[opensuse-autoinstall] AutoYaST - Automated installation from openSUSE 12.3 DVD does not work
Hi folks, I am helping someone that he want to use the automated installation with AutoYaST and the openSUSE installation DVD. The issue is that YaST could not find the DVD YaST2 repository. We went as follows: 1. Download the openSUSE 12.3 DVD ISO 2. Install the "ISO master" from Packman 3. Modify the ISO: add the AutoYaST file to /autoinst.xml 4. Modify the ISO: add boot parameter in the file /boot/x86_64/loader/isolinux.cfg: install=cd autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml The hint comes from: <http://users.suse.com/~ug/AutoYaST_FAQ.html#a6> 5. Save the new ISO content 6. Boot the ISO in VirtualBox for test. AutoYaST starts automatically. 7. While system probing we get an error message: --- START --- Unable to create repository from URL 'cd:/?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_CD-ROM-VB2-01700376'. Details: [|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [|] Repository type can't be determined. Try again? --- END --- We had tried following boot parameter: 1. install=cd autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml 2. autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml 3. autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml install=cd 4. install=cd:/ autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml 5. install=cd:/?devices=sr0 autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml 6. install=cd:/?devices=sr* autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml 7. namescheme="" autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml 8. namescheme="" install=cd autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml But none of them works. Interesting issue is if we select "Source HTTP" instead "Source DVD" in the boot menu. YaST adds the online OSS repository but it could not find the AutoYaST file anymore. It is so weird. The error message is: --- START --- An error occured while fetching the profile: Reading file on /var/adm/mount//autoinst.xml filed. Reading file on /autoinst.xml failed. Reading a file on CD failed: /tmp/YaST-02942-IMvaKW/tmp_mount//autoinst.xml. --- END --- The question is: How we can fixed it in the boot parameter for the openSUSE 12.3 DVD installation? Thanks for any advice on this problem. -- Kind regards, Sebastian - openSUSE Member (Freespacer) Website/Blog: <http://www.sebastian-siebert.de> Important notes on openSUSE Mailing List: <http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
Hi Sebastian, On Thu, Oct 24, Sebastian Siebert wrote:
Hi folks,
I am helping someone that he want to use the automated installation with AutoYaST and the openSUSE installation DVD. The issue is that YaST could not find the DVD YaST2 repository.
We went as follows:
1. Download the openSUSE 12.3 DVD ISO
2. Install the "ISO master" from Packman
3. Modify the ISO: add the AutoYaST file to /autoinst.xml
4. Modify the ISO: add boot parameter in the file /boot/x86_64/loader/isolinux.cfg: install=cd autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml
The hint comes from: <http://users.suse.com/~ug/AutoYaST_FAQ.html#a6>
5. Save the new ISO content
6. Boot the ISO in VirtualBox for test. AutoYaST starts automatically.
7. While system probing we get an error message: --- START --- Unable to create repository from URL 'cd:/?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_CD-ROM-VB2-01700376'.
Details: [|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [|] Repository type can't be determined. Try again? --- END ---
Sorry for late reply. I was on vacation. I tried whay you did and could reproduce your problem here. It seems isomaster creates broken images. When I look at the content of path /media.1/products on the iso image created by isomaster it contains: f134:~ # cat /mnt/media.1/products ϽS���I"j�Z�d�.Cq f134:~ # while the original iso image contains: Lagrange:~ # cat /mnt/media.1/products / openSUSE 12.3-1.7 Lagrange:~ #
Interesting issue is if we select "Source HTTP" instead "Source DVD" in the boot menu. YaST adds the online OSS repository but it could not find the AutoYaST file anymore. It is so weird.
If you install via http anyway, you should also use an http url for autoyast file (e.g. something like autoyast=http://10.120.4.28/autoinst.xml) the http server for autoyast xml file needs not be the same as for installed suse system. When installinx via http, linuxrc needs to fetch every single file, it sinply does not know that there should be a file named autoinst.xml put into root fs of installation system.
The error message is: --- START --- An error occured while fetching the profile: Reading file on /var/adm/mount//autoinst.xml filed. Reading file on /autoinst.xml failed. Reading a file on CD failed: /tmp/YaST-02942-IMvaKW/tmp_mount//autoinst.xml. --- END ---
The question is: How we can fixed it in the boot parameter for the openSUSE 12.3 DVD installation?
Boot parameter are fine I expect you encounted the same broken iso image created by isomaster as I did. You can check this easily by mounting both iso images and compare them: mount -oloop /scratch/testay_123.iso /tmp/m1 mount -oloop /scratch/test_123.iso /tmp/m2 diff -ur /tmp/m1 /tmp/m2 When I do this I see unexpected complaints about differing files between the two images. Bye, Thomas Fehr -- Thomas Fehr, SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-74053-482, Email: fehr@suse.de GPG public key available. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
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