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RE: [opensuse-autoinstall] linuxrc 'install' alternative in AutoYaST profile
by Stanislav Bocinec 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Hi, i succeeded to play with Exec= and here is short howto: 1. Extract initrd you use to start installation (i.e. get one from opensuse/SUSE media from boot/i386/loader). http://wiki.openvz.org/Modifying_initrd_image 2. Create your script with required logic. I.e. if you want to set/modify linuxrc's 'install=' parameter, edit /linuxrc.config file and add following to the config file withing the script: Install: ftp://<ip>/path/to/suse/install Example of /linuxrc.config: KernelPCMCIA: 1 UseUSBSCSI: 1 Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 UpdateDir: /linux/suse/i386-sled11 MemLoadImage: 327680 MemYaST: 170000 InstsysComplain: 1 InitrdID: 2010-05-20.3ee27c11 dud: disk:/?device=*usb* KexecReboot: 0 Install: ftp://172.17.1.187/SLED11SP1 AutoYaST: ftp://172.17.1.187/autoyast/autoinst.xml Netdevice: eth0 Netsetup: dhcp 3. Create the new initrd 4. Start your installation - insert following boot parameter into boot parameters: exec=/path/to/your/script/on/initrd 5. That's it ;) HTH, Stanley >>> On 12/04/2011 at 15:27, in message <4D97025D38B52B4BAA8C2B7DD9748B9D38469B3F2F(a)PEPWMV00071.corp.pep.pvt>, "Stephens, Bill PBSG" <Bill.Stephens(a)pepsico.com> wrote: > Yes, please provide an example. I've been wanting to do this for quite a > while and haven't found an easy way yet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph V Moss [mailto:jmoss@ecsmtp.pdx.intel.com] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:42 PM > To: Stanislav Bocinec > Cc: opensuse-autoinstall(a)opensuse.org > Subject: Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] linuxrc 'install' alternative in AutoYaST > profile > > > Note that while you can't do it via autoyast, it is possible to > make changes to the installation source using the Exec: option in > linuxrc. The command run by Exec: runs early enough that it > can make changes to the content of the info file and have the > new values used by linuxrc. > > We use that functionality to use one set of boot media globally > that automatically selects the nearest regional install server. > > > Thanks very much! > > > > Stanley > > > > > > Stanislav Bocinec > > > > Technology Consultant > > sbocinec(a)novell.com > > +421 2 32 555 843, gsm +421 917 486 743 > > www.novell.sk > > > > Novell > > Making IT Work As One > > www.novell.com > > > > > > > > >>> On 11/04/2011 at 13:43, in message <201104111343.03090.ug(a)suse.de>, Uwe > Gansert > > <ug(a)suse.de> wrote: > > > on Monday 11 April 2011 Stanislav Bocinec wrote: > > > > > > > It means, that there is no way how to set/modify 'installÃ¿parameter > using > > > > AutoYaST profile? > > > > > > that's right. You can not switch the installation source > > > It's on my TODO but not yet implemented > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org > > -- 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] mta selection 11.4
by Karsten Künne 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hi all, I have the following line in my 11.4 autoyast profile: <mta config:type="symbol">postfix</mta> But, to my big surprise there was no postfix to be found on my installed system. Instead, exim got installed. Is this a known bug or did the xml syntax change perhaps? Karsten. -- Fine day to throw a party. Throw him as far as you can. -- 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] LDAP-Server
by Matthias Praunegger 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hi! Is it possible to use AutoYaST for an automaticly installation of a Samba PDC + openLDAP on openSUSE 11.4? If I configure all the services by just using YaST on an installed system, everything works fine. But now I want to deploy this setup. Best regards, Matthias -- 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] linuxrc 'install' alternative in AutoYaST profile
by Stanislav Bocinec 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Hi all, is there any way how to set/modify location of installation directory during AutoYaST Pre-installation phase (equivalent to 'install=ftp://....' in linuxrc) ? I want to modify/set it using AutoYaST pre-installation scripts. I've found something here: http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_doc/invoking_autoinst.html#id329313 chapter 'Combining linuxrc info file with YaST2 control file' but according to http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_doc/Profile.Format.html <install> element is deprecated from SLE 10.0. Thanks in advance for any idea, Stanley -- 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] VMWare and cloning
by Tim Kirby 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Has anyone written any thoughts on the interplay between VM cloning and autoyast ? I haven't seen anything that I can recall but then again I haven't been watching closely... but it appears to have appeared on my radar screen now, so I thought I'd ask. 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] LDAP login not possible
by Henrik Schmidt 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi, I install with autoyast and LDAP activated since 10.3 without a problem. With 11.4 LDAP login does not work any longer though the autoyast config for LDAP is the same as in older working versions. I can see that the PAM files in /etc/pam.d do not have any ldap entries at all. I tried to add ldap with pm-config --add --ldap by hand but it failed too. I can use the yast2 LDAP Browser successfully so basically LDAP is ok. Any hint ? Here are my ldap settings with server IP hidden: <ldap> <base_config_dn>ou=ldapconfig,dc=ks,dc=informatik,dc=uni-kiel,dc=de</base_config_dn> <bind_dn>cn=admin,dc=ks,dc=informatik,dc=uni-kiel,dc=de</bind_dn> <create_ldap config:type="boolean">false</create_ldap> <file_server config:type="boolean">false</file_server> <ldap_domain>dc=ks,dc=informatik,dc=uni-kiel,dc=de</ldap_domain> <ldap_server>XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX</ldap_server> <ldap_tls config:type="boolean">true</ldap_tls> <ldap_v2 config:type="boolean">false</ldap_v2> <login_enabled config:type="boolean">true</login_enabled> <member_attribute>member</member_attribute> <nss_base_group>ou=group,dc=ks,dc=informatik,dc=uni-kiel,dc=de</nss_base_group> <nss_base_passwd>ou=people,dc=ks,dc=informatik,dc=uni-kiel,dc=de</nss_base_passwd> <nss_base_shadow>ou=people,dc=ks,dc=informatik,dc=uni-kiel,dc=de</nss_base_shadow> <pam_password>crypt</pam_password> <start_autofs config:type="boolean">true</start_autofs> <start_ldap config:type="boolean">true</start_ldap> </ldap> -- 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] Re: Partition/sector boundary alignment [SOLVED]
by big beer 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

I should have asked for some more info while this was hot, but at the time the issues around alignment didn't matter to me. Fast forward to getting a netapp box and it becomes important..... >On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 05:25:43PM +0000, Paul wrote: >> >> 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. >> > >If anyone's interested, I discovered that it is possible to specify the >size of a partition using sectors instead of the GB size. The >properties partition_id and partition_type control such behaviour. To >specify the size in sectors, the list resource region is used. >-Paul. Anyone have some example xml on how to setup partitions to start/stop on specific sectors? I'm also curious about lvm pv's created by autoyast. The disks are getting a partition created on them as well, any chance of just using the whole disk? (like pvcreate /dev/sdd ) 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] Updates are not installed although configured
by Joschi Brauchle 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello everyone, I have a problem with an OpenSuSE 11.4 installation via AutoYaST: Although I configured a (locally mirrored) update repository as an add-on product in the XML file, the available updates are not installed after the installation has finished. My XML file includes: <add-on> <add_on_products config:type="list"> <listentry> <media_url>nfs://192.168.109.3/export/install/linux/opensuse/11.4/update/</media_url> <product>OpenSUSE11.4 Updates</product> <product_dir>/</product_dir> <name>AutoYaST_Updates</name> </listentry> ... </add_on_products> </add-on> And I additionally set the <software> <do_online_update config:type="boolean">true</do_online_update> </software> Tag. But still, after the system is done with the installation, a "zypper lu" shows some available updates... Any suggestions? Thanks, Joschi -- 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] Problems with signing content-file
by Daniel Spannbauer 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hello, we need create our own installation-Media. We try to do a Installation with Autoyast to get a Distribution which meets our needs. In the past we did this with OpenSuSE 10.2 without signing the contentfile, which works perfectly. Now we need OpenSuSE 11.2 and run into problems about signing the content-file. If we do not sign the content-file, we get the Yast-Message, that the content-file is not signed and we can choose to ignore it or to cancel. Later autoyast prints the Message: Unable to create repository from 'url dvd:///' Details Valid metadata not found at specified URL History - Signature verification failed for content When we sign it like explained in http://www.suse.de/~ug/AutoYaST_FAQ.html#bB, then we get a Yast-Error-Message: Content: Invalid Signature We've googled a lot but we found no solution for that. Regards Daniel -- Daniel Spannbauer Software Entwicklung marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-27 Fax -11 Rechbergstr. 4 - 6, D 87727 Babenhausen Mobil +49 171 4033220 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds(a)marco.de Geschäftsführer Martin Reuter HRB 171775 Amtsgericht München -- 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] NFS root autoyast
by Sven-Thorsten Dietrich 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hi. Does anyone have a reference or example for the autoyast xml bits to configure automatic NFS root install? It appears that its possible to manually install to NFS root by configuring / as hostname:/nfs_share in the storage / partitioning module. I haven't found anything useful about how to set this up in autoyast. Thanks Sven -- 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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