at this script whether there is some code that could fail during install. Volkmar > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Stefan Reisinger wrote: > > > > > hallo, > > > > > > ich versuche schon seit längerem, eine eigene suse-10.1-dvd zu > > > brennen > > > (inkl. autoyast). die pakete sind odnungsgemäß in die orderstruktur > > > einsortiert, die md5sums erzeugt und signiert (via makeSUSEdvd)... > > > Doch nun meldet YaST beim Installieren via Autoyast: > > > > > > Die Installation des Pakets [...] ist fehlgeschlagen. > > > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: %post scriptlet failed, > > exit > > > status 255 > > > > > > Was bedeutet das genau? Ich habe übrigens via autoyast-xml-datei > > > schon > > > versucht, über <signatue-handling> die prüfung auf korrekte signatur > > bzw. > > > md5sum zu umgehen, trotzdem funktioniert es nicht. > > > > > > Hat irgenjemand eine idee, woran das liegen könnte? > > > > > > lg > > > stefan > > > > > > > -- > > Volkmar Glauche > > - > > Department of Neurology volkmar.glauche(a)uniklinik-freiburg.de > > Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg Phone 49(0)761-270-5331 > > Breisacher Str. 64 Fax 49(0)761-270-5416 > > 79106 Freiburg > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > > > > > > -- Volkmar Glauche - Department of Neurology volkmar.glauche(a)uniklinik-freiburg.de Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg Phone 49(0)761-270-5331 Breisacher Str. 64 Fax 49(0)761-270-5416 79106 Freiburg

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Eigene DVD: Autoyast findet pakete nicht
by Stefan Reisinger 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

hallo, ich versuche schon seit längerem, eine eigene suse-10.1-dvd zu brennen (inkl. autoyast). die pakete sind odnungsgemäß in die orderstruktur einsortiert, die md5sums erzeugt und signiert (via makeSUSEdvd)... Doch nun meldet YaST beim Installieren via Autoyast: Die Installation des Pakets [...] ist fehlgeschlagen. Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: %post scriptlet failed, exit status 255 Was bedeutet das genau? Ich habe übrigens via autoyast-xml-datei schon versucht, über <signatue-handling> die prüfung auf korrekte signatur bzw. md5sum zu umgehen, trotzdem funktioniert es nicht. Hat irgenjemand eine idee, woran das liegen könnte? lg stefan

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Create a SLES-10 installation source
by tobias.mucke＠man-mit.com 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hi everybody, since we build a lot of RPMs on our own I want to create my own installation source besides the original suse media. I realized that with SLES-9, but SLES-10 is different, isn't it? I tried the scripts available on the AutoYaST website. But without any luck. Maybe it is just a documentation issue. Here is what I do: sysadm@instserver:~> cd /srv/nfs/autoinstall/SUSE/SLES-10/X86 sysadm@instserver:/srv/nfs/autoinstall/SUSE/SLES-10/X86> la total 1 drwxr-xr-x 3 sysadm sysadm 80 2006-08-10 12:04 . drwxr-xr-x 4 sysadm sysadm 96 2006-08-10 11:22 .. drwxr-xr-x 10 sysadm sysadm 1024 2006-08-10 11:13 SUSE-DIST sysadm@instserver:/srv/nfs/autoinstall/SUSE/SLES-10/X86> mkdir MIT sysadm@instserver:/srv/nfs/autoinstall/SUSE/SLES-10/X86> create_update_source.sh MIT Creating MIT/updates.. /EXTRA_PROV not found, trying to find it elsewhere... using settings: datadirs: MIT/updates/ languages: english output dir: MIT/updates/ is not a directory: ignoring extra_provides: MIT/updates//EXTRA_PROV done processed 0 packages now recoding to UTF-8: packages packages.DU packages.en sysadm@instserver:/srv/nfs/autoinstall/SUSE/SLES-10/X86> find MIT MIT MIT/yast MIT/yast/order MIT/yast/instorder MIT/updates MIT/updates/directory.yast MIT/updates/content MIT/updates/packages MIT/updates/packages.DU MIT/updates/packages.en MIT/updates/media.1 MIT/updates/media.1/directory.yast MIT/updates/media.1/media MIT/updates/media.1/products MIT/updates/EXTRA_PROV sysadm@instserver:/srv/nfs/autoinstall/SUSE/SLES-10/X86> The next step documented online is not possible because I don't have any updates/suse/i586. Any help appreciated. Tobias This message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.

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Addon-Media on Autoyast of SuSE 10.1
by Daniel Spannbauer 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hallo, I try to Install some Packages from a Addon-Media. This Media is on a NFS-Share. So if I try to configure the XML-File with the Autoyast-Tool from SuSE 10.1 I get an Error when I try to configure the Addon-Source. The "normal" Yast is accepting that Media. Is this a Bug or did I something wrong? Regards Daniel Daniel Spannbauer EDV Systembetreuung marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-66 Auf der Wies 8, D 87727 Babenhausen Fax +49 8333 9233-11 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds(a)marco.de

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Reusing fstab and saving partitions issue (sles9-sp1/3)
by Mike Marion 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

I really like being able to re-use the exiting fstab file and to save partitions (/local/mnt and /local/scratch in our case.. they're paths we use) but I have one problem. Everything works as expected but the installation hangs at the end with the error: Root device: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 (mounted on / as reiserfs) Module list: cciss amd74xx reiserfs () Screenshot for the curious: http://www.miguelito.org/images/autoyast.png If I get on the console and hit ok.. everything is fine. But I'd like to remove the need for that. That case happens to be on an HP box.. doesn't matter the hardware, whether ide disks, sata, whatever. Dropping into console 2 and using fuser, I find the following process holding /mnt (same named process everytime): root 6428 0.0 0.1 59769 8276 tty1 S+ 17:43 00:00 scr stdio scr Obviously the pid, memory, etc change.. but it's always 'scr stdio scr' This never happens when I don't reuse the fstab file. Any clues why this proc sticks around like this when I do? The xml file bit to reuse the fstab is: === <?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"> <install> <partitioning_advanced> <fstab>  <use_existing_fstab config:type="boolean">true</use_existing_fstab>  <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/local/mnt</mount> </partition> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/local/scratch</mount> </partition> </partitions> </fstab> </partitioning_advanced> </install> </profile> === Am I missing some config bit in there? -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff IT Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com "Thanks for inquiring, the spell chicker works fine." --Computer Stupidities http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid

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User root in config-File?
by Daniel Spannbauer 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hello, I've cloned my SuSE 10.1-System. Nw I opened the xml-File with kxml-editor but I can't find the entry for the User "root" and his password? When I install with autoyast and this XML-File the User "root" is there but has no password so I can't login. How ca I fix this? Regards Daniel Daniel Spannbauer EDV Systembetreuung marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-66 Auf der Wies 8, D 87727 Babenhausen Fax +49 8333 9233-11 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds(a)marco.de

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LVM configuration with SLES10
by tobias.mucke＠man-mit.com 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi list, I have a complex partitioning setup with LVM. Some partitions have to be added to a VG vg_system. These are tagged with lvm_group in xml file. Then I create LVs for the most important FS. After installation everything seems fine, but all partitions are added to vg_system and logical volumes are spreaded over all partitions! Has anybody seen this before? Here is my partitioning setup. <?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"> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/cciss/c0d0</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <size>128M</size> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext2</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <size>4G</size> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> <lvm_group>vg_system</lvm_group> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> <lvm_group>vg_system</lvm_group> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> <lvm_group>vg_system</lvm_group> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">7</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> <lvm_group>vg_system</lvm_group> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">8</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">9</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">10</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">11</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">12</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>3G</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_nr config:type="integer">13</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/vg_system</device> <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> <lvm2 config:type="boolean">true</lvm2> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_root</lv_name> <mount>/</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_usr</lv_name> <mount>/usr</mount> <size>2G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_usr_local</lv_name> <mount>/usr/local</mount> <size>512M</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_opt</lv_name> <mount>/opt</mount> <size>2G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_srv</lv_name> <mount>/srv</mount> <size>512M</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_var</lv_name> <mount>/var</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_var_tmp</lv_name> <mount>/var/tmp</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_home</lv_name> <mount>/home</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>lv_tmp</lv_name> <mount>/tmp</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> </partitions> <pesize>32M</pesize> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> </profile> Tobias This message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. 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Information available to postinstall, and DHCP
by Andrew Laden 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hello New to the list, and new to autoyast in general. I did a quick archive search, but didn't find anything. I have pxeboot with dhcp working, and can autoyast my way up to a running system. A few questions.. 1: Is there a reference doc of what information is available to postinstall scripts. (ie, IP address, install server, etc) I know I could probably run some commands in postinstall to get it, but If there are preset varaibles, it would be easier. 2: Is there a way to have autoyast configure the interface that uses for the install to use dhcp for its IP address, hostname, router, resolve.conf etc. Right now after the install, the machine reboots, It gets it IP. But DHCPCD isnt running, it thinks its hostname is "linux.site" and has no meaningful network info. The interfaces are listed as unconfigured in YaST. 3: What information needs to be in the linuxrc.config file in the initrd, vs the pxeconfig boot file. ie, if I have install=nfs://<NFSSOURCE> insmod=bcm5700-new autoyast=nfs://<AUTOYASTSRC> in my pxeconfig boot file, do I also need them in the linuxrc.config file? Right now I have similar entries in both. I'd rather strip down so I can use the same initrd for all machines, and supply as much info as possible in the pxeconfig file and via dhcp. Idealy I'd like the same initrd, the same pxeconfig file, and do everything via dhcp. 4: Is there a more detailed document as to actual parameters you can use in an autoyast file. The doc gives lots of samples, but not the full list. If you don't want to do things like the examples, you are out of luck it seems. Thanks -Andrew

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ntp server in sles9
by Salbeck, Christian, MSOP51 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi list, in SLES9 I want a list of ntp-servers, 2 clocks and a local server. For a local server i want to add the following entry to /etc/ntp.conf: server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 Adding the ntp.conf via the files-section doesn't work. So I used the xml-file: The xml -file looks like this: <ntp-client> <peers config:type="list"> ... <peer> <address>127.127.1.0</address> <initial_sync config:type="boolean">true</initial_sync> <fudge_options>127.127.1.0 stratum 10</fudge_options> <type>server</type> </peer> </peers> <start_at_boot config:type="boolean">true</start_at_boot> <start_in_chroot config:type="boolean">true</start_in_chroot> </ntp-client> The problem is, that the <fudge_options> tag does not affect the ntp.conf file. It seems it doesn't work at all. I got that tag out of the ntp-client.dtd, by the way! So, is there any way of getting that line into place? mit freundlichen Grüssen Salbeck Christian Dipl.-Ing.(FH) www.eads.com <http://www.eads.com/> EADS Deutschland GmbH Coastal Surveillance Systems MSOP51 Landshuter Straße 26 85716 Unterschleißheim Germany <http://link2.map24.com/?street0=Landshuter+Str.+26&zip0=85716&city0=Untersc…> Phone: +49 (089) 3179 - 2102 E-Mail christian.salbeck(a)eads.com <mailto:christian.salbeck@eads.com>

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Local online update server
by Andrew Laden 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

While I still have outstanding questions from my last email, I have a few more. I am trying to set up a Local YOU server. I have enabled http, and that part looks fine. I have run online_update -G to pull down all the patches, and I see a lot of data under /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt When I try to connect to the server from a newly built machine, using online update, most of the commands list no patches. (ie, -s is blank, -k reports no updates available) Yet when I connect to https://you.novell.com/Updates <https://you.novell.com/Updates> , it shows a list of patches, and indicates updates available. Is there some trick to setting up a local YOU server to make it respond the same way that Novell's does? Or is there something odd with Novell's YOU server. (I used to use sdb.suse.de, but it stopped responding yesterday, though it looks like it is back today. Also, when I first build a server, it want to get the patch-youfix from novell. Is there a way to serve that patch up from my local YOU server as well? Thanks -Andrew

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] add_on_products fails to add source
by Frank Steiner 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hmm, file to large to send to the list. I've put it here: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/y2log.gz Uwe Gansert wrote >> Do you want the full logfile? > > yes, that can't hurt but I'll take a look at it tomorrow. Ok, thanks! I've shortened the software section to <software> <base>Minimal</base> </software> to make the logfile shorter. The add_on_products file contains nfs://<our ip>//rpm-export/i586/10.1/SuSE/updates and the updates/ subdir has created with your script. I wonder if I missed sth. again :-/ cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *

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add_on_products fails to add source
by Frank Steiner 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi, after failing to integrate own packages into the standard SuSE sources (see my former mail), I tried the way described for SuSE 10.1. I created a file add_on_products in the SuSE source directory, with content nfs://<my_ip>/rpm-export/i586/10.1/addons In this directory I added a i586/ subdirectory, containing my own packages, and called create_package_descr, so that the addons subdir now contains i586/ setup/ But autoyast still fails to add e.g. the kernelbio-source rpm that I include in the <packages> list. Looking at y2log I see that AY mounts the addons directory and tries to identify it as some sort of source: First it tries to find /repodata/repomd.xml and concludes it's not a YUM source. Then it fails to find /media/media.1, so it's also not a "SUSE tags source", then AY says "No next type of source" and fails to add the addons/ directory. What's wrong? What else do I need to do? The online HOWTO and the FAQ don't mention anything else... cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *

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Swap as an LVM volume not working ?
by Bruno Marcondes 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hello guys, i'm trying to make a fs layout with swap as a LVM logical volume, my autoyast configuration is something like this <partitioning> ... <drive> <device>/dev/vol</device> <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <lv_name>swap</lv_name> <mount>swap</mount> <size>1gb</size> </partition> <partition> ....  ... </drive> .... </partitioning> During the installation process YaST tries to mount /dev/vol/swap as an reiserfs partition and got error code "-3003" :( Am I doing something wrong , missing some configuration ? Removing this swap partition under the /dev/vol device makes it all work... Thanks in advance ! []'s -- "If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now, quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers..." - Homer Simpson

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No catalog found
by Stephen Mah 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi, I'm simply trying to create a network installation source with Suse 10.1 I found instructions on the web. created CD{1,2,3,4,5} directories and copied each ISO into them. linked the CD1/boot, content, control.xml, media.1, suse, etc... wrote to yast/instorder, order, and directory.yast. I get No catalog found at "nfs://servername/path/" I even tried the makeSUSEDVD utility to create the directories. Any ideas?

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WG: [suse-autoinstall] Swap as an LVM volume not working ?
by tobias.mucke＠man-mit.com 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi Bruno, what version of SuSE do you use? Have a look at "[suse-autoinstall] LVM configuration with SLES10". We do not configure swap in LVM but use also an LVM layout with lots of PVs und some LVs. Do you have similar problems, too? I will try to configure swap in LVM and tell you my experience later this day. Tobias ----- Weitergeleitet von Tobias Mucke/MIT/DE/MAN-Group am 07.08.2006 07:41 ----- "Bruno Marcondes" <bmarcondes@gmail .com> An suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com 04.08.2006 21:32 Kopie Thema [suse-autoinstall] Swap as an LVM volume not working ? Hello guys, i'm trying to make a fs layout with swap as a LVM logical volume, my autoyast configuration is something like this <partitioning> ... <drive> <device>/dev/vol</device> <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <lv_name>swap</lv_name> <mount>swap</mount> <size>1gb</size> </partition> <partition> ....  ... </drive> .... </partitioning> During the installation process YaST tries to mount /dev/vol/swap as an reiserfs partition and got error code "-3003" :( Am I doing something wrong , missing some configuration ? Removing this swap partition under the /dev/vol device makes it all work... Thanks in advance ! []'s -- "If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now, quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers..." - Homer Simpson This message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.

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autoinst.xml fails with xen in SLES-10-GMC
by Post, Gary 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

I have been evaluating Xen in SLES-10. I have been installing from a DVD and using the clone in /root/autoinst.xml for replicating. We have a pxe build server and I loop mount the GMC.iso on the build server and copy the contents into the pxe install tree and then use the autoinst.xml from the previous installation to create essentially identical installations on different types of platforms. I find that when I tried it with either the 32-bit or 64-bit SLES-10-GMC, the autoyast install is missing the xen paragraph in /boot/grub/menu.lst [ /boot/grub/menu.lst ] # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Aug 4 19:42:57 UTC 2006 color white/blue black/light-gray default timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent ip=192.101.22.217:192.101.1.8:192.101.1.254:255.255.0.0 showopts initrd /boot/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd here is the revelent section in autoinst.xml ( appears identically in /var/adm/autoinstall/cache/installedSystem.xml on the installed box also ) <loader_device>/dev/hda2</loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>boot</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> <sections config:type="list"> <section> <append>resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent showopts</append> <initial>1</initial> <initrd>/boot/initrd</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel> <lines_cache_id>1</lines_cache_id> <name>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10</name> <original_name>linux</original_name> <root>/dev/hda2</root> <type>image</type> <vga>0x31a</vga> </section> <section> <append>resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent showopts</append> <initrd>/boot/initrd-xen</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz-xen</kernel> <lines_cache_id>2</lines_cache_id> <name>XEN</name> <original_name>xen</original_name> <root>/dev/hda2</root> <type>image</type> <vga>0x31a</vga> <xen>/boot/xen.gz</xen> <xen_append></xen_append> </section> <section> <append>showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3</append> <initrd>/boot/initrd</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel> <lines_cache_id>3</lines_cache_id> <name>Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10</name> <original_name>failsafe</original_name> <root>/dev/hda2</root> <type>image</type> <vga>normal</vga> </section> </sections> I have stepped back and installed SLES-10-GMC with all defaults EXCEPT adding the xen package - the install from DVD gives the correct menu.lst file. The automated install does not. Beta8, RC2, RC2.5, RC3 all work. I strongly feel that something has changed. Divine guidance greatly appreciated gary

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] SELS 10 GM vs. SLES 10 RC2 autoyast changes?
by Pete Nishimoto 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Uwe, Putting all the stuff from the DVD at the 'root' level cleared it up for 32 and 64 bit (using the DVD generated from makeSUSEdvd). I had just assumed that the old SELS9 directory structure was going to continue to be in use (especially after it worked for SLES 10 RC2). Thanks. Pete At 09:09 AM 8/3/2006, Uwe Gansert wrote: >On Thursday 03 August 2006 15:06, you wrote: > > > ls -ls > > total 76 > > 4 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 4075 Aug 1 14:46 > > autoinst-sun.xml 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 27 > > 12:27 boot -> sles10/boot > > 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 27 12:27 content > > -> sles10/content > > 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jul 27 12:28 > > content.asc -> sles10/content.asc > > 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jul 27 12:28 > > content.key -> sles10/content.key > > 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jul 27 12:28 > > control.xml -> sles10/control.xml > > 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 27 12:29 media.1 > > -> sles10/media.1 > > 4 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 27 12:28 sles10 > > 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 27 12:29 suse -> > > sles10/suse > >why the level above? >Why don't you use the sles10 directory directly instead of linking some >files? > >-- >ciao, Uwe Gansert > >Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team >SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany >Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug >now playing The Retrosic - Sphere

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customized packages/create_package_descr destroys install source
by Frank Steiner 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hi, I'm not sure if I maybe misunderstood the HOWTO for autoyast on 10.1. About adding custom packages to an installation source, is it *only* possible with "add_on_products" on SuSE 10.1? Is it no longer possible to copy packages to the standard SuSE sources and then recreate the package database with create_package_desrc? We used to copy our own kernel packages into the suse/i586/ dir of the NFS source dir, then call create_package_descr and choose e.g. our own kernel-source package with <packages config:type="list"> <package>kernelbio-source</package> </packages> When I do this on 10.1, autoyast complains it can't find the package in the installation source. But this also for every package that I enter in the <packages> list. Looking at the y2log I see that autoyast complains, that the suse/setup/descr/packages file has a different checksum than expected. For that reason, AY rejects to create a source for the NFS source directory. That sounds like I'm not allowed to change the packages file in the original source, and then I could add packages only via add_on_products. Is that correct, or is this checksum rejection a bug in AY? cu, FRank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] CD Creator
by aschanz＠lcsc.dfs.de 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

The CD-Creator Yast Plugin is obviously not working. We have opened a Service Request for this issue. In the meantime we will have to manually create our AutoYast DVD/CD. Here are some details about the Problems: 1. The <Pattern> Part of the XML is not interpreted correctly. This results in Missing RPM in the Source-tree. For example a normal installation should have about 650 RPM. CD-Creator only copies 55-61 Packages. 2. Checking 'Only copy needed Files' has no impact on anything. 3. ISO creation results in a 38KB *.ISO image where the complete Source-Tree is 278 MB. 4. The XML Template (DTD) has not been adopted for the new <pattern> Object resulting in error messages when auto-checking the XML in YAST (autoYast Plugin). Alexander

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] CD Creator
by Paul DiSciascio 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Is anyone else creating CDs for autoinstalls? If so, how are you creating the appropriate RPM list with dependencies included? The software section of my autoinst.xml is below, and I am having an awful time getting the rpm list right...and the installer of course will not continue unless it can resolve all the dependencies for the patterns correctly. <software> <patterns config:type="list"> <pattern>ccb</pattern> <pattern>base</pattern> <pattern>apparmor</pattern> </patterns> </software> ~Paul -----Original Message----- From: Paul DiSciascio (PJM - UnixSysSupt) [mailto:discip@pjm.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:21 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] CD Creator I should have mentioned this is SLES 10. -----Original Message----- From: Paul DiSciascio (PJM - UnixSysSupt) [mailto:discip@pjm.com] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 3:45 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] CD Creator Has anyone had any luck using the CD Creator interface to roll a CD from an autoinst.xml file? I tried it, but what it created is complete junk: lots of files missing. So then I attempted to loop through the pattern files I want to use and just copy all the appropriate rpms onto my CD, but I wind up missing lots of dependencies that way, and sorting through them is taking a long time. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Paul P.S. is there a command-line interface to the CD Creator? -- 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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WG: Re: [suse-autoinstall] What is the Minimal Install Achievable by Autoinst.xml on SLES10
by tobias.mucke＠man-mit.com 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hi list, here is our solution to this problem (KISS). Thanks to Uwe for his clear answer to this question.  <scripts> <init-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <filename>autoyast_install_custom_rpms.sh</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh ERASE_RPMS="lilo dhcpcd hfsutils jfsutils ntfsprogs xfsprogs" INSTALL_RPMS="" echo "Erase custom RPM packages ..." if [ -n "${ERASE_RPMS}" ]; then for RPM in ${ERASE_RPMS}; do echo "Erase of ${RPM}.rpm ... " rpm -e ${RPM} echo "... ${RPM}.rpm erased."; done; fi echo "Install custom RPM packages ..." if [ -n "${INSTALL_RPMS}" ]; then for RPM in ${INSTALL_RPMS}; do echo "Install ${RPM}.rpm ... " yast2 -i ${RPM} echo "... ${RPM}.rpm installed."; done; fi exit ${?} ]]> </source> </script> </init-scripts> </scripts> Bye Tobias This message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.

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[suse-autoinstall] What is the Minimal Install Achievable by Autoinst.xml on SLES10
by tobias.mucke＠man-mit.com 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi, I want to do the same: just the packages I know I need! (and besides that, the packages needed to solve rpm dependencies, which I do not want to define). What is working in SLES9 no way in SLES10. Just a little example: I don't need lilo as a bootloader, we are using grub. I have no pattern in my autoinst.xml! Just a list of packages. Lilo is selected anyway. I add lilo to the remove-package list: lilo is selected anyway! Any other chance? Bye Tobias ----- Weitergeleitet von Tobias Mucke/MIT/DE/MAN-Group am 01.08.2006 07:50 ----- Uwe Gansert <ug(a)suse.de> An 31.07.2006 11:41 suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Kopie Thema Re: [suse-autoinstall] What is the Minimal Install Achievable by Autoinst.xml on SLES10 On Wednesday 26 July 2006 00:50, Seal Me wrote: > So here comes the question, is there any way I can force Yast to > install exactly what I list in the autoinst.xml? even with an empty software section, a minimum set of packages is installed. The product (SLES10 in your case) decides how this minimum set of packages looks like. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug now playing Covenant - Feedback -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com This message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.

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perl in init-scripts
by Simon Crute 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi, I'm just moving my post-script to an init-script to I can call rug. However, it looks like it calls this script as a bash script, not a perl script, even though <interpreter>perl</interpreter> is in the script tags. Another bugzilla ? -- Simon Crute IS&T Bracknell Novell UK Ltd

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SLES10 - Bootloader configuration
by tobias.mucke＠man-mit.com 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi list, familiar with SuSE autoinstallation environments since ALICE I trying hard right now to implement an AutoYaST environment with SLES10. Understanding that there are some changes compared to AutoYaST delivered with SLES9 I guess the following scenario is a nice starting point. 1. Install a standard system manually 2. Clone this system with AutoYaST (last option before installation is finished) 3. Try to understand the XML configuration step by step 4. Implement AutoYaST environment by rules and classes Right now I have the following problem: Starting with a whole file called autoinst.xml I cut out (without any changes) the bootloader section to copy it into another file called bootloader.xml. This one is included through the rules concept which works fine for other configuration items. If I don't include the bootloader.xml not right at the beginning GRUB is not configured! Man, that was quite hard to find out (first I used classes and met the same failure). I would like to track the problem, so that we come from a very undetailed view "GRUB is not configured, because of XML include failure" to the real technical problem. What can I do to support the development? Thanks a lot. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tobias Mucke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAN IT Services GmbH Abt. MIT-EE Linux-System-Technik Ohmstr. 12 D-85757 Karlsfeld Büro: Dachauer Str. 667 D-80995 München Tel.: +49 (0) 89 1580 5269 mailto:tobias.mucke@man-mit.com http://www.man.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] CD Creator
by Paul DiSciascio 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

I should have mentioned this is SLES 10. -----Original Message----- From: Paul DiSciascio (PJM - UnixSysSupt) [mailto:discip@pjm.com] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 3:45 PM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] CD Creator Has anyone had any luck using the CD Creator interface to roll a CD from an autoinst.xml file? I tried it, but what it created is complete junk: lots of files missing. So then I attempted to loop through the pattern files I want to use and just copy all the appropriate rpms onto my CD, but I wind up missing lots of dependencies that way, and sorting through them is taking a long time. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Paul P.S. is there a command-line interface to the CD Creator?

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