openSUSE Autoinstall February 2008

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Q:recursive classes
by Jochen Schaefer 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hi list, is it possible to put classes into classes? I would like to call some subclasses from a base class. btw - thanks Uwe for your answer to my previous question. Thanks, Jochen -- 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] Merging classes and rules
by Pepe Barbe 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hello, I've read the documentation regarding merging rules and classes but after reading it and some experimentation I haven't been able to make my Autoyast scripts work. I have the following setup (I am just using a pseudo structure): A base class: <profile> <stuff minus partitioning/> <scripts> <init-scripts> <script /> <script /> <script /> </init-scripts> </scripts> </profile> A several rules that have the following basic structure: <profile> <classes /> <partitioning /> <scripts> <init-scripts> <script /> </init-scripts> </scripts> </profile> In the second XML file I've tried using <dont_merge> with scripts, init-scripts and script. It didn't work. So I am not sure what do I have to do to get script in init-scripts in the rules file included in the XML that inherits from the base class. Any help will be appreciated. Pepe -- 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] Q: specify parameters for scripts in autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hi list, is it possible to specify one or more parameters for an initscript? I would like to use the location tab within the initscript section and I have to hand over some parameters to the script. I didn't find a specification in the documentation about this topic. Thanks, Jochen -- 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] Setting NTP server
by Ryan McCain 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

When using the <ask> tags, can I select the timeserver in the "initial" stage? It doesn't seem to be taking. Either I have to use another stage or I'm making a typo in my xml file. Thanks, Ryan -- 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] Installing multiple kernels with opensuse 10.3
by Marlier, Ian 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

All -- I'm working on an autobuild for opensuse 10.3. The machines that I'm building are generally going to end up being xen hosts, using the Xen kernel (installed by adding the <kernel>kernel-xen</kernel> section to the software section of the xml file). In that scenario, though, the other kernel that's installed is the vanilla kernel, and I'm wondering whether there's a way to have the default kernel installed instead. I have very few machines that are ever going to use it -- maybe 2 or 3 -- so if not, that's not a huge deal. But if it is possible, I've found in the past that it's a useful option to have available... TIA, Ian -- 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] Partition, rules and classes
by Pepe Barbe 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hi, I am using autoyast to set up systems that are going to be very similar, but only the amount of drives will be different. They will have one drive for the OS and the remaining for data, for example: - 2 drives, 1 data drive - 3 drives, 2 data drives using RAID1 - 5 drives, 3 data drives using RAID5 + a hot spare. What I tried to do, but didn't work, was the following: The data drives are going to be part of an LVM VG called data, so I created a base class that has all the settings for the OS, partitioning on the OS drive, and partitioning on the /dev/data drive. Then I created a rules file, with one custom rule, that will count the amount of drives and based on the result will load an AutoYast xml that will only have the partitioning of the real phsyical drives (/dev/ sdb-sde) and the creation of the Volume Group with name data. This XML file will inherit from my base class. So, the end result was that the partitioning didn't work well. The drives /sdb-sde weren't used at all, and everything was created in / dev/sda. Basically nothing came out right. I tried using the don't merge directive and it didn't help much either. Currently I have removed the partitioning scheme from the base class and repeated everything in the different rule xmls and this seems to work ... But is not as nice from a maintenance point of view. My question is, can anyone suggest a way that I could make it work as I intended initially? In addition, I read on the documentation that you can make a drive part of a raid5 array and set it up as a hot spare, but I haven't found the syntax to do that. Any ideas on how to do that? Thanks, Pepe -- 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] Rule based install from USB drive
by Pepe Barbe 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hello, I am trying to do a rule based install having all the XML files in a USB stick. From what I understood from the documention I am callind AutoYast using the following: autoyast=usb:///profile/ And in the usb drive I have the following structure /usb_drive/profile/rules/rules.xml Yet, when I boot from the DVD it reads the USB drive and then tells me that a system profile for the machine cannot be found. In the past I've done similar installs without using the rules system. Is there something that I am missing? Thanks, Pepe -- 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] Partitioning Disk Error
by Enamul Haque 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hi, I have a system with a non-Linux (Dell Utility partition - de) partition. I have an autoyast profile with 3 primary and 2 extended partitions. When I use autoyast with the profile to setup SLES 10 SP1 on the system, it reports a partitioning error. If I change the non-Linux partition type to a Linux partition, autoyast delete the existing partition and create all the partition according to the profile. Apparently, autoyast preserves the non-Linux partition even if I use initialize=true and use=all. This works fine for SLES 9 SP3. Is this a bug in autoyast in SLES 10 SP1? Thanks, Enamul ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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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