October 2010 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-autoinstall] Paritioning problems with parted / autoyast
by Ivan De Masi 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hello again, I have some problems with the partitioning system again (OpenSuse 11.3), maybe because I changed the filesystem sizes in my config for autoyast. Using my config on a existing system with the same patition sizes everything worked fine. After changing the sizes, I could not install the system any more. So I put a little (very basic) wipe-out script in my config, like this: <scripts> <pre-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <filename>wipe-sda.sh</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <location>http://192.168.0.101/autoyast/scripts/wipe-sda.sh</location> <source> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/bash dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda ]]> </source> </script> </pre-scripts> </scripts> It takes a lot of time, but at the end the whole drive is erased. Now autoyast has problems creating the new partitions: Systemcodeerror: -1013 /usr/bin/parted -s '/dev/sda' mklabel msdos /usr/bin/parted libblkid.so.1 version `BLKID_2.17` not found (required by /usr/lib/libparted.so.0) Should I better create the partitions with a pre-script? ** Maybe some has a nice "wipe-out" and partition-creation script here on this list for me? I'm not a genius with scripting ;-) ** By the way: I also noticed that when booting & installing via tftpd my USB-keyboard and mouse are comletely "frozen". Booting from DVD and passing the autoyast.xml location etc. at the console works fine... 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] 11.3 install: partitioning_advanced reusing 10.3 partitions
by Axel Geyer 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Hello, I'm trying to install Suse 10.3 machines with 11.3 reusing the existing fstab with this: http://www.suse.com/~ug/autoyast_doc/CreateProfile.Partitioning.html#id3768… <partitioning_advanced> <fstab>   <use_existing_fstab config:type="boolean">true</use_existing_fstab>  <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/bootmirror</mount> </partition> </partitions> </fstab> </partitioning_advanced> by trial and error I found that it is just the other way round: Partitions not listed will be remounted unformated. If I want a partition to be formated I have to list it explicitly <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/bootmirror</mount> </partition> </partitions> Can this observation be confirmed? thanks in advance Axel Geyer -- 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] start offset on partition table / performance issues on vmware and raid systems
by Ruediger Gunreben 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi, we are using sles11 in a vmware (esxi) enviornment and on Dell R510 Raid 5 devices. I've read there are performance issues due to a unsatisfying partition layout on the operating system which doesn't fit to the unterlying partition layout from the hardware/disks. Instead of one read request the underlying devices have to make two because the blocks are shifted and are not suit on eachother. i.e. - a report from netapp http://media.netapp.com/documents/tr_3593.pdf Is there any way to insert a start offset in the partition layout in the rules.xml file - or are there any other suggestions regarding this problem? Regards Ruediger -- Ruediger Gunreben Tel: +49 811 99829 116 Fax: +49 811 99829 216 GSM: +49 178 7072030 E-Mail: ruediger.gunreben(a)isarnet.de CCIE R+S #21614 ________________________________________ Support IsarFlow Tel.: 0811 99829 270 E-Mail: support(a)isarflow.de IsarNet Software Solution GmbH Terminalstrasse Mitte 18 85356 Muenchen http://www.isarflow.de http://www.isarnet.de ________________________________________ IsarNet AG Terminalstrasse Mitte 18 85356 Muenchen Sitz der Gesellschaft: Oberding Handelsregister Muenchen, HRB 127295 USt.-ID Nr. DE203054669 Vorstand: Andreas Perthel, Harald Weikert Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Andreas Gallenmueller ________________________________________ -- 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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