AutoYast XML and controller-independend disk partitioning
Hi, Is it possible to define in the AutoYast XML file a generic hard disk (e.g. the boot device) that should be partitioned? We want to use the same XML profile for different types of host wit SCSI, SATA, IDE and RAID drives. Currently the device to be partitioned must be listed with the full device name, for instance: <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> ... </partitions> <use>1,2,3,4</use> </drive> </partitioning> This means that one XML file needs to be there for /dev/hda (IDE), another for /dev/sda (SATA, SCSI) and one for /dev/cciss/c0d0 (HP RAID Controller). The normal SUSE Yast installation can discover the boot device and make a suggestion. Can AutoYast also? Thanks in advance for help. Regards, Bernd
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 14:58, Bernd Nies wrote:
Is it possible to define in the AutoYast XML file a generic hard disk (e.g. the boot device) that should be partitioned? We want to use the same XML profile for different types of host wit SCSI, SATA, IDE and RAID drives. Currently the device to be partitioned must be listed with the full device name, for instance:
just don't configure the device. That will activate the "I try to guess the device" code in autoyast.
<device>/dev/hda</device>
drop that line -- 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
Thanks Uwe,
just don't configure the device. That will activate the "I try to guess the device" code in autoyast.
<device>/dev/hda</device>
drop that line
Will this _always_ take the first device or those which already contain Linux formatted partitions? Regards, Bernd
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 15:37, Bernd Nies wrote:
<device>/dev/hda</device>
drop that line
Will this _always_ take the first device or those which already contain Linux formatted partitions?
the first device. -- 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
participants (2)
-
Bernd Nies -
Uwe Gansert