January 2009 - 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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[opensuse-autoinstall] Classes do not work in 11.1 autoyast installation
by mwani＠fkf.mpg.de 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

Hi, I want to use classes in my autoyast installation. With the 'autoyast' parameter I'm loading the xml-file: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <classes config:type="list"> <class> <class_name>default</class_name> <configuration>software.xml</configuration> </class> <class> <class_name>laptop</class_name> <configuration>partitions.xml</configuration> </class> </classes> </profile> I'm booting the client via PXE boot. I can see in the log file of the http server, that the client fetches the xml file. But in contrast the client does not even try to load the class files. I can not see an obvious error in the y2log file. With 10.3 that procedure worked that way. With 11.1 it has broken for me. Any hints are appreciated. thanks, Michael Wanitschek -- 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] opensuse 11.1 autoyast postinstall script and autofs
by Pierre Girard 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Hello, I had a postinstall script that worked under 11.0 but doesn't with 11.1. It doesn't do anything complicated but it uses autofs to copy some files from a server and nfs doesn't seem to be started at the time the script runs even though I try to start it from the script. Does anyone else have this problem? I activated the feedback and I can see this message: not starting NFS client services - no NFS found in /etc/fstab: unused Here's part of the script from the autoyast: <script> <debug config:type="boolean">true</debug> <feedback config:type="boolean">true</feedback> <filename>postinstall1</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <location></location> <network_needed config:type="boolean">true</network_needed> <source><![CDATA[#!/bin/bash chkconfig xinetd on chkconfig rsh on service xinetd start service portmap start service ypbind start service nfs start service autofs start service cups start DIST=/home/install cp $DIST/xerox/xrx4500dt.ppd /usr/share/cups/model/Xerox cp $DIST/xerox/xrx4500dx.ppd /usr/share/cups/model/Xerox ]]></source> </script> Thanks for your help. -- 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] 11.1 and netconfig policy
by Andreas Vetter 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi, is it possible to set the netconfig policy stuff in autoyast for 11.1? My workaround would be to set the /etc/sysconfig values. -- 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] pattern deselection
by Oliver Schweikert 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Hi all, when i deselect a pattern in yast2 (SLES10-SP2), all its packages get marked as "auto-delete". If a package has any dependencies to other packages it gets not removed, which seems reasonable. But it seems that also a dependency to another "auto-delete" packages prevents it from being deleted. Is this a correct behaviour? You can test it, by installing and removing the "print_server" pattern of SLES 10. After deinstallation, the packages "cups" and "foomatic-filter" remain. Best regards, Oliver -- Oliver Schweikert Software Development HORIBA Europe Automation Division GmbH Zabergäustr. 3 73765 Neuhausen (Germany) Tel: +49 7158-933-413 Fax: +49 7158-933-613 Email: oliver.schweikert(a)horiba.com Geschäftsführer: Thomas E. Ehmann, Yuichi Muroga, Takashi Nagano Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 213200 -- 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] oS 11.1 own repository without MD5 and SHA1 sums ?
by Guenther Haas 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi again! I have another question: Is it possible to have own repositories without MD5 and SHA1 sums in setup/descr and the content file? I tried to use all of the following options, especially the first: <signature-handling> <accept_unsigned_file config:type="boolean">true</accept_unsigned_file> <accept_file_without_checksum config:type="boolean">true</accept_file_without_checksum> <accept_verification_failed config:type="boolean">true</accept_verification_failed> <accept_unknown_gpg_key config:type="boolean">true</accept_unknown_gpg_key> <import_gpg_key config:type="boolean">true</import_gpg_key> </signature-handling> But my own repository has not been included without all those checksums, one has to update after every little change, e.g. in a pattern file. Adding them in the MD5SUMS and content file, everything works fine, using the repository I created for openSUSE 11.0 with the graphical Tool given for that purpose and correcting some little bugs of the result manually. So, is it possible without checksums as in the good old days of SuSE 10.1? Thanks in advance, -- Guenther Haas, Uni Ulm, Institut TAIT, guenther.haas(a)gmx.de

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[opensuse-autoinstall] oS 11.1 autoyast installation with only KDE 3.5 or with KDE 4.2 (and 3.5)
by Guenther Haas 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi all! I have the following questions concerning openSUSE 11.1 autoinstall and KDE. Maybe they are trivial. For me they are not. So perhaps someone could help me with that: Which patterns do I (not) have to choose for an autoyast installation completely WITHOUT KDE 4.1? In the manual installation process one has to choose at the very beginning if it should be an KDE 3 or 4 installation. Is this possible with autoyast as well? Trying that I always got both KDE versions in the end. The following could be an interesting alternative: (How) Is it possible to have the KDE 4.2 repository integrated into the autoyast installation, so that 4.1 is replaced by 4.2. I tried to integrate the repository, but anyway, 4.1 rpms have been installed and not the rpms of 4.2. Although the 4.2 packets are available in the (auto)Yast software section, so the repository has been included. Thanks in advance, -- Guenther Haas, Uni Ulm, Institut TAIT, guenther.haas(a)gmx.de

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] software package error
by Uwe Gansert 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

on Tuesday 27 January 2009 Lars Stavholm wrote: > > http://ugansert.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-to-confirm.html > > Good post, thanks. However, you mention the "Installation via SSH" > technique, which sounds highly interesting (haven't come across > that one before), but you don't mention how you start the yast > installation process? Or is it simply entering the "yast" command yes, it's simply by entering "yast" > or what? I have no access to test machine at this time, so I can't > try it out, that's why I'm asking here. Or even: the post might be > even better with a clarification on this point. thanx for the feedback, I have updated the blog post. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug -- 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] software package error
by John Drury 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hi Guys Solved one problem but got another in return. add_on_products section now works but it throws up the following error: The package resolver run failed. Please check your software section in the autoyast profile. All the add_on_products are, is a list of repositories, see earlier post. Any suggestion? -- 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] add_on_products
by John Drury 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hi Guys I have tried to add the following to my autoyast xml file but the section does not get actioned, any suggestions? <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE profile (View Source for full doctype...)> - <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> - <add-on> <add_on_products config:type="list" /> -  - <listentry> <media_url>http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.0/</media_url> <product>VideoLan Repository</product> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> - <listentry> <media_url>http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/oss/</media_url> <product /> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> - <listentry> <media_url>http://www.opensuse-education.org/download/repo/1.0/11.0</media_url> <product /> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> - <listentry> <media_url>http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/</media_url> <product /> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> - <listentry> <media_url>http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss/</media_url> <product /> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> - <listentry> <media_url>http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/</media_url> <product /> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> - <listentry> <media_url>http://www2.ati.com/suse/11.0</media_url> <product /> <product_dir>/</product_dir> </listentry> </add-on> remainder of xml file -- 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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