[opensuse-autoinstall] general rules question

17 Oct 2009

      I have a working autoyast install for 11.1 without using rules. Right
now I would like to introduce rules but I do not seem to understand
exactly how to make this work.

The current install is done by supplying information for a linuxrc info
file on the kernel command line

    info=nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/1055_init.linuxrc

The info file has several parameters defined for network access, the
install  and the autoyast variable

    autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/1055_init.autoyast   <- this is
my autoinst profile

below the path I have created the rules directory which includes a rules
.xml file with following content

<?xml version="1.0"?>
  <!DOCTYPE autoinstall SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/rules.dtd">
  <!-- comments -->

  <autoinstall xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns"
xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns">
  <rules config:type="list">
    <rule>
      <custom1>
        <script>
# CPU_TYPE on vm's is giving same result for CPU as on real hardware we
have to extend to video to understand the difference between virtual and
real
CPU_TYPE=`cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep 'model name'|uniq|awk 'BEGIN
{FS=":"};{print $2}'`
VIDEO_TYPE=`/sbin/lspci | grep "VGA compatible controller"|awk 'BEGIN
{FS=":"};{print $3}'`

if [ "$CPU_TYPE" == " AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+" ];
then
  if [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev
a1)" ]; then
    echo -n "host1.xml"
  elif [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox
Graphics Adapter" ]; then
    echo -n "host1-virtualbox.xml"
  fi
# information for scan64-3200
elif [ "$CPU_TYPE" == " AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+" ]; then
  if [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev
a1)" ]; then
    echo -n "host2.xml"
  elif [ "$VIDEO_TYPE" == " InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox
Graphics Adapter" ]; then
    echo -n "host2-virtualbox.xml"
  fi
fi
        </script>
        <match>*</match>
        <match_type>exact</match_type>
      </custom1>
      <result>
        <profile>@custom1@</profile>
        <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue>
      </result>
    </rule>
    <rule>
      <custom>
        <script>
        </script>
        <match>*</match>
        <match_type>exact</match_type>
      </custom>
      <result>
        <profile>1055_init.autoyast</profile>
        <continue config:type="boolean">false</continue>
      </result>
    </rule>
  </rules>
</autoinstall>

I have tried to change the autoyast parameter in the info file with the
following values

    autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/   <-- question about profile
location

    autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/rules/   <-- question about
profile location

    autoyast: nfs://<ip-address>/<path>/rules/rules.xml

Above direct reference to rules file seems to work but not as expected.
When I check the box I can see that in /tmp/profile/autoinst.xml I find
a copy of my rules.xml file where I'm expecting a merged profile from my
1055_init.autoyast and host2.xml information

I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong and even after extensive check
via google haven't found the right references. I've used
http://forgeftp.novell.com/yast/doc/SL11.1/autoinstall/ for
documentation but it is not giving me enough detail to solve above issue.

Any input would be welcomed.
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[opensuse-autoinstall] general rules question

dutchguy69