On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Stephen Dowdy wrote:
Uwe Gansert wrote, On 01/11/2010 02:06 AM:
The idea is correct but there is a problem because your installation source is on the the USB device. Autoyast tries to mount that device then and this fails because it's already mounted as readonly from the resolver (at least that would happen on SLES11 and IIRC it's the same on SLES10 SP3). Your /cf/ directory is on the installation source so you can use a fallback: autoyast=file:///cf/ As an alternative you can create a second partition on the USB stick that only contains the /cf/ directory. Then autoyast=usb:///cf/ works too. On openSUSE 11.3 and SLES11 SP1 that's fixed BTW.
It does work, but i have to diddle it a bit. It initially fails with something like "Make sure install media is in Disk 1" (can't recall exactly.).
All i have to do is hit "[BACK]", then proceed through the selection for Language and Keyboard, then "Setup or Install System", then select "Hard Disk" and then the partition for the USB key, then it works fine.
You have to tell linuxrc where the install environment (yast) is, when it's not on a cd. Like 'install=hd:/<repo_dir>' if you want to start from an (usb-)disk. Also, there could be a timing problem with usb storage. In that case adding 'usbwait=N' to delay the disk access by N seconds can help. Steffen -- Das Nichtrauchen entfernt uns von der Zivilisation und setzt den Mann mit seinem Dackel gleich. -- J. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org