November 2010 - 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] autoyast with multiple LVM Volume Groups
by big beer 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hello, I'm trying to have autoyast setup some LVM volume groups. I can get things setup with a single volume group, but if try to add 2 volume groups I seem to be running into some issue. I'm using the following xml inside the partitioning section to setup the PVs and add to the volume groups. . . . <drive> <device>/dev/sdb</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <lvm_group>firstvg</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> <drive> <device>/dev/sdc</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <lvm_group>secondvg</lvm_group> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> . . . The problem is that both disks are configured as PVs in the same VG. Both sdb and sdc will be added to firstvg and secondvg will not exist. Am I trying this wrong or am I hitting some sort of bug? thanks -- bigbeer -- 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] 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] SLES11SP1 configure kdump settings doesnt work
by R.E. van Holk 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Hi, we are configuring systems using ayast_setup with a predefined profile. up to SLES 11.0 all was fine. Now we are running SLES11SP1 and we now are unable to configure the dump device using the <kdump> directive. It really doesn't seem to matter what parameters we put in to this directive , it just looks like the kdump directive is ignored by ayast_setup. The file /etc/sysconfig/kdump which should be adjusted with the parameters used in the the directive remains unchanged. The y2log doesn't show any references to kdump at all. Is there anyone on this mailinglist who also have seen this behaviour and is there a solution known maybee ? Íf any more information is needed to solve this issue I'm happy to provide these. Thanks in advance for any help on this issue. Ron van Holk ING -- 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 updates to SLES 11 SP1 CD-ROM
by Patrick J. LoPresti 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Background: I have a basic CD-ROM autoinstall working for SLES 11 SP1. Now I am trying to add updates. I have followed the instructions here: http://www.suse.com/~ug/AutoYaST_FAQ.html#b8 ...to create a custom CD-ROM with a properly constructed "updates" directory. But I am having trouble figuring out what to use for the <media_url> in the <add-on> section of my autoinst.xml file. I boot my CD with "autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml", and that correctly finds the autoinst.xml file in the root of the CD. So I figured I could just say: <add-on> ... <media_url>file:///updates</media_url> ... </add-on> That is, since "file:///autoinst.xml" refers to the autoinst.xml file at the root of the CD, I was expecting "file:///updates" to refer to the updates directory also at the root of the CD. But when I try this, I get an error: "Failed to add add-on product." So my question is, what URL should I use to reference an add-on product on my CD-ROM? If "file:///updates" is supposed to work, how should I go about debugging this? Thanks! - Pat -- 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] Formatting disks
by Erico Mendonça 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

I need to only format a couple of disks, mount them and place a few files in one of the partitions. I already have an autoyast XML that does what I want, partition-wise. Is it possible to just apply the partitioning scheme to the disks with AutoYaST? No software installation at all. -- -- Erico -- 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] Howto create a driver update disk
by Simon Crute 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hi, I need to create a driver update disk for SLED11-sp1 to include some updated yast modules at install time. Are there any docs anywhere on how to create a DUD ? I've seen very rough ones out there for sle10, but nothing for sle11. Thanks -- Simon Crute ACS Information Technologies UK Ltd. A Xerox company working on behalf of Novell IS&T +44-(0)-1344-326-313 (desk) +44-(0)-7733-106041 (mobile) SameTime: Simon Crute GWIM: scrute.novell MSN: simon.crute(a)snccc.co.uk -- 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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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Adding updates to SLES 11 SP1 CD-ROM
by Erico Mendonça 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Re-sending to the list without HTML... 2010/11/19 Erico Mendonça <erico.mendonca(a)gmail.com> > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti <lopresti(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> So my question is, what URL should I use to reference an add-on >> product on my CD-ROM? If "file:///updates" is supposed to work, how >> should I go about debugging this? > > > I use it like this: > > <add-on> > <add_on_products config:type="list"> > <listentry> > <media_url>cd:///myaddon</media_url> > <product>MyAddon</product> > <product_dir>/</product_dir> > <name>My own add-on</name> > <signature-handling> > <accept_unsigned_file config:type="boolean">true</accept_unsigned_file> > <accept_verification_failed config:type="boolean">true</accept_verification_failed> > </signature-handling> > </listentry> > </add_on_products> > </add-on> > > > This allows me to place my own unsigned repository (created with createrepo) on the root of the CDROM (at /myaddon). > > -- > -- Erico -- -- Erico -- 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] Skip software installation
by 686f6c6d 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Greetings, is it possible to skip steps of the installation procedure, like partitioning and software installation? I'm trying to set up an autoyast profile (for an installation CD) that basically just asks a few (network) values in the initial stage, patches them back into the bootloader section of the profile and then just installs the bootloader with these values, skipping everything else. After reboot, the machine uses the boot parameters to fetch the "real" installation profile from a server and does a "normal" installation. (After installation, the machines will be managed by bcfg2.) The reason I'm trying to do this is twofold: First, I have to give those discs out to users and would like to never change them, if possible. Thus, the split-up between "bootstrap" and the real, changeable, profile on the network. Second, it is unlikely these users will have DHCP available, and I don't want them having to type endless boot parameters like hostip=1.2.3.4 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=1.2.3.1 install=http://network-repo/... autoyast=http://network-source/... So, is this possible with autoyast, or do I have to resort to putting more complexity on the CD, (changing things after installation with bcfg2) and possibly sending out new discs for profile errors/enhancements and new openSUSE releases? thanks, 686f6c6d -- 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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