March 2010 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-autoinstall] Problems with mkinitrd
by 686f6c6d 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

Greetings, I'm having an issue with mkinitrd during autoyast installation (see attached screenshots for the error message). I'm installing on virtual machines, using an image of a bought 11.2 DVD to boot. The rest of the installation happens over a local HTTP-based repository[0], the autoyast files are on the same host. Weird thing is, the problem only appears during autoyast installation and not when doing a manual install from the same DVD image. (So the image should be fine.) The autoyast profile, on the other hand, is based on one that worked fine with 11.1 and broke the instant we installed 11.2 from it[1]. (So the profile should be fine.) I've been triple-and-more-checking it for errors but have found none so far (I will attach a made-anonymous version around tomorrow, I can't access the machines right now). I haven't found any clue in the log files as to where the problem is. I've been using "confirm", have switched to the second console when the error brings the install to a screeching halt, looked at the end of the log files, nothing. No errors at all. It seems the problem really is in the mkinitrd rpm (or the arguments it is being called with); however, it works fine after installing (IIRC, the version during and after install are the same), and even the autoinstalled files work fine after punching away those error messages. (Still, it's a nasty showstopper for an unattended installation.) I haven't found any bugs resembling the issue and couldn't find anybody on the internet having this problem (except some less-than-useful comments[2]). Is this a known issue? What can I do to isolate the problem? I'm thankful for ANY suggestion at this point. Otherwise my next, desperate attempt might be to create a postpartitioning-script or chroot-script to patch debug output into the mkinitrd-related shellscripts. tty, 686f6c6d 0: IIRC, I assumed it could be a local problem and verified that the versions are the same as in the official repos. I will check that again. 1: Of course, what I mean is we slighty modified our existing profile. After creating a fresh reference profile, we merged our old settings into the new profile. With a different incarnation with no differences in the relevant - bootloader etc. - sections whatsoever (IIRC, will check again), the problem does not occur. There, however, we boot over PXE, a scenario that is not practical with the setup where the problem occurs. 2: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/10/15/opensuse-11-2-on-its-way-to-become-fina… (search the page for "illegal option" or "Kazuya")

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] sles 11 install - mount by UUID for has issues
by Andrew Daugherity 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 16:53 +0100, Uwe Gansert wrote: > on Thursday 11 March 2010 D. Bahi wrote: > > please open bug reports for those, except for the one with the missing mountby > while cloning. That's already fixed > (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557759). [somewhat OT] I can't see that bug, or many others for that matter. (Seems that any bug that applies to SLES, even if it also applies to OpenSUSE, is marked private.) Is there a way to gain (read) access to these bugs, or are they intentionally restricted to Novell employees only? I use my same Novell account at both bugzilla and Novell customer center, where I can see my SLES registration codes, license usage, etc., so I should have the "SLES access bit", if one exists. I realize some reports need to be private, e.g. if they contain confidential customer data, unreleased security patches, etc., but this does not apply to most bugs. It's frustrating to read a BNC# in zypper patch-info or rpm changelog and not be able to see what those are referring to. I think this one area handled better by RHEL, as most of their bugzilla is public, even security bugs (after they have released their advisory and updates, of course -- they are private before then). Andrew -- 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] sles 11 install - mount by UUID for has issues
by D. Bahi 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

hello all, note attached to avoid line wrapping. thank you, dbahi

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Install issues
by Anthony Hare 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

I have a couple issues - Installing Suse Ent 11. 1) My partitioning - <partitioning config:type=3D"list"> <drive> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> On a Dell 2950 and an IBM x3250 it says creating 2gb (super long string) sw= ap.. Then creating raid partition (super long string for /) error code -3030.. I= t works for other newer sas drives in x3650's etc.. 2) On my x3650 it installs but during initial boot it doesn't start network= ing (fails configuring the correct NIC as eth0, it trys eth0_ncs) so it tri= es to get package sles release from my http://install location and fails due to lack of networking.. Anyway around this? 3) Trying to execute a custom .sh script to configure (hostname/static ip/e= tc). I have been unable using the post-script or init-script portion of aut= oyast.. Is there a way to insert the script for initial boot? Say /post.sh echo "/post.sh" >> /etc/init.d/boot.local -- 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] VNC, openSuSE 11.2
by Folkhard Mueller 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Daer All, Can it be that I am the only one, who cannot remote install anymore via VNC in openSuSE 11.2 In openSuSE 10.3 it worked perfectly. In openSuSE 11.2 only VNC is anounced with slp, but no VNCserver will be started at the target machine to be installed. Any hints out there ? Best Regards, F.Mueller -- |\ _,,,---,,_ ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ _______|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ (____-'_________________________________________ '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Best regards, *Folkhard Müller* Engineer Research & Development *EPCOS AG* A Group Company of TDK-EPC Corporation Research & Development · Systems, Acoustics, Waves Division Office: Anzinger Strasse 13 · 81671 Munich Post: P.O.Box 80 17 09 · 81617 Munich · Germany Telephone: +49-89-636 23316 Fax: +49-89-636 24339 mailto: folkhard.mueller(a)epcos.com <mailto:folkhard.mueller@epcos.com> www.tdk.co.jp <http://www.tdk.co.jp> · www.epcos.com <http://www.epcos.com> Headquarters: Munich · Commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht): Munich · HRB 127250 Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Klaus Ziegler Management Board: Gerhard Pegam, President & CEO · Joachim Zichlarz · Dr. Werner Faber -- 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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