* Erik Soyez <soyez@science-computing.de> [Nov 14. 2002 13:52]:
Hi again,
what do I have to do in order to update my Installation Server with the latest rpm's and still get the AutoYast Network Installation to work?
Replace packages with new one. Update the root image create a new package database
If I copy all update rpm's into the suse/* directories of my server and then run '/var/lib/YaST2/bin/create_package_descr' AutoYast will still install the old rpm's!! If I delete the old rpm's and run 'create_package_descr' again, the installation failes with the same syptoms as described for the CD-Installation of my last email.
You have to remove old rpms! Always make sure the file packages in suse/setup/desc/Packages are the right version
Something here does not work the way I would expect. Or is 'create_package_descr' just the wrong script?!
Yeah, these steps are tricky and you have to be carefull. I am currently working on detailed documentaion of these steps, many people seem to have problems with them. Anas
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Erik Soyez wrote:
Hi there,
I just created an Auto-Installation CD using AutoYast2 (SuSE-8.1). This seemed to be a great option for our customer to quickly reinstall his server in case of failure.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ # rpm -qa | grep autoy autoyast2-installation-2.6.38-1 autoyast2-2.6.38-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
After installing the software packages, AutoYast says "18 packages returned an error". It does not show any details - the detailed list button shows an empty page.
Then it says something about having problems writing the boot record and gives a kernel panic when trying to boot the installed system.
Starting a rescue system shows that no kernel or initrd gets installed under '/boot'.
With the netork installation this problem could be solved including: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <install> <general> <mode><confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm></mode> .... ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Why does this not work with a CD? Please help me, this is urgent!
Thanks, Erik.
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