Multiple issues with autoyast.
I need to be able to make an autoinstall for installing a minimal OS on multiple systems for testing. We are testing multiple Linux distributions, along with other OS's, averaging 10 installs/day. I don't have much control over the server, so we have to install via FTP. Getting the autoyast config is not the problem (verified Our hardware varies greatly, and is usually very bleeding edge (just got a new Pentium D EE with dual SLI NVidia 6600's). We also have workstations and servers, all with different drive controllers, etc (IDE, SATA, SCSI). I need to have an auto script that will just nuke & pave the existing drive, install, and run our generic postinstall script. I have Redhat, Fedora, and Mandriva working fine (although the varied hardware creates issues). With Suse 9.3, I am really having a rough time. I have finally gotten past all the errors from xmllint, but the install still hangs on "Error while configuriing partitions. Try again". Nothing seems to indicate an issue in the y2log, with and without the debug boot option. To start, I just want to complete an install. Here's my basic.xml file (sans post-install script). I have also tried several auto scripts that I have found on this mailing list. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tobin --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.
On Friday 12 August 2005 20:30, GrueMaster wrote:
To start, I just want to complete an install. Here's my basic.xml file (sans post-install script).
your profile is working fine here with a 9.3. Do you have any hardware that might not be getting detected? For example, when you see the error box, switch to the console and check if your harddisk is accessible via fdisk. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de
Drive shows up correctly. It's a SATA drive connected to the ICH5 controller port on board. Doing a manual install worked fine (drive detection, partioning, etc). Fails with the profile, though. It is downloading the profile via ftp from our server (wish I could make it a linux server). It just fails on the partion config section. Attached is my /var/log/Yast2 directory (tarball). The only error I can find is from parted (lines 256,257). Am I missing something? Tobin Uwe Gansert <ug@suse.de> wrote: On Friday 12 August 2005 20:30, GrueMaster wrote:
To start, I just want to complete an install. Here's my basic.xml file (sans post-install script).
your profile is working fine here with a 9.3. Do you have any hardware that might not be getting detected? For example, when you see the error box, switch to the console and check if your harddisk is accessible via fdisk. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.
Ok, nevermind. The system I was working with is very tempermental (mental being the key). I got this working on another system with SATA. Still not sure what the deal is, but I have noticed that some systems fail with Fedora Core4, but work with SUSE 9.3 and/or Mandriva 2005 LE. Others work with Mandriva only. All three are using the same base kernel (2.6.11). Thanks. GrueMaster <gruemaster@yahoo.com> wrote: Drive shows up correctly. It's a SATA drive connected to the ICH5 controller port on board. Doing a manual install worked fine (drive detection, partioning, etc). Fails with the profile, though. It is downloading the profile via ftp from our server (wish I could make it a linux server). It just fails on the partion config section. Attached is my /var/log/Yast2 directory (tarball). The only error I can find is from parted (lines 256,257). Am I missing something? Tobin Uwe Gansert <ug@suse.de> wrote: On Friday 12 August 2005 20:30, GrueMaster wrote:
To start, I just want to complete an install. Here's my basic.xml file (sans post-install script).
your profile is working fine here with a 9.3. Do you have any hardware that might not be getting detected? For example, when you see the error box, switch to the console and check if your harddisk is accessible via fdisk. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
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