November 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] Repository Priority
by Tim Kirby 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

Repository Priority is obviously a useful thing to be able to manipulate. Yast lets me set it and zypper lets me set it. Yet, if I have multiple repositories defined at the beginning of my autoyast (including update repos so I get an up to date system built out of the box), I don't seem to have any control over the respective repository priorities - they're all defaulted. Or did I miss a subtle option somewhere? Tim -- Tim Kirby 651-605-9074 trk(a)cray.com Cray Inc. Information Systems -- 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] OT: Centralized patch management for OpenSuse 11.x
by Ivan De Masi 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hello, someone may start to laugh now for my (OT) question, but I can't find a satisfying solution :-/ How do you manage patches, updates, etc. for your running opensuse clients (not enterprise linux, just the "regular" opensuse distribution)? Is there a way like known from M$-World (WSUS)? As I know "Zend Management Server" is not open source (and not supported any more?!). Or can the complete management only be handled with self written scripts? Thanks! Regards, Ivan -- 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 packages to profile triggers error message
by Isaac Hailperin 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hi, I try to install sles 11 via autoyast. I did an installation from dvd, and pulled an autoyast profile. This profile works, and can be installed via pxe. Now I want to add the following packages: findutils-locate, dhcp-server, bind, apache2, vsftpd, nfs-kernel-server I do this via the gui. I have also tried to do it with an editor, as the gui messed up profiles in sles10sp2. In both cases, after the first reboot, I get the errormessage: "The package resolver run failed. Please check your software section in the aut" [oyast profile] (last part invisible, I guess it should be the software section in my autoyast profile :-)) This a real problem, as I have to confirm this message, thus it stops the autoinstall process. After confirming, the autoinstall process continues. Right bevor I can log in, I get "Could not update ICEauthority file /var/lib/gdm/.ICEauthority" I confirm, and get: "There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/GConf/2/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)" I confirm, and can log in. Theses messages are presistend after reboot. Its annoying, but not a stopper like the first problem. Why is this? Can I avoid this? Isaac -- 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] general rules question
by dutchguy69 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

I have a working autoyast install for 11.1 without using rules. Right now I would like to introduce rules but I do not seem to understand exactly how to make this work. The current install is done by supplying information for a linuxrc info file on the kernel command line info=nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/1055_init.linuxrc The info file has several parameters defined for network access, the install and the autoyast variable autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/1055_init.autoyast <- this is my autoinst profile below the path I have created the rules directory which includes a rules .xml file with following content <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE autoinstall SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/rules.dtd">  <autoinstall xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <rules config:type="list"> <rule> <custom1> <script> # CPU_TYPE on vm's is giving same result for CPU as on real hardware we have to extend to video to understand the difference between virtual and real CPU_TYPE=`cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep 'model name'|uniq|awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"};{print $2}'` VIDEO_TYPE=`/sbin/lspci | grep "VGA compatible controller"|awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"};{print $3}'` if [ "$CPU_TYPE" == " AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+" ]; then if [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev a1)" ]; then echo -n "host1.xml" elif [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter" ]; then echo -n "host1-virtualbox.xml" fi # information for scan64-3200 elif [ "$CPU_TYPE" == " AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+" ]; then if [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev a1)" ]; then echo -n "host2.xml" elif [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter" ]; then echo -n "host2-virtualbox.xml" fi fi </script> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </custom1> <result> <profile>@custom1@</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> </result> </rule> <rule> <custom> <script> </script> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </custom> <result> <profile>1055_init.autoyast</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">false</continue> </result> </rule> </rules> </autoinstall> I have tried to change the autoyast parameter in the info file with the following values autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/ <-- question about profile location autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/rules/ <-- question about profile location autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/rules/rules.xml Above direct reference to rules file seems to work but not as expected. When I check the box I can see that in /tmp/profile/autoinst.xml I find a copy of my rules.xml file where I'm expecting a merged profile from my 1055_init.autoyast and host2.xml information I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong and even after extensive check via google haven't found the right references. I've used http://forgeftp.novell.com/yast/doc/SL11.1/autoinstall/ for documentation but it is not giving me enough detail to solve above issue. Any input would be welcomed. -- 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] /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp der Parameter WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS von "yes" auf "no" SLES11
by Dirk.Lohmann＠Bertelsmann.de 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hello, we want to set in /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS from "yes" to "no" in SLES11 How can wie do that with xml ? Dirk Lohmann

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[opensuse-autoinstall] ayast_setup
by Alexander Luedtke 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello List, I hope I can ask my question about ayast_setup here ..... I found this littel sweet looking tool on Uwe Gansert hp at suse.de ... Now I have some questions: 1. Can the filename argument be are URL too ? 2. What if I just bring eg. a packetlist into the XML file - would it leave the rest of the installation untouched ? - Would it install all missing packages and delete all packages which are not in the XML file but at the System ? 3. Can I use it in a Cronjob ? Thanks for helping. greetings Alex -- Alexander Luedtke Systemadministrator Adresse: TUM - Garching Boltzmannstr. 3 85748 Garching b. Muenchen Lehrstuhl: I20 - Frau Prof. Eckert Zimmer: 01.08.036 Tel: ++49 (89) 289 - 18039 Fax: ++49 (89) 289 - 18579 -- 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 rules in openSUSE 11.2 (milestone7)
by Werner Hack 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello, I tried to install openSUSE 11.2 (milestone7) via autoyast for testing purpose. I am using the rules feature to create a profile dynamically. I have no problems within former openSUSE releases. But in openSUSE 11.2 it fails. 'xsltproc' is missing here (for merging the profiles) ! Is this problem already known? autoyast is not working yet. Is there a bugfix available or even a workaround to solve this problem? This will be great. At the moment I can not test autoinstallation in release 11.2. Regards, Werner Hack --

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[opensuse-autoinstall] partitioning
by dutchguy69 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

I have an autoYast xml file with the following section as part of my overall partition plan <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <crypt_fs config:type="boolean">false</crypt_fs> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <lv_name>lv51root</lv_name> <mount>/</mount> <mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <resize config:type="boolean">false</resize> </partition> The disk is formatted as part of the install but not with the ext3 filesystem as I defined in the above section, but rather with the default filesystem for that particular openSUSE version. It gives Reiserfs with 11.1 and Ext4 with 11.2. From several examples found on the net I can not find what I'm doing wrong here. Can someone please indicate what I'm doing wrong here since I do not see any obvious errors in the logfiles as well. -- 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 Patterns in openSUSE 11.2 ?
by Werner Hack 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Hi all, I'm adding two profiles in rules.xml. Both contain <patterns>, <packages> and <remove-packages> entries. When merging the two xml files manually according to Uwe Gansert's blog with /usr/bin/xsltproc --novalid --param replace "'false'" \ --param dontmerge1 "'package'" \ --param with "'server.xml'" --output out.xml \ /usr/share/autoinstall/xslt/merge.xslt COMMON.xml then out.xml contains all patterns and packages added from both profiles. Everything is as expected. Within autoinstallation only the <packages> and <remove-packages> are merged in the right way. <patterns> merging fails. Patterns added from the second profile are totally ignored. I'm adding the second profile as: <rule> ... <result> <profile>classes/software/server.xml</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> <dont_merge config:type="list"> <element>package</element> </dont_merge> </result> </rule> as described in http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_doc/merging.html But the patterns are not merged. Only packages. In y2log I see the same 'xsltproc' command as written above. Am I doing something wrong? Why does it only work if processed manually? Any ideas? Regards, 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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