Re: [suse-autoinstall] autoyast fails on partitioning on Dell Precision 670
Stripped down xml file ? You are kidding ;-) Does the creation of the partion fails or is just the bootloader not active. Also for troubleshooting: Have you verified your auto.xml with "xmllint" Does the driver for your hba are being loaded ? BTW: What i do not understand is your bootloader Section: Because it says not to activate it. Below yor xml File i have put an extract of my boatloader section. hth Hajo
From your xml File ....
<bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">false</activate> <global config:type="list"/> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> </bootloader> .... Extract from my xml File: <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">true</activate> <global config:type="list"/> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">true</repl_mbr> <sections config:type="list"/> </bootloader>
GrueMaster <gruemaster@yahoo.com> 08/26/05 2:03 am >>> I'm still trying to get autoinstall for Suse 9.3 to work on this system. Autoyast fails to create partitions. Works just fine installing manually, but I need to be able to implement autoinstall.
Attached is my stripped down auto.xml file. It worked on a few older systems, but not here. Anything else I can try? Tobin --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ============================ Hans-Joachim Ehlers UNIX Systems Engineer EUMETSAT Am Kavalleriesand, 31 64295, Darmstadt, Germany Tel : +49 6151 807-7307 eMail : hansjoachim.ehlers@eumetsat.int iNet : www.eumetsat.de
I fixed the boot loader section, but that isn't where the problem is. Yast fails at "Create partition plans". Hey, I think I figured it out (somewhat). I added <device>/dev/sda</device> to the partitioning section and it now blows past that and installs. Now I need to figure out how to use rules, as we have IDE, SCSI, and SATA systems. SATA and SCSI will work with this config, but IDE needs /dev/hda. Any suggestions? Tobin Hans-Joachim Ehlers <HansJoachim.Ehlers@eumetsat.int> wrote: Stripped down xml file ? You are kidding ;-) Does the creation of the partion fails or is just the bootloader not active. Also for troubleshooting: Have you verified your auto.xml with "xmllint" Does the driver for your hba are being loaded ? BTW: What i do not understand is your bootloader Section: Because it says not to activate it. Below yor xml File i have put an extract of my boatloader section. hth Hajo
From your xml File ....
false grub mbr false .... Extract from my xml File: true lilo mbr true
GrueMaster 08/26/05 2:03 am >>> I'm still trying to get autoinstall for Suse 9.3 to work on this system. Autoyast fails to create partitions. Works just fine installing manually, but I need to be able to implement autoinstall.
Attached is my stripped down auto.xml file. It worked on a few older systems, but not here. Anything else I can try? Tobin --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ============================ Hans-Joachim Ehlers UNIX Systems Engineer EUMETSAT Am Kavalleriesand, 31 64295, Darmstadt, Germany Tel : +49 6151 807-7307 eMail : hansjoachim.ehlers@eumetsat.int iNet : www.eumetsat.de -- 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
On Friday 26 August 2005 17:49, GrueMaster wrote:
Hey, I think I figured it out (somewhat). I added <device>/dev/sda</device> to the partitioning section and it now blows past that and installs.
then autoyast has problems with the autodetection of your "first" harddisk. Might be a scary Bios or something.
Now I need to figure out how to use rules, as we have IDE, SCSI, and SATA systems. SATA and SCSI will work with this config, but IDE needs /dev/hda.
Any suggestions?
yes. Look in the archive of the mailinglist. I explained exactly what you want some weeks ago. -- 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
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