March 2012 - 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] 12.1, autoyast and systemd
by 686f6c6d 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Hi, here's the problems I ran into. They all seem to be related to systemd, but I did not want to hijack the other thread, although this one might solve the other problem, too. 1. The final kexec/reboot is not executed. Both <final_reboot config:type="boolean">false</final_reboot>, meaning kexec will be used, and <final_reboot config:type="boolean">true</final_reboot> have no effect at all[0]. This also means that... 2. Init-Services (<runlevel>) defined in autoyast are not started/stopped, so, f.e., no ssh keys are generated. (This also results in a lot of subsequent errors in our setup.) To fix this, just include: <software> <remove-packages config:type="list"> <package>systemd-sysvinit</package> </remove-packages> </software> This way, sysvinit-init will be installed and used. When can we expect autoyast to support systemd? [0]: Once you do a manual reboot (if you happen to have access other than ssh to the machine), the machine will do the autoyast kexec/reboot after that. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christopher 'm4z' Holm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] autoinstallation hangs at reboot
by m.frerichs 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Dear AutoYaST crew , we have been using AutoYaST for installation of the last openSUSE distributions, but with 12.1 the unattended installation doesn't succeed anymore. The installation runs as usual with installing packages and writing system configuration. But at the end , shutting down is incomplete The last messages i see are: Es wird versucht , den installierten kernel mit kexec zu laden. Bitte warten Shutting down Name Service Cache Daemon Done On different clients the language was german or english. Then I see a black monitor with a colourful suse-green stripe at top and in the middle . Then the system hangs (even over night) If I do a manual hard shutdown and boot , the system comes up ( with trans replayed) with Kernel 3.1.0-1.2-desktop Asparagus and i see the known welcome window and "all seems right" . Our post.sh script was completely executed. To Prevent the hanging I looked for several workarounds for my XML-File , which was working fine for 11.3 1) <general> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> <reboot config:type="boolean">true</reboot> </mode> </general> I inserted a) <final_halt config:type="boolean">true</final_halt> --> same effect b) <halt config:type="boolean">false</halt> <forceboot config:type="boolean">true</forceboot> --> same effect c) <final_reboot config:type="boolean">true</final_reboot> --> same effect 2) I included: <software> <remove-packages config:type="list"> <package>systemd-sysvinit</package> </remove-packages> </software> --> same effect 3) <chroot-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <chrooted config:type="boolean">true</chrooted> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source><![CDATA[ insserv autoyast ]]></source> </script> </chroot-scripts> --> same effect 4 ) Some packages are explicitly added: <package>yast2-schema</package> <package>autoyast2</package> <package>yast2-slp</package>--> same effect <package>yast2-bootloader</package> <package>kexec-tools</package> --> same effect 5) I appended the boot-option for autointall ipv6.disable=1 --> same effect With the following boot-Options for Yast textmode=1 TERM=xterm the last operations are Master Record Control : switching to runlevel 5 .... Running /etc/init.d/before.local done Starting acpid Loading CPUFreq modules and system hangs over night Any help is appreciated. Marianne Frerichs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] many trans replayed after Installation
by m.frerichs 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Hallo, after autoinstallation of SuSE 12.1 ( and also 11.3) has sucessfully ended, i start an init-Script for only 1 execution in runlevel 5 , which call is deleted after execution. This script installs a lot of repos and hundreds of packages via Zypper and does a "shutdown" at the end . But on booting - even if i did a " sync "at the end of my script - the root-FS is ckecked because not clean showing hundreds of messages 'trans replayed " How can i avoid this ?? Thanks for all replies Marianne Frerichs i ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] relax ng schemas for autoyast
by Robert Klein 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

Hi, I've found some inconsistencies in the relax ng schemas for auoyast: 1. the tag "postpartitioning-scripts" is missing in both the rnc and rng versions (/usr/share/YaST2/schema/autoyast/rn?) for openSUSE 12.1, openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1, and SLES 11 SP1. 2. The profile.rnc file doesn't include audit-laf.rnc, online_update_configuration.rnc, profile-misc.rnc (this is commented out), pxe.rnc, and sshd_config.rnc. Probably the yast2-schema package hasn't been updated, because those files are also missing in the rng directory. The file list in 2. is from openSUSE 12.1. At least sshd_config.rnc isn't included in openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1 and SLES11 SP2, too. Should I file a bug report in bugzilla or is it sufficient to post it here? Thanks and best regards Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] JFYI - SLES11 SP2 is ready for download
by Uwe Gansert 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Moin, JFYI - SLES11 SP2 is ready for download http://www.suse.com/de-de/products/server/eval.html The AutoYaST changes to SP1 can be found here: http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_changes_SLES11SP2.html -- ciao, Uwe Gansert SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Home: http://www.suse.de/~ug - Blog: http://suse.gansert.net listening to: "Amnesia (club.mix)" by mind.in.a.box -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Failure setting keyboard , language and timezone
by m.frerichs 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

Dear AutoYaST crew , doing autoinstallation for SuSE 12.1 i didn't suceed to configure our MEZ time , german keyboard and language the same way we did for 11.3. I searched for hints , learning this configuration has moved and i tried the following places for the next lines: <hwclock>localtime</hwclock> <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone> </clock> <keyboard> <keymap>german</keymap> </keyboard> <language>de_DE</language> 1) after <install> <general> as for 11.3 2) directly after <profile 3) after <configure> 4) directly writing to sysconfig <sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_path>clock</sysconfig_path> <sysconfig_key>HWCLOCK</sysconfig_key> <sysconfig_value>--localtime</sysconfig_value> </sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_key>TIMEZONE</sysconfig_key> <sysconfig_value>Europe/Berlin</sysconfig_value> </sysconfig_entry> but working with y2confirm timezone , keyboard and language are not recognized in installation settings and not installed . Please show me the right way. Many thanks in advance Marianne Frerichs FZJ-Juelich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kennen Sie schon unseren neuen Film? http://www.fz-juelich.de/film Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Netdevice configuration pci-based interfaces
by Jochen Schaefer 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hi list, I'm looking for some information if it is possible and how to configure 70-persistent-net.rules on SLES11-SP1 via autoyast tags to use pci-based interface naming. I know how to set it via post/init script but would prefer a more general solution. Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] use autoyast to set common defaults, then continue manually ?
by Per Jessen 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

(newbie alert) Is it possible to set up autoyast to provide the common defaults I always select ( keyboard, country, timezone, ntp-config, no firewall etc etc), such that those steps are automatically selected, and then continue with a normal manual installation? thanks -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.2°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] SLES11-SP2 partition creation error
by Kent, Gregory 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Hi, I'm trying to install SLES11-SP2 onto a VM with an autoinst script that worked with SLES11-SP1. I'm getting an error box at the start of the autoinst process that says "Error configuring partitions. Try again." I've got 1 harddrive of 60GB which I'm trying to partition into 3 sections. "/" "swap" and "/var/local/" The partitions section of my autoinst xml is <partitioning config:type='list'> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type='list'> <partition> <filesystem config:type='symbol'>ext3</filesystem> <format config:type='boolean'>true</format> <mount>/</mount> <mountby config:type='symbol'>id</mountby> <fstopt>defaults,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0</fstopt> <create config:type='boolean'>false</create> <partition_nr config:type='integer'>1</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type='symbol'>swap</filesystem> <format config:type='boolean'>true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <mountby config:type='symbol'>id</mountby> <create config:type='boolean'>false</create> <partition_nr config:type='integer'>2</partition_nr> <partition_id config:type='integer'>130</partition_id> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type='symbol'>ext3</filesystem> <format config:type='boolean'>true</format> <mount>/var/local</mount> <mountby config:type='symbol'>id</mountby> <fstopt>defaults,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0</fstopt> <create config:type='boolean'>false</create> <partition_nr config:type='integer'>3</partition_nr> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> I've attached the logs as a tar ball. Thanks for any help Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Install specific version of a rpm package
by Ruediger Gunreben 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Hi, I have several versions of a rpm within a customized SuSE CD. Is it possible to install a specific version of the rpm package i.e. with: <packages config:type="list"> <package>aaa_base</package> <package>acl-123.12.1</package> Regards Ruediger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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