Re: [suse-autoinstall] info file location
Hi larry, That depends on the way you created your bootable cd. Assuming you did it with el torrito method, I suggest you put the info file in the same place as the image of your bootable floppy. for example on the Suse CD, this image is in /boot/loader/ then just copy your infofile in taht directory. Once the image of the floppy will be loaded, infofile will be considered to be placed on the root. hoping this will help you, Regards, Damien Selles Larry O'Neil <larry@netsoc.ucd.ie> netsoc.ucd.ie 30/10/2003 16:41 To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com cc: Subject: [suse-autoinstall] info file location Hi, i have the autoinstallation working perfectly with the info file on the floppy, but is there a way to read the info file from a bootable cd? placing it on the root of the cd doesnt seem to work... has anobody got any suggestions? Thank you Larry O'Neill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com
Hi, Thanks for the suggestion Damien, however placing the info file in /boot/loader/ on the cd doesnt seem to work either, the installer still hasnt found the info file on the cd. has anyone actually got this to work from a cd and not a floppy? does anyone know what i might be doing wrong? any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks Larry On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 damien.selles@eu.effem.com wrote:
Hi larry,
That depends on the way you created your bootable cd.
Assuming you did it with el torrito method, I suggest you put the info file in the same place as the image of your bootable floppy.
for example on the Suse CD, this image is in /boot/loader/ then just copy your infofile in taht directory. Once the image of the floppy will be loaded, infofile will be considered to be placed on the root.
hoping this will help you,
Regards, Damien Selles
Larry O'Neil <larry@netsoc.ucd.ie> netsoc.ucd.ie 30/10/2003 16:41
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Subject: [suse-autoinstall] info file location
Hi, i have the autoinstallation working perfectly with the info file on the floppy, but is there a way to read the info file from a bootable cd? placing it on the root of the cd doesnt seem to work...
has anobody got any suggestions?
Thank you Larry O'Neill
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Hi, Brilliant! This method worked no problem, i can now eliminate the floppy completely =0) Thanks a million Chris Larry
I believe it works to put it in the initrd. Then you can just point to it being at /bootconfig.txt or whatever.
To do this, you want to move the initrd directory somewhere, gunzip it (even though it doesn't have a .gz, it is gzipped), loop mount it, and then put the file in there. Then you can re-gzip it, move it back into the place, and burn your image.
Chris
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