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[opensuse-autoinstall] <match_type>regex</match_type> -- regex support?
by Stephen Dowdy 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

I'm wondering *which* regex system is used here and what the constraints on its use are. Google: [ autoyast "<match_type>regex</match_type>" ] And there's precious few examples to work from. The only official example shows: <rule> <board_vendor> <match>ntel</match> <match_type>regex</match_type> </board_vendor> <result> <profile>classes/largeswap.xml</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> <dont_merge config:type="list"> <element>partition</element> </dont_merge> </result> </rule> and the value in the <match> element doesn't even have any regex pattern, wildcard, classes, etc. >From this example, all i can infer is that a <match> element value is used as a non-anchored match string. ("match anywhere") I have seen another example showing the use of the "^" begin-of-line anchor symbol e.g. "<match>^SUSE Linux Enterprise Server</match>". But what is the full-extent of what i can use here? for my needs right now, i'd like to use <product>PowerEdge [12]850</product> to match the Dell PE 1850 and PE 2850 systems. Will this work? (i imagine i may have to escape some patterns to fit XML specification, which i'm not very familiar with, but that's just a detail) thanks, --stephen -- Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - NCAR/RAL 303.497.2869 - sdowdy(a)ucar.edu - http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/ -- 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] SLES10sp3 Autoyast Network configs being processed but lost later.
by Stephen Dowdy 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

in SLES 10sp3.. My autoyast profile network configuration is being processed, but forgotten. It does not end up in the "installedSystem.xml", but is clearly being considered in 'y2log' (with no apparent reason for discarding it) Network Interfaces section contains: ------------------------------------------------------------- <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <device>eth0</device> <ipaddr>192.168.50.33</ipaddr> <network>192.168.50.0</network> <broadcast>192.168.50.255</broadcast> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <startmode>onboot</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> </interfaces> ------------------------------------------------------------- Looks like, at least at SOME point along the way, AutoYast is finding the interface, setting up configuration data for a /etc/sysconfig/network/if file, but then later on seems to completely forget to write the file, or it gets removed. This worked in SLES9. - Should the above autoyast profile configuration work? - If so, what's going wrong? - If not, am i relegated to creating post install scripts to manually configure the sysconfig/network files and udev rules? thanks, --stephen y2log output (reformatted to be more readable) ------------------------------------------------------------- in3(11181) [YCP] network/complex.ycp:65 Devs=$["eth":$["id-00:26:b9:39:18:21":$["BOOTPROTO":"static" "BROADCAST":"" "ETHTOOL_OPTIONS":"" "IPADDR":"192.168.50.33" "MTU":"" "NAME":"Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet" "NETMASK":"255.255.255.0" "NETWORK":"" "REMOTE_IPADDR":"" "STARTMODE":"auto" "UNIQUE":"rBUF.yy10jcgJwT2" "USERCONTROL":"no" "_aliases":$[] "_nm_name":"bus-pci-0000:01:00.0"]]] in3(11181) [YCP] NetworkDevices.ycp:609 << exact same output as above >> in3(12869) [YCP] Detection.ycp:235 IFCONFIG1: $["exit":0 "stderr":"" "stdout":"eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:39:18:21 \n inet addr:192.168.50.33 Bcast:192.168.50.255 Mask:255.255.255.0\n inet6 addr: fe80::226:b9ff:fe39:1821/64 Scope:Link\n UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1\n RX packets:32410 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\n TX packets:1483 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\n collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 \n RX bytes:5966883 (5.6 Mb) TX bytes:603226 (589.0 Kb)\n Interrupt:58 Memory:d6000000-d6012800 \n\nlo Link encap:Local Loopback \n inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0\n inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host\n UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1\n RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\n TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\n collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 \n RX bytes:1424 (1.3 Kb) TX bytes:1424 (1.3 Kb)\n\n"] in3(12869) [YCP] Detection.ycp:242 IFCONFIG2: $["exit":0 << exact same output as under IFCONFIG1 >> in3(12869) [YCP] NetworkDevices.ycp:505 config=$["BOOTPROTO":"static" "BROADCAST":"" "ETHTOOL_OPTIONS":"" "IPADDR":"192.168.50.33/24" "MTU":"" "NAME":"Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet" "NETWORK":"" "REMOTE_IPADDR":"" "STARTMODE":"auto" "UNIQUE":"rBUF.yy10jcgJwT2" "USERCONTROL":"no" "_nm_name":"bus-pci-0000:01:00.0"] And Finally, last place i see it referenced: [wfm] Y2CCWFM.cc(createInLevel):149 Parsing finished [Interpreter] network/services/proxy.ycp:338 Calling YaST client lan_auto (arguments: ["Export"]) [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:14 ---------------------------------------- [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:15 Lan autoinst client started [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: BOOTPROTO=static [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: BROADCAST= [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: ETHTOOL_OPTIONS= [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: IPADDR=192.168.50.33 [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: MTU= [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: NAME=Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: NETMASK=255.255.255.0 [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: NETWORK= [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: PREFIXLEN=24 [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: REMOTE_IPADDR= [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: STARTMODE=auto [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: UNIQUE=rBUF.yy10jcgJwT2 [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: USERCONTROL=no [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:188 Adding: _nm_name=bus-pci-0000:01:00.0 [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:337 Lan auto finished [YCP] clients/lan_auto.ycp:338 ---------------------------------------- [Interpreter] network/services/proxy.ycp:338 Called YaST client returned. [wfm] Y2WFMComponent.cc(import):735 Y2WFMComponent::import (Ldap) [wfm] Y2WFMComponent.cc(import):735 Y2WFMComponent::import (Autologin) [wfm] Y2WFMComponent.cc(import):735 Y2WFMComponent::import (Nsswitch) [wfm] Y2WFMComponent.cc(import):735 Y2WFMComponent::import (Pam) [wfm] Y2WFMComponent.cc(import):735 Y2WFMComponent::import (LdapPopup) [wfm] Y2CCWFM.cc(createInLevel):149 Parsing finished [Interpreter] clients/ldap_auto.ycp:104 Calling YaST client ldap_auto (arguments: ["GetModified"]) ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - NCAR/RAL 303.497.2869 - sdowdy(a)ucar.edu - http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/ -- 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 on USB key and in XEN setup (SLES 10sp3)
by Stephen Dowdy 22 Jan '10

22 Jan '10

Howdy, I am trying to build a rules based deployment that will ultimately be on a custom DVD My intent is that the autoyast configuration be in /cf/... on the deployment media. I want to use a simple rules file in '/cf/rules/rules.xml' to parse the kernel command line to determine other files to pull in. The first rule is an unconditional match on product (could be anything) to fake the equivalent of "#include <FOO.xml>" (i'm not sure if i can, or it's advisable to use a "<class>" here instead?) The other two are custom rules that parse the kernel command line looking for a site designation and a node-type designation to include those specific profile files. I am initially testing this on a USB Key i built using 'mksusebootdisk'. My understanding is that if i placed this rules file on the USB key's VFAT filesystem as '/cf/rules/rules.xml' and boot with: linux autoyast=usb:///cf/ ZORKsite=site1 ZORKnode=ingest That the autoyast system should detect that "/cf" is a directory, it should then look for /cf/rules/rules.xml, it should find it, load and process it and should then include my "base" profile and the two files that match the site and node type. (i.e. it shouldn't require anything other than /cf/rules/rules.xml and the files i ultimately include, which would be in /cf/) I am, however, getting an error that the profile couldn't be loaded. I want to verify that i am using the proper autoyast pathing syntax above and that i understand the loading and parsing process as stated in the previous paragraph. I.E. is what i'm trying to do a correct and/or advisable way to use a rules file to parse the command line as the primary means of pulling the rest of the configurations into play? Secondarily, i wanted to test this stuff out using a virtual machine, but the virtual machine manager wants to be TOO helpful. Apparently, it will accept an "AutoYast" statement that can ONLY be a single profile file. (autoinst.xml), not a directory, therefore no rules can be run. What i tried, instead, was to create an ext2 disk image containing my autoyast setup, and put "autoyast=device:xvdc/cf" into the kernel line. Only the VM creation wizard sees the "autoyast" directive, pulls it from the kernel line, and then tries to handle it itself in the same way, and fails. Is there a method of doing what i want using the standard SLES10 XEN virtual machine management functions so i can test this setup without having to venture down to the machine room with USB key in hand to find that something's still wrong? My rules.xml file is included below: Thanks, --stephen P.S. If i put 'autoyast=usb:///cf/rules/rules.xml' autoyast DOES find the file, but it doesn't work. Initially i noticed a failure, because i was using "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$(getconf PATH)" and surprisingly 'getconf' isn't on the boot media install environment :-( Also, does the install "shell" support POSIX 'printf' instead of 'echo -n'? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE autoinstall> <autoinstall xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns">  <rules config:type="list">   <rule> <product> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </product> <result> <profile>ZORK_base.xml</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> </result> </rule>  <rule> <custom1> <script> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh # Determine which SITE we are being installed at PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" # Get a Kernel Command Line option. return value (after =) # or the command line option if it takes no arguments getkernopt() { sed -e 's/^.*$'$1'=\?[^[:space:]]*$.*$/\1/;s/^[^=]*=//' /proc/cmdline } zorksite="$(getkernopt ZORKsite)" if [ -z "${zorksite}" ]; then echo "ERROR_SITE_NOT_SPECIFIED (kernel command line=[$(cat /proc/cmdline)])" 1>&2 else echo -n "${zorksite}" fi ]]> </script> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </custom1> <result> <profile>ZORKsite-@custom1@.xml</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> </result> </rule>  <rule> <custom2> <script> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh # Determine which NODE we are being installing as PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" # Get a Kernel Command Line option. return value (after =) # or the command line option if it takes no arguments getkernopt() { sed -e 's/^.*$'$1'=\?[^[:space:]]*$.*$/\1/;s/^[^=]*=//' /proc/cmdline } PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin zorknode="$(getkernopt ZORKnode)" if [ -z "${zorknode}" ]; then echo "ERROR_NODE_NOT_SPECIFIED (kernel command line=[$(cat /proc/cmdline)])" 1>&2 else echo -n "${zorknode}" fi ]]> </script> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </custom2> <result> <profile>ZORKnode-@custom2@.xml</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> </result> </rule> </rules> </autoinstall> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - NCAR/RAL 303.497.2869 - sdowdy(a)ucar.edu - http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/ -- 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] NFS installation fails
by Ivan De Masi 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Hello, I'm trying to install from a nfs repository. The client is booting over the network with tftp and has this arguments submitted: label install openSUSE 11.1 kernel linux append initrd=initrd splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts autoyast=http://192.168.0.111/autoyast/test1.xml hostip=192.168.0.14/24 gateway=192.168.0.254 nameserver=130.83.22.60 install=nfs://192.168.0.250/install/openSUSE_11.1_i568/ I always get the error that the openSUSE repository could not be found. That's some kind of strange because on my "normal" machine I can mount the directory "install". For tftp-boot I'm using linuxrc V.3.4.7 with Kernel 2.6.31.4-3-default. Is installation via nfs still broken like in 11.0? 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] withiSCSI=1 install 2nd stage network shutdown ?
by D. Bahi 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Hello folks, Installing to a network disk works well with 1st stage - but the 2nd stage restarts networking... and this doesn't seem like a good thing when running over a network disk.... Shutting down (localfs) network interfaces: eth0 device : .... No configuration found for eth0 Nevertheless the interface will be shut down. eth0 done Shutting down service (localfs) network . . . done Ideas for a workaround please ? Thank you db -- 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]
by Stefan.Dursch＠gmx.de 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

hm i can´t belive that the this part is not relevant in stage1. <net-udev config:type="list"> <rule> <rule>ATTR{address}</rule> <value>customermac</value> <name>eth2</name> </rule> <rule> <rule>ATTR{address}</rule> <value>dhcpmac</value> <name>eth0</name> </rule> </net-udev> so i did an installation with and without this part. With this part after stage1 and the reboot the system came up and would begin with stage2, but the error "cannot access installation media" occurs. I could access console and could see the following in boot.msg: eth1 renamed to eth2 by udev eth0 renamed to eth3 by udev with ifconfig i saw the following: eth0 HWaddr dhcpmac eth1 HWaddr othermac eth2 HWaddr dhcpmac eth3 HWaddr othermac So eth0 and eth2 had the same mac? and the interface with my customermac was not present, but it should be eth2. with dhcp-test eth0 i got an ip for eth0 from my dhcpserver, over eth2 not. The /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules file looked like this: # Generated by autoyast # program run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line. SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="customermac", NAME="eth2" SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="dhcpmac", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x8086:0x105e (e1000e) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="ohtermac", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth3" # PCI device 0x14e4:0x164c (bnx2) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="ohtermac", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" Without the net-udev part everything worked, but i had no persistant eth0 and eth2. any ideas? on Monday 18 January 2010 Stefan.Dursch(a)gmx.de wrote: > These are the relevant parts of my networking section: this is not relevant in your case. The <networking> configuration happens later. Yast2 ist configuring the network with the data of the XML file in stage2. You don't reach that point currently. > When i boot up via dhcp i get the dhcprequest over eth2, Installation > starts, everything looks good, but after first reboot it goes: so you get a networking config in stage1 but the same config does not work in stage2? > So for second stage i get no network and yast fails with "cannot access > installation media" In the logfile i can see save_network.ycp writes befor > the reboot a file ifcfg-eth2 like this: BOOTPROTO='dhcp4' > LLADDR=dhcpmac > STARTMODE='oneboot' the <networking> section is read from the XML file and configured in the second stage. In your case the installation network can not be started for some reason (it worked in stage1) because the eth2 interface gets no IP address from the dhcp server. Can you see something in the log of the dhcp server? -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert 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 -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 -- 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] sles11 and net persistent names
by Stefan.Dursch＠gmx.de 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi List, i am trying to rename ethdevicesnames with AY while installing over pxe/dhcp/http. Sles11 on a HP DL380 G5 with to internal NIC´s and one additional PCI dual-port NIC. I have 2 cables pluged in, one for dhcplan and one for customerlan. I would have after boot of second stage the dhcplan on eth0 and the customerlan on eth2, because of some initscripts, routes and so on. These are the relevant parts of my networking section: <networking> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <startmode>auto</startmode> <device>eth2</device> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> <ipaddr>ipcustom</ipaddr> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <ethtool_options>autoneg off speed 100 duplex full</ethtool_options> </interface> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <startmode>auto</startmode> <device>eth0</device> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> <ipaddr>ipdhcp</ipaddr> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <ethtool_options>autoneg off speed 100 duplex full</ethtool_options> </interface> </interfaces> <net-udev config:type="list"> <rule> <rule>ATTR{address}</rule> <value>customermac</value> <name>eth2</name> </rule> <rule> <rule>ATTR{address}</rule> <value>dhcpmac</value> <name>eth0</name> </rule> </net-udev> </networking> When i boot up via dhcp i get the dhcprequest over eth2, Installation starts, everything looks good, but after first reboot it goes: Setting up (localfs) network interfaces: lo lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 IP address: 127.0.0.2/8 done eth0 device: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) No configuration found for eth0 unused eth1 device: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) No configuration found for eth1 unused eth2 device: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) eth2 Starting DHCP4 client. . . . . . . . eth2 DHCP4 continues in background waiting eth3 device: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) No configuration found for eth3 unused Waiting for mandatory devices: eth2 __NSC__ 11 10 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 eth2 device: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) eth2 DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running eth2 . . . but is still waiting for data waiting eth2 interface could not be set up until now failed Setting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . . . failed *** Starting YaST2 *** So for second stage i get no network and yast fails with "cannot access installation media" In the logfile i can see save_network.ycp writes befor the reboot a file ifcfg-eth2 like this: BOOTPROTO='dhcp4' LLADDR=dhcpmac STARTMODE='oneboot' /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules is configured right by AY. Iam doing something wrong? Or is it not possible to set persistent names with AT? Thanks for help, Stefan -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser -- 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 RPMs with missing dependencies
by Enamul Haque 15 Jan '10

15 Jan '10

I am trying to integrate Dell OpenManage 6.2 storage component to my PXE image. Storage RPMs don't have dependencies setup properly. Therefore, AutoYast installs the RPMs in a random order, and OpenManage setup fails. Is there a way to make AutoYast to install a group of RPMs in a certain order during PXE image? TIA, Enamul -- 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] Generic boot and installation environment
by Hans-Joachim Ehlers 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Problems with MBR/bootloader & GRUB
by Stephen Dowdy 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Summary: Getting GRUB into the MBR properly Structure of bootloader general attributes? Best layout for linux only filesystem? (let autoinstall put all partitions into extended partition or is there any benefit to Primary swap and/or boot these days?) After my autoinstall completes, the system reboots and reports "No operating system". I'm guessing this most likely means that the MBR has no usable boot code or perhaps the MBR can't get to a secondary loader. My *intent* is to install GRUB to the MBR, but i don't think that's happening. (i'm using plain disk device on PERC H/W RAID) Here's what i see on my Debian Lenny desktop system: # file -s /dev/sdd /dev/sdd: x86 boot sector; GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version 0x3, stage2 address 0x2000, stage2 segment 0x200; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 8401932 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x82, starthead 0, startsector 8401995, 16787925 sectors; partition 3: ID=0x5, starthead 254, startsector 25189920, 260269065 sectors Okay, obviously, a GRUB MBR Here's what i see on the SLES device: # file -s dev-sda.64-secs dev-sda.64-secs: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0xf, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 163830807 sectors (i copied the first 64 sectors to my USB key with 'dd if=/dev/sda bs=512 count=64', so i can deal with at my desktop, rather than the noisy-cold machine room) zia:sdowdy3# strings - dev-sda.64-secs | grep -i grub /grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst GRUB loading, please wait... GRUB Hmm, so at least *some* grub bits are there. (i was surprised to see no 'strings' binary in the SLES10 mini-root environment :-( ) zia:sdowdy3# grep -ab --only-matching GRUB dev-sda.64-secs 8388:GRUB 32641:GRUB zia:sdowdy3# dd if=/dev/sdd bs=512 count=64 | strings | grep -i grub GRUB /boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst GRUB loading, please wait... # dd if=/dev/sdd bs=512 count=64 2>/dev/null | grep -ab --only-matching GRUB 383:GRUB 9034:GRUB >From the above, the GRUB strings show that it doesn't occur in the first sector for the SLES installed disk, but does on my desktop system. So, i suspect that the "generic_mbr" option is being applied? If it matters, here's what gets laid down in /boot on the target install system: ----------------------------------------------------------- [device.map] (hd2) /dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_SanDisk_Cruzer_452601117552995B (hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360026b90491c7800129987450f5e5165 (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360026b90491c7800129987100c335daf ----------------------------------------------------------- [menu.lst] # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Jan 11 13:35:00 UTC 2010 default 0 timeout 10 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,4)/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 root (hd0,4) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp root=/dev/disk/by-label/root ZORKsite=zork0 ZORKnode=in3 y2confirm resume=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360026b90491c7800129987100c335daf-part7 splash=silent showopts initrd /initrd-2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 root (hd0,4) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp root=/dev/disk/by-label/root showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3 initrd /initrd-2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp ----------------------------------------------------------- The comment in there referencing "generic_mbr" seems to defy what's listed in my bootloader section (below) <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> (at least i *think* i'm telling autoyast to put a grub bootloader into the MBR with that) The /var/adm/cache/autoinstall/installedSystem.xml says: <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <global config:type="list"> <global_entry> <key>timeout</key> <value config:type="integer">10</value> </global_entry> <global_entry config:type="boolean">true</global_entry> <global_entry config:type="boolean">true</global_entry>  </global> <initrd_modules config:type="list"> ... </initrd_modules> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">true</repl_mbr>  </bootloader> Here's my bootloader section: ----------------------------------------------------------- <bootloader> <global config:type="list"> <global_entry> <key>timeout</key> <value config:type="integer">10</value> </global_entry> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <boot_mbr config:type="boolean">true</boot_mbr> </global> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">true</repl_mbr>  <initrd_modules config:type="list"> ... includes processor thermal fan jbd ext3 edd ... </initrd_modules> </bootloader> ----------------------------------------------------------- [Aside: while i see a few random examples showing a structure for the bootloader section like: <global_entry> <key>serial</key> <value>--unit=0 --speed=57600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1</value> </global_entry> The 'yast2 autoyast' GUI generates lines like: <serial>--unit=0 --speed=57600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1</serial> Which is correct, or are both? (and if so, which is preferred?) ] And here's my partitioning info: ----------------------------------------------------------- <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <use>all</use> <type config:type="symbol">CT_DISK</type> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <label>boot</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>256mb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <label>root</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>3gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <size>16gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/usr</mount> <label>usr</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>6gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/var</mount> <label>var</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>nosuid,acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>8gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/opt</mount> <label>opt</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>nosuid,acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>4gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/home</mount> <label>home</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>nosuid,acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>8gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/tmp</mount> <label>tmp</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>noexec,nosuid,acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>4gb</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/d2</mount> <label>d2</label> <mountby config:type="symbol">label</mountby> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <fstopt>noexec,nosuid,acl,user_xattr</fstopt> <size>max</size> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> Thanks for any pointers, --stephen -- Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - NCAR/RAL 303.497.2869 - sdowdy(a)ucar.edu - http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/ -- 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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