New subject: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 10 GM/SLED 10 GM: "could not set patterns or selections : default"

28 Jul 2006


      Hi,

	I had downloaded SLES 10 RC2 and got it to work with our PXE server
	using some site specific autoyast.xml files.

	I then downloaded SLES 10 GM, set it up on the PXE server in exactly the
	same way I setup SLES 10 RC2 (that is, the directory structure, etc.) and
	then just copied the autoyast.xml files from the SLES 10 RC2 tree to 
the SLES 10 GM
	tree.

	However, when I attempt an install, YAST now claims

		"could not set patterns or selections : default"		

	I get the same results with SLED 10, using the same autoinst.xml.

	The software section is as follows:

   <software>
     <patterns config:type="list">
         <pattern>default</pattern>
     </patterns>
   </software>

	Have things changed between RC2 and GM?  Has the directory layout changed?
	Are there other files/links from the root directory required?

	I ask this 2nd part because when I 'snoop', the NFSLOOKUP activity 
for RC2 (working)
	and the GM (not-working) installs access the same files, in the same order up
	to a point -- RC2 will look at the file 'content' and 'content.asc' 
and then start opening
	up pattern files, but GM does not.

	Note that I've setup this installation directory using a DVD made 
from 0.34-1 of makeSUSEdvd,
	as well as using the official GM CD iso images, and I always get the 
same results.

	Another datapoint is that I did an install using the generated DVD 
and then took the
	autoinst.xml file that was generated and put that in the PXE 
directory and tried the network
	install using this generated autoinst.xml file -- same results.

	Please help.

		Pete

SLES 10 GM/SLED 10 GM: "could not set patterns or selections : default"

Pete Nishimoto

Lonni J Friedman

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