January 2007 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

linuxrc - netdevice=<hwaddress>
by John Willis 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Does anyone know if any of the SLES releases 9 or 10 support passing the linuxrc option netdevice=<hardware mac address> ? I noticed Red Hat has had this for sometime and it seems totally missing in SuSE which seems really odd. I'm still scratching my head if we really are still passing only by kernel interface name. I read in the change log for linuxrc-1.8.6-3 a change that "sounds" like this feature. * Mon Mar 14 2005 - snwint(a)suse.de - s390: fix segfault in net_list_s390_devs() - extra root image was sometimes not used - allow netdevices to be specified by hwaddress But it looks like linuxrc-1.8.6-3 is only available in SuSE Professional 9.3. "any" commentary would be sincerely appreciated the feature also seems to be fairly minor since any delimiter seperating the octets in the hwaddr string could be used to identify the difference between an interface name and interface hw address if i could figure out a generic method of overriding the linuxrc with a custom script and daisy chain it back into linuxrc after setting up the interface name, I would.. and have a slight idea on how to do that.. but i'd rather find out i'm just missing something and the feature is already there Thanks!

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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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[opensuse-autoinstall] partitioning problem 10.2 and autoinstall
by fschuett 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

Hallo, what am I doing wrong here? I have a setup with three linux partitions, that should be reused (formatted but not created) on installation. I need to keep AutoYaST from creating his own partitions since I use reborn network cards that do the partitioning themselves, which is a common setup in a school like ours. I followed the documentation and created this partitioning section: -------------------------------------------------------- <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <mount>/boot</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> ------------------------------------------------------- With this setup, AutoYaST reuses hda1 as boot as expected but creates a new partition hda4 as root. The partition table ist: ------------------------------------------------------ /dev/hda1 * 1 13 184391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 2883 5432 83 Linux /dev/hda3 5433 5560 83 Linux /dev/hda4 14 2882 83 Linux (this one is created by AutoYaST). ------------------------------------------------------ "fdisk" tells me that the partitions are not in disk order. Has anyone an idea about this? I used this setup for a while already and experimented a lot with different "partitioning" sections but I can't keep AutoYaST from creating his own partition. Any help appreciated. Bye, Frank Frank Schuette, Gymnasium Himmelsthuer, Germany fschuett(a)gymnasium-himmelsthuer.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] VNC password setting for autoyast
by Ian Grant 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Dear List, Having recently resurrected my info file using the kernel parameter info=file:///info I get prompted (by linuxrc?) to enter a VNC password. The info file on the initrd has this: install: ... autoyast: ... loghost: .... vnc: 1 vncpassword: thepassword And in addition the kernel command line includes: append initrd=initrd splash=silent showopts install=... autoyast= ... vnc=1 vncpassword=thepassword info=file:///info (without the line-breaks of course.) Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] not partitioning, only formatting and using existing partitions
by Sebastian Reitenbach 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Uwe Gansert <ug(a)suse.de> wrote: > On Wednesday 31 January 2007 18:30, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote: > > > I try to install openSUSE 10.2 on a hp dl 385. unfortunately the parted > > tool in the 10.2 is unable to partition the disk on the cciss controller. > > why? Does it work in a manual installation? no, it is this bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228707 (just found it, maybe I work around it, as there suggested replacing the /usr/lib64/liby2storage.so.2.0.0) > > > I can partition it before I start autoyast, but I am wondering how to > > tell the autoyast process to just only using the partitions as they are, > > format them and setup the mount points in fstab accordingly. > > set <create ...>false</create> > <format ...>true</format> > and set the correct <partition_nr ...> thanks a lot, this is what I needed, and sounds way easier, than replacing some files .... kind regards Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] not partitioning, only formatting and using existing partitions
by Sebastian Reitenbach 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Hi all, I try to install openSUSE 10.2 on a hp dl 385. unfortunately the parted tool in the 10.2 is unable to partition the disk on the cciss controller. I can partition it before I start autoyast, but I am wondering how to tell the autoyast process to just only using the partitions as they are, format them and setup the mount points in fstab accordingly. kind regards Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Adding checksums to an autoyast repository
by Ian Grant 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

This is a bit OT, apologies in advance. This message is about two things. One is a question about adding checksums for certain files which checksums rug/zypper complains are missing and the other is that the instructions for create_update_source may need updating. The following is what zypper sa complains about: $ sudo zypper sa \ > nfs://svr.cl.cam.ac.uk/vol/vol3/sys-li9/suse-10.2/updates > \ > SUSE-10.2-CL-updates root's password: 6733 zmd ZENworks Management Daemon is running. WARNING: this command will not synchronize changes. Use rug or yast2 for that. Determining nfs://svr.cl.cam.ac.uk/vol/vol3/sys-li9/suse-10.2/updates source type... .. not YUM nfs://svr.cl.cam.ac.uk/vol/vol3/sys-li9/suse-10.2/updates is type YaST No digest for ./suse/setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV, continue [y/n]y No digest for ./suse/setup/descr/packages, continue [y/n]y No digest for ./suse/setup/descr/packages.DU, continue [y/n]y No digest for ./suse/setup/descr/packages.en, continue [y/n]y Added Installation Sources: [x]* SUSE-10.2-CL-updates To set this update source up I am using the script create_update_source in the inst-source-utils RPM and a version of the instructions provided here: http://www.suse.com/~ug/ and here: http://en.opensuse.org/Inst-source-utils These instructions may need updating because I had problems specifying a name for the update source directory. In the crib below, BASE is set to the top-level of my network installation source. The difference between this and the instructions on the web page above is that I no longer can choose the sub-directory name to be e.g. myInstallSource as they suggest, rather create_update_source always creates $TARGET/updates where $TARGET is whatever directory name is the parameter. VERSION=10.2 BASE=/usr/groups/suse-$VERSION KEYID=rpm-packager RPMS=/global/src/RPMS/ # Build the repository cd $BASE create_update_source.sh ./ for arch in i386 i586 i686 x86_64 ; do mkdir -p updates/suse/$arch cp $RPMS/*.$arch.rpm updates/suse/$arch/ done cd updates/suse/ create_package_descr -x setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV cd setup/descr/ ls > directory.yast # Sign it cd $BASE/updates gpg --export --armor $KEYID > content.key gpg -b --sign --armor -u $KEYID content ls > directory.yast -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] do I can force autoyast to use eth1 for the installation process?
by Sebastian Reitenbach 26 Jan '07

26 Jan '07

Hi Uwe, Uwe Gansert <ug(a)suse.de> wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2007 08:34, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote: > > > Do I can tell autoyast to use eth1 for installation, if yes, how? > > SUSE Linux version? > try netdevice=eth1 > thanks a lot, that works. Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] do I can force autoyast to use eth1 for the installation process?
by Sebastian Reitenbach 26 Jan '07

26 Jan '07

Hi list, I have a notebook, where the wireless card is detected as eth0. I generally do not want to configure this card generally, but also do not want to deactivate it in the bios, to be able to configure it when necessary. Without a configuration of that interface, autoyast stops and asks me for the essid and wep key. Do I can tell autoyast to use eth1 for installation, if yes, how? kind regards Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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