August 2011 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-autoinstall] Forcing a specific package version
by Erico Mendonça 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Does anyone know how I could force a specific package version in AutoYaST? I have two packages, one original for SLES11SP1, and another (newer) with the same name and newer version, from a third-party. Both are available in repos during installation. -- -- 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] disabling backup of config files at reinstall
by Magyari, Miklos 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

hi all, as I understand, autoyast has a feature for backing up some selected config files before doing partitioning/formatting. Is there an xml tag to disable this feature? I keep reinstalling my clients and I do not want to preserve any files from previous installations. thanks, Miki -- 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] Partition/sector boundary alignment
by Paul 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

Hi, Can anyone suggest how to ensure AutoYAST creates partitions that are aligned to 4K boundaries? As far as I can tell, AY doesn't allow for specifying start sectors -- only by size. I understand that without such alignment the disk I/O subsystem will be worked harder than it needs to be in order to satisfy requests. My build will be SLES11sp1 on both physical and VMware. Thanks, -Paul -- 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] changing the default kernel
by Magyari, Miklos 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

hi, probably this is easy and has been answered several times, but I cannot find it. Is there a way in autoyast to change the default boot kernel? I have a 8 GB laptop but after autoinstalling, it boots the default kernel, while I would prefer the pae one (it is sled11 sp1, and default, pae and xen are all installed). I know I can change /boot/grub/menu.lst with a single sed command but maybe there is a more sophisticated solution for this. thanks, Miki -- 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] Samba-client and Kerberos documentation sought
by Geoff.Buckingham＠thomsonreuters.com 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Is there any documentation on this? I am finding it hard to understand how this information get parsed. For example only some of the following global configuration make it into smb.conf: <samba-client> <active_directory> <kdc>lsci-dceadc01.dce.lsc.reuint.com</kdc> </active_directory> <global> <cached_login>yes</cached_login> <cups_options>raw</cups_options> <idmap_gid>10000-20000</idmap_gid> <idmap_uid>10000-20000</idmap_uid> <include config:type="list"/> <krb5_auth>yes</krb5_auth> <krb5_ccache_type>FILE</krb5_ccache_type> <logon_drive>P:</logon_drive> <logon_home>\\%L\%U\.9xprofile</logon_home> <logon_path>\\%L\profiles\.msprofile</logon_path> <map_to_guest>Bad User</map_to_guest> <passdb_backend>tdbsam</passdb_backend> <printcap_cache_time>750</printcap_cache_time> <printcap_name>cups</printcap_name> <printing>cups</printing> <realm>DCE.LSC.REUINT.COM</realm> <security>ADS</security> <template_homedir>/tmp/%D/%U</template_homedir> <template_shell>/bin/tcsh</template_shell> <usershare_allow_guests>No</usershare_allow_guests> <winbind_offline_logon>yes</winbind_offline_logon> <winbind_refresh_tickets>yes</winbind_refresh_tickets> <workgroup>LSCI-DCE</workgroup> </global> 8<snip8< Results in the following in smb.conf post install: At least realm, usershare_allow_guests, template_shell, template_homedir seem not to have made it into smb.conf (This was with SLES 11SP1) [global] workgroup = LSCI-DCE passdb backend = tdbsam printing = cups printcap name = cups printcap cache time = 750 cups options = raw map to guest = Bad User include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile logon drive = P: usershare allow guests = Yes idmap gid = 10000-20000 idmap uid = 10000-20000 realm = security = ADS template homedir = /home/%D/%U template shell = /bin/bash winbind offline logon = yes winbind refresh tickets = yes [homes] Geoff Buckingham Infrastructure Solutions Architect Thomson Reuters This email was sent to you by Thomson Reuters, the global news and information company. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Thomson Reuters. -- 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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Fwd: [opensuse-autoinstall] YaST crashes when adding "partition" to "dont_merge" section in rules.xml
by Joschi Brauchle 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

The actual error message reads ---- ... YaST got signal 11 at YCP file Profile.ycp:88 ... ---- Note that it does not matter if there is a partitioning section in the XMl file that gets merged with this rule. The crash is solely triggered by adding the "partition" element to the "dont_merge" part of the rules.xml. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [opensuse-autoinstall] YaST crashes when adding "partition" to "dont_merge" section in rules.xml Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 13:01:52 +0200 From: Joschi Brauchle <joschi.brauchle(a)tum.de> To: opensuse-autoinstall(a)opensuse.org <opensuse-autoinstall(a)opensuse.org> Hi everyone, I wanted to customize the partitioning for a specific node type of my auto installation, thus I added ---- <rule>  <custom1> <script>  </script> <match></match> <match_type>regex</match_type> </custom1> <result> <profile></profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> <dont_merge config:type="list"> <element></element> <element></element> <element></element> <element>partition</element> </dont_merge> </result> </rule> ---- to my rules/rules.xml. YaST crashes at the beginning of the installation when reading/merging the profiles as soon as I added the "partition" element to the "dont_merge" section. If I remove it, the installation runs fine. The error message is something like (I took video and noted this down): ---- error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) YaST got signal 11 at YCP file Profile.ycp:86 /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST.call: line 284: 3549 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $OPT_FBITERM y2base "$Y2_MODULE_NAME" "Y2_MODE_FLAGS $Y2_MODULE_ARGS $Y2_MODE $Y2_UI_ARGS ---- Is there any known problem/workaround? Best regards, Dipl.-Ing. Joschi Brauchle, M.Sc. Institute for Communications Engineering (LNT) Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) 80290 Munich, Germany Tel (work): +49 89 289-23474 Fax (work): +49 89 289-23490 E-mail: joschi.brauchle(a)tum.de Web: http://www.lnt.ei.tum.de/

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[opensuse-autoinstall] YaST crashes when adding "partition" to "dont_merge" section in rules.xml
by Joschi Brauchle 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Hi everyone, I wanted to customize the partitioning for a specific node type of my auto installation, thus I added ---- <rule>  <custom1> <script>  </script> <match></match> <match_type>regex</match_type> </custom1> <result> <profile></profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> <dont_merge config:type="list"> <element></element> <element></element> <element></element> <element>partition</element> </dont_merge> </result> </rule> ---- to my rules/rules.xml. YaST crashes at the beginning of the installation when reading/merging the profiles as soon as I added the "partition" element to the "dont_merge" section. If I remove it, the installation runs fine. The error message is something like (I took video and noted this down): ---- error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) YaST got signal 11 at YCP file Profile.ycp:86 /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST.call: line 284: 3549 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $OPT_FBITERM y2base "$Y2_MODULE_NAME" "Y2_MODE_FLAGS $Y2_MODULE_ARGS $Y2_MODE $Y2_UI_ARGS ---- Is there any known problem/workaround? Best regards, Dipl.-Ing. Joschi Brauchle, M.Sc. Institute for Communications Engineering (LNT) Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) 80290 Munich, Germany Tel (work): +49 89 289-23474 Fax (work): +49 89 289-23490 E-mail: joschi.brauchle(a)tum.de Web: http://www.lnt.ei.tum.de/

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[opensuse-autoinstall] AutoYast device type to determine partition layout. Feature request or existing functionality?
by Nefi Munoz 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hi, Novell customer asked the following: "Currently, we can set the XML AY profiles to install to /dev/cciss/c0d0 or /dev/sda for example. In the case of servers with Boot-from-SAN or Solid State Drivers, this can cause some device naming confusion. Wouldn*t it be cool if AutoYaST could take the device type (i.e. *IBM 2145*), size of disk or LUN ID as a parameter to determine the partition layout to apply?" Is this currently possible? Thanks in Advance, Nefi M. Nefi Munoz DSE - Cardinal Health nmunoz(a)novell.com Mobile: 614-935-2411 Novell Making IT Work as One www.novell.com

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[opensuse-autoinstall] NFS mount fails on NFSv3-only server
by Joschi Brauchle 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hello everyone, I am trying to serve an NFS repository from an NFSv3-only server, i.e. on the server I set VERSION_LIST="-2 +3 -4" and pass "--no-nfs-version 2 --no-nfs-version 4" to the nfs daemon. Now I have specified the boot option install=nfs://<server-ip>/<path-to-repo> and this fails on the client with a message "unknown error". When I use wireshark to debug the problem, I see that the server responds to the client's mount request with: "Accept State: remote can't support version # (2)" Is there any possibility to pass the NFS version along with the install parameter? Best regards, J Brauchle

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[opensuse-autoinstall] signing a driverupdate file
by Jochen Schaefer 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hi list, is there any description how to sign a driverupdate file to get rid of the "file not signed" message? I'm aware of the insecure=1 parameter but would rather sign the repository or driverupdate file. Thanks, Jochen -- 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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