May 2007 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-autoinstall] OpenSUSE-10.2 autoyast reboot fails
by Oliver Klein 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi i have a problem for which i can´t find a solution. I want to realize an automatic OpenSUSE-10.2 installation with pxelinux. So the automatic installation with the autoinst.xml file works fine. But after the installation the system want a reboot and this reboot fails. I only can see that the system want to boot from local hard disk and that´s it. PXELINUX 3.11 Debian-2007-03-12 Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin boot: Booting from local disk... I got one error message during the installation process. Maybe this is the reason for the reboot fail The following packages could not be found on the installation media bootcycle mpt-status prctl vlan wol So how could I make more than cd1 readable and accessable in the autoinst.xml file? So that these packages can be installed. Should I post my autoinst.xml file here? Cause it´s very long. What is the needed part for that. Maybe this one? <loader_device>/dev/sda1</loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>boot</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> <sections config:type="list"> <section> <append>console=ttyS0,38400 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts</append> <image>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-0.3-default</image> <initial>1</initial> <initrd>/boot/initrd-2.6.18.8-0.3-default</initrd> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz</kernel> <lines_cache_id>0</lines_cache_id> <name>openSUSE 10.2 - 2.6.18.8-0.3</name> <original_name>openSUSE 10.2 - 2.6.18.8-0.3</original_name> <root>/dev/sda4</root> <type>image</type> </section> <section> So I think this config is correct. So what should I do to get a working Open SUSE? Thx for help in advance. Mit freundlichem Gruß / Best regards Oliver Klein -- 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] autoyast stops at 28%
by Oliver Klein 27 May '07

27 May '07

Hi i make my first experience with the OpenSUSE autoinstall procedure. I configure that the autoyast installer get the autoinst.xml file with http. I think this is working cause I can see yast is starting the installation but it stops at 28% and that’s it. Nothing more happens. >>> openSUSE installation program v2.1.17 (c) 1996-2006 SUSE Linux Products GmbH <<< Starting udev... ok Loading basic drivers... ok Starting hardware detection... ok (If a driver is not working for you, try booting with brokenmodules=driver_name.) YaST @ 217.XXXXXX.216 Press F1 for Help ┌────────────────────┐ Preparing System for Automatic Installation │Please wait while │ │the system is │ [x] Probe hardware │prepared for │ => Retrieve & Read Control File │autoinstallation. │ - Process Profiles and Rules │ │ - Parse control file │ │ - Set up language │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Processing Profiles and Rules I don’t want to paste the hole autoinst.xml here cause I think its too long ;)…I hope anyone can help me top get this installation working Best regards Oliver Klein

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[opensuse-autoinstall] SuSE 10.2 and cciss
by Valentin Eberhardt 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi! I've a DL385 G1 server installed via PXE with SLP9.3 Now I try to re-install on the same server SuSE 10.2 also via PXE and the following error occurs: "The partitioning on disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 is not readable by the partition tool parted, which is used to change the partition table. ..." Stopping here the installation process and changing to tty2 I found that in y2log the following is logged: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 5 "Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 17848cyl" [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 6 "Number Start End Size Type File system Flags " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 7 "Partition Table: msdos" [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 8 "Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B" [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 9 " 1 0cyl 1cyl 1cyl primary , , , , , , , , , type=f2, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 10 " 2 2cyl 17847cyl 17846cyl extended boot, , , , , , lba, , , type=0f, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 11 " 5 2cyl 66cyl 64cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 12 " 6 67cyl 197cyl 130cyl logical linux-swap , , , , , , , , , type=82, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 13 " 7 198cyl 981cyl 783cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 14 " 8 982cyl 1242cyl 260cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(addLine):625 Adding Line 15 " 9 1243cyl 2287cyl 1044cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , " [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(getUntilEOF):591 pid:3763 added lines:15 stderr:0 [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(doExecute):305 system() Returns:0 [libstorage] Disk.cc(checkSystemError):505 cmd:/usr/sbin/parted -s /dev/cciss/c0d0 unit cyl print | sort -n [libstorage] Disk.cc(checkSystemError):506 out: BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 17848,255,63. Each cylinder is 8225kB. Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 17848cyl Number Start End Size Type File system Flags Partition Table: msdos Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 1 0cyl 1cyl 1cyl primary , , , , , , , , , type=f2, , 2 2cyl 17847cyl 17846cyl extended boot, , , , , , lba, , , type=0f, , 5 2cyl 66cyl 64cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , 6 67cyl 197cyl 130cyl logical linux-swap , , , , , , , , , type=82, , 7 198cyl 981cyl 783cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , 8 982cyl 1242cyl 260cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , 9 1243cyl 2287cyl 1044cyl logical reiserfs , , , , , , , , , type=83, , ... [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(select):482 Pid:3763 Idx:0 Pattern:"Partition Table:" Invert:0 Lines 1 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(detectPartitions):356 Label line:Partition Table: msdos ... [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(select):482 Pid:3763 Idx:0 Pattern:"BIOS cylinder" Invert:0 Lines 1 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(getGeometry):340 line:BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 17848,255,63. Each cylinder is 8225kB. ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(getGeometry):341 c:17848 h:255 s:63 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(detectPartitions):367 After parted Head:255 Sector:63 Cylinder:17848 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(detectPartitions):369 byte_cyl:8225280 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(detectPartitions):371 Label:msdos ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(setLabelData):463 disklabel:msdos ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(setLabelData):485 name:msdos ext:1 primary:4 logical:15 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(scanPartedLine):592 Fields Num:1 Start:0 End:1 Type:0 ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(scanPartedLine):593 TInfo:,,,,,,,,,,type=f2,,, ... [libstorage] Disk.cc(scanPartedLine):704 Fields Num:1 Id:f2 Ptype:0 Start:0 Size:2 ... [libstorage] ProcPart.cc(getSize):56 dev:/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ret:1 Size:16033 ...<gap> ... [libstorage] Storage.cc(dumpObjectList):209 DETECTED OBJECTS ... [libstorage] Storage.cc(dumpObjectList):213 Type:DISK Name:cciss/ Device:/dev/cciss/c0d0 Vcnt:0 readonly Cyl:17848 Head:255 Sect:63 Node <104:0> Range:16 SizeM:140006 Label:msdos SysfsDir:/sys/block/cciss!c0d0 MaxPrimary:4 ExtPossible MaxLogical:15 ... [libstorage] Storage.cc(dumpObjectList):216 END DETECTED OBJECTS ... [libstorage] Storage.cc(usedBy):4663 dev:/dev/cciss/c0d0 ret:1 ub: ... [libstorage] Storage.cc(initialize):195 device:/dev/cciss/c0d0 used By: ... [libstorage] Storage.cc(infoPopupCb):4693 INFO POPUP:The partitioning on disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 is not readable by the partitioning tool parted, which is used to change the partition table. You can use the partitions on disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 as they are. You can format them and assign mount points to them, but you cannot add, edit, resize, or remove partitions from that disk with this tool. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doesn't look like it can't read it. The cmd run in the shell on the system at this stage nicely lists the available partitions (from the former installation). No error. Any help is appreciated. Valentin Eberhardt IMPORTANT - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity shown above as addressees . It may contain information which is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable laws . If the reader of this transmission is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, printing, distribution, copying, disclosure or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. 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[opensuse-autoinstall] Network config: second ip-adress
by Ulrich Bernhard 24 May '07

24 May '07

Is it possible to define a second (alias) ip-adress on an interface. I try to install a sles10 server which has on one interface several ip-adresses. The documentation do not help and the 'create profile' from the yast2/autoyast/tools menu did not create any information for a second ip-adress. Thanks for any help Ulrich -- 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] Firefox 2.0/i586 on a x86_64 system fails
by Frank Steiner 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi, I'm trying to install Firefox 2.0.0.3-13.1.i586.rpm from /opensuse/repositories/mozilla/SUSE_Linux_10.1/i586/ on our SuSE 10.1 x86_64 hosts so that I can use the 32bit-only plugins from Adobe or Macromedia. This worked with SuSE 10.1 and Firefox 1.5/i586, but Firefox 2.0 fails with naur /root/tmp# rpm -Uhv MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.3-13.1.i586.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libnss3.so(NSS_3.11.1) is needed by MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.3-13.1.i586 I guess I'm missing an upgraded mozilla-nss-32bit.rpm, but there is no such in repositories/mozilla/SUSE_Linux_10.1/x86_64/. Could that be added to the repositories, so that one can continue to run the i586 version of firefox on a x86_64 system? 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. * -- 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] SLES 9, Autoyast, and LVM
by Jonathan Buys 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hello All, This is my first post, so if I'm doing something wrong, please let me know. I've got a problem with my setup somewhere and I'm not sure where the problem is. I have autoyast set up to install SLES 9 on LVM. The partition table (should) look like this: /boot - Real partition swap - Real partition system - name of the volume group / - lv /opt - lv /usr - lv /var - lv /home - lv all of the logical volumes are in the system volume group. Autoyast installs everything correctly, and seems happy enough, but on reboot the mapper is unable to find the system volume group, leading to a kernel panic. I'm sure this is a quick fix somewhere, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jon PS. here's my autoinst.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"> <configure> <networking> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_hostname> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_resolv> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>dhcp</bootproto> <device>eth0</device> <startmode>onboot</startmode> </interface> </interfaces> <modules config:type="list"> <module_entry> <device>static-0</device> <module></module> <options></options> </module_entry> </modules> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> </routing> </networking> </configure> <install> <bootloader> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> </bootloader> <general> <clock> <hwclock>localtime</hwclock> <timezone>US/Central</timezone> </clock> <keyboard> <keymap>english-us</keymap> </keyboard> <language>en_US</language> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> <forceboot config:type="boolean">false</forceboot> </mode> <mouse> <id>none</id> </mouse> </general> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>200mb</size> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <mount>/boot</mount> </partition> <partition> <crypt>twofish256</crypt> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <size>2GB</size> </partition> <partition> <lvm_group>system</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/system</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <lv_name>root_lv</lv_name> <mount>/</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <lv_name>user_lv</lv_name> <mount>/usr</mount> <size>1G</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <lv_name>opt_lv</lv_name> <mount>/opt</mount> <size>1GB</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <lv_name>var_lv</lv_name> <mount>/var</mount> <size>1GB</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <lv_name>home_lv</lv_name> <mount>/home</mount> <size>1GB</size> </partition> </partitions> <pesize>4M</pesize> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> <software> <addons config:type="list"> <addon>Base-System</addon> <addon>YaST2</addon> </addons> <base>Minimal</base> </software> </install> </profile> -- 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] SuSE 10.1 autoyast and scsi device order
by Werner Hack 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hi, I want to install a system with SuSE 10.1 via autoyast. The machine has two scsi controllers with harddisks attached to each of them. And there's the problem. During the booting procedure (from network) SuSE initializes a hardware detection and loads kernelmodules for the scsi controllers. But this happens in the wrong order and this results in that the scsi devices are recognized in the wrong order and autoyast fails respectively choses the wrong harddisk. The hardware detection happens before the autoyast configfile is read and also adding an insmod command in the pxe-config has no effect. How can I determine and force SuSE to load kernelmodules in a specific order to get my scsi devices recognized correctly? The only workarround for the moment that helps is to detach the external disks. But thats no solution. If someone forgets to do this, the external data disk will get formated as a new system disk... Any ideas? Thanks in advance Werner Hack -- -- 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] BitTorrent
by Alan Mosca 22 May '07

22 May '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I was reading about rocks (www.rocksclusters.org) and they are quite cleverly using bittorrent as a source for their kickstart installs. I was wondering if autoyast had any similar feature. Has anyone here ever tried anything similar? Any ideas/suggestions appreciated. Thank you. Regards, - -- Alan Mosca EMEA Systems Engineer Cluster Resources, Ltd. Direct - UK Office: +44 (0)1223 437 132 US Headquarters: +1 801 717 3700 Skype: nitbix www.clusterresources.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUblF7/DrbyL5gesRAvBAAKCIt4Qsa+kMLy1OnIOciVw0C6xG0QCdEyIU 3+Vrdr9a0ciKDS1gd0vgmc0= =+7wW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Problems with X config
by Magnus Boman 17 May '07

17 May '07

Hello, I've created an autoinst.xml file which works pretty well. I have one issue for which I can't find a solution. If I do a manual install, X get's properly configured. But with my autoinst, it does not. To start with, I had no X11 settings in there hoping that it would all be auto detected, but not so. Then I tried to add; <x11> <configure_x11 config:type="boolean">true</configure_x11> </x11> But that does not work either. What happens is that my graphics card is properly detected, but the resolution is setup as 800x600 and the desktop is setup with 1024x768 (so I get a virtual desktop). In a manual install, this is properly setup with 1400x1050. Any ideas? Thanks, Magnus -- 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] Installed updates kernel-smp and kernel-default?
by Mike Marion 16 May '07

16 May '07

Not really sure why this happened. We've created kernel-*-2.6.16.21-0.9 here. This is identical to the 0.8 kernel except for an autofsv5 patch. I put the -default, -smp and -source rpms into our updates directory, ran create_package_descr and started an install on a dual proc host (installer using stock 0.8 kernel). Autoyast seems to know it should've done only -smp: 2007-05-16 21:03:49 <1> 10.42.37.135(3338) [YCP] Kernel.ycp:471 ProbeKernel determined: ["kernel-smp"] But for some reason it installed both -smp and -default and booted to -default. y2log-1 info on -default: 2007-05-16 14:04:07 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [solver] QueueItemEstablish.cc(process):171 Uninstalled U_Th_[S2:1][package]novfs-kmp-default-1.2.0_2.6.16.21_0.8-9.2.x86_64 supplements [package] (namedcap) kernel-default -> install 2007-05-16 14:04:07 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [solver] Resolver.cc(show_pool):913 39: U_Ts_[S4:1][package]kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [source] SourceImpl.cc(provideJustFile):365 Going to try provide file /suse/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm from 1 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [media] MediaManager.cc(checkDesired):114 checkDesired(3): desired (cached) 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [media] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):985 provideFile(/suse/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm) 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <1> 10.42.37.135(3338) [source] SourceImpl.cc(providePackage):260 /suse/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm ok. [] 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <1> 10.42.37.135(3338) [wfm] SlideShowCallbacks.ycp:182 Pkg Builtin called: TargetUsed 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <1> 10.42.37.135(3338) [wfm] SlideShowCallbacks.ycp:182 Pkg Builtin called: TargetCapacity 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <1> 10.42.37.135(3338) [YCP] SlideShow.ycp:1287 Installing kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm -- The Standard Kernel 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <1> 10.42.37.135(3338) [rpm] RpmDb.cc(doInstallPackage):1900 RpmDb::installPackage(/mnt/var/tmp/AP_0x00000002/suse/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm,0) 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(start_program):170 Executing 'rpm' '--root' '/mnt' '--dbpath' '/var/lib/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--' '/mnt/var/tmp/AP_0x00000002/suse/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm' 2007-05-16 14:19:33 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(start_program):280 pid 8877 launched 2007-05-16 14:19:37 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(checkStatus):333 pid 8877 successfully completed 2007-05-16 14:19:37 <0> 10.42.37.135(3338) [source] SourceImpl.cc(releaseFile):575 releaseFile(/suse/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.16.21-0.9.x86_64.rpm, 1) I do not have any <kernel> directive in the autoyast profile... was leaving it up to automation.. which worked fine before I created the updated kernel. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff IT Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com Why is it always Segmentation's fault? -- 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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