[opensuse-autoinstall] any way to embed "install=" into the XML file?
Hey folks, In my Fedora Core / Red Hat kickstart files I can embed the "install" location. Is there any way for me to do this with the SuSe XML file? It will just save me a great deal of typing and eliminate typos. I'd much rather just type in the "autoyast=" line and let the XML file specify where to get it from. I know that I can make a special boot CD that will include all of this, but the problem with that is that every time I issue a new load I have to make a new boot CD to include it as an option. thanks, -Alan -- "Aikido has but one principle - the universal reality of life" - Mitsugi Saotome -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org
In my Fedora Core / Red Hat kickstart files I can embed the "install" location. Is there any way for me to do this with the SuSe XML file?
I don't think so. BUT: you can create an "info" file with that information (and the autoyast parameter, as well as other bits) and have that on a floppy or USB stick, if that helps. HTH Yan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:10:21PM +0100, Yan Fitterer wrote:
I don't think so. BUT: you can create an "info" file with that information (and the autoyast parameter, as well as other bits) and have that on a floppy or USB stick, if that helps.
Yeah, we did the same here for awhile. The unfortunate thing is that autoyast doesn't seem to actually parse the xml data until the main autoyast parts start, which are gotten via the mounted install area. We started running into truncated /proc/cmdline data here too because we use fairly long paths (can't really get around that due to our environment) and we pass several other things on the cmdline. Now we're ok because, as of at least SP1 for sles/sled10 + (and I patched our older kernels) the limit for cmdline was bumped from 256 characaters to 2048. We use pxe booting and mac addressed based files in order to pass host specific based info to the boot process, then edit or rm that file during the chroot script section. Setup is good enough now that I can run a menu driven script we have here, feed in a file consisting of hostname ip mac and power on whole racks of hosts (we have a lot of blades now) and have fully imaged hosts in a 1/2 hour or so. I've grown to love autoyast. :) -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff IT Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com Bob: "Ok, I'm goin'... but a swift kick in the ass isn't the solution to everything you know." Red: "I gotta disagree with you there Bob!" -- That 70's show -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org
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On 26/09/2007 at 16:10, in message <844129e80709260810t3b33d7eemb357871d0b6064c9@mail.gmail.com>, "Alan McKay" <alan.mckay@gmail.com> wrote: Hey folks,
In my Fedora Core / Red Hat kickstart files I can embed the "install" location. Is there any way for me to do this with the SuSe XML file?
It will just save me a great deal of typing and eliminate typos. I'd much rather just type in the "autoyast=" line and let the XML file specify where to get it from.
I know that I can make a special boot CD that will include all of this, but the problem with that is that every time I issue a new load I have to make a new boot CD to include it as an option.
thanks, -Alan
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