Re: [suse-autoinstall] retrieving xml installation profiles with http

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Thomas Mieslinger

8 Nov 2005 8 Nov '05

14:15

Sorry. Forget to cc the list. Thomas Mieslinger/de02/gls schrieb am 08.11.2005 15:12:35:

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SLES 8 SP3

Can I use a newer linuxrc to install SLES 8?

regards Thomas -- GLS IT Services Thomas Mieslinger GLS Germany Str. 1-7 fon: +49 6677 17 463 36286 Neuenstein fax: +49 6677 17 111 Germany eMail: thomas.mieslinger@gls-itservices.com

Uwe Gansert schrieb am 08.11.2005 14:53:31:

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On Tuesday 08 November 2005 11:34, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:

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my pxelinux.cfg/xyz file contains

autoyast=http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php?action=a

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utoyast_start&client=bla

entering this uri into a webbrowser gives back the correct xml file. When autoyast does this it only fetches "http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php" and not the full uri. How can I escape '?' and '&' so that autoyast fetches the full uri?

it works fine here on a 10.0 Which SUSE version do you use?

-- ciao, Uwe Gansert

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Uwe Gansert

8 Nov 8 Nov

14:29

New subject: [suse-autoinstall] retrieving xml installation profiles with http

On Tuesday 08 November 2005 15:14, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:

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SLES 8 SP3

Can I use a newer linuxrc to install SLES 8?

hmm. I don't know and I can't test it in a fast way at the moment. But I'm not sure that this is a linuxrc problem anyway. It might be a problem with yast/autoyast on SLES8. I need to look into the code to be sure about that. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

Thomas Mieslinger

15:35

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Is there a chance to take a sles10 kernel and initrd and install a sles8 with it? Or which programs out of the sles10 initrd have to be transfered into the sles8 initrd? I'm in the 'need it by tomorrow' situation and retrival of the xml file through a php script is by far the most flexible. Thanks in advance Thomas -- GLS IT Services Thomas Mieslinger GLS Germany Str. 1-7 fon: +49 6677 17 463 36286 Neuenstein fax: +49 6677 17 111 Germany eMail: thomas.mieslinger@gls-itservices.com Uwe Gansert schrieb am 08.11.2005 15:29:54:

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On Tuesday 08 November 2005 15:14, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:

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SLES 8 SP3

Can I use a newer linuxrc to install SLES 8?

hmm. I don't know and I can't test it in a fast way at the moment. But I'm not sure that this is a linuxrc problem anyway. It might be a problem with yast/autoyast on SLES8. I need to look into the code to be sure about that.

-- ciao, Uwe Gansert

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Uwe Gansert

15:55

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On Tuesday 08 November 2005 16:35, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:

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Is there a chance to take a sles10 kernel and initrd and install a sles8 with it?

No. Maybe theoretical but not in practice. If it's not a linuxrc problem (and I doubt it is) then a new initrd would not help you anyway.

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Or which programs out of the sles10 initrd have to be transfered into the sles8 initrd?

if it's a problem with yast/autoyast, a new initrd would not help you. You would need to change the "root" image on the installation server.

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I'm in the 'need it by tomorrow' situation and retrival of the xml file through a php script is by far the most flexible.

I'll take a look at the code but I don't see a chance for me to help you until tomorrow. you already tried this? http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php%3faction=autoyast_st... -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

Stefan Pfeiffer

16:27

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Hi! Uwe Gansert wrote:

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I'll take a look at the code but I don't see a chance for me to help you until tomorrow. you already tried this? http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php%3faction=autoyast_st...

Wasn't there a way to have index.php as a PHP-script, and use http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php/faction=autoyast_sta... (or whatever after the last /) and have "faction=autoyast_start#client=bla" parsed as "raw parameter" in PHP? Ah, just found it: http://de3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#55068 and also here: http://de3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#54485 That might be an workaround in php when there is no one in SLES...You might use "/" or other "nice" characters in your URL instead of "?" and "&". HTH Stefan -- # Dipl.-Phys. Stefan Pfeiffer # Abteilung Modellierung und Simulation # Fraunhofer Institut f. Lasertechnik # Steinbachstr. 15, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. # Tel: + 49 (241) 8906 153 , Fax: +49 (241) 8906 121 # EMail: pfeiffer@ilt.fhg.de, WWW: http://www.ilt.fhg.de/nld/

Thomas Mieslinger

16:40

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Uwe Gansert schrieb am 08.11.2005 16:55:20:

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On Tuesday 08 November 2005 16:35, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:

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Is there a chance to take a sles10 kernel and initrd and install a sles8 with it?

No. Maybe theoretical but not in practice. If it's not a linuxrc problem (and I doubt it is) then a new initrd would not help you anyway.

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Or which programs out of the sles10 initrd have to be transfered into the sles8 initrd?

if it's a problem with yast/autoyast, a new initrd would not help you. You would need to change the "root" image on the installation server.

The file called root (around 40MB). Hmm, file says its just 'data'. What is it?

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I'm in the 'need it by tomorrow' situation and retrival of the xml file through a php script is by far the most flexible.

I'll take a look at the code but I don't see a chance for me to help you until tomorrow. you already tried this? http://adminserv/categories/windows/ui_client/index.php% 3faction=autoyast_start%26client=bla

I tried it with uppercase letters (%3F) and autoyast came up with a message "can't retrieve profile". If I then enter manually the uri (with ? and &) it works fine. regards Thomas

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-- ciao, Uwe Gansert

Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

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Uwe Gansert

17:02

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On Tuesday 08 November 2005 17:39, Thomas Mieslinger wrote:

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if it's a problem with yast/autoyast, a new initrd would not help you. You would need to change the "root" image on the installation server.

The file called root (around 40MB). Hmm, file says its just 'data'. What is it?

you can unpack that file with the tool on www.suse.de/~ug (unpackRoot). It's just a directory image.

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I tried it with uppercase letters (%3F) and autoyast came up with a message "can't retrieve profile". If I then enter manually the uri (with ? and &) it works fine.

hmmm. That's interesting. So autoyast/yast has no problem with that "?" and "&". Can you send me the /var/log/YaST2/y2log with autoyast=http://....?....& ? And please send me the /etc/install.inf too Send both to me and not to the mailinglist -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de

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