[Bug 502642] New: openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2 yast2 remote install hd: or disk: linuxrc initialization of package manager

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502642 Summary: openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2 yast2 remote install hd: or disk: linuxrc initialization of package manager Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: gerberb@zenez.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081213 SUSE/1.1.14-1.1 SeaMonkey/1.1.14 While attempting to do a remote installation of openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2. I had a failure of yast reporting bad URL. I am using these to get this far. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Remote_Installation_of_SUSE_LINUX http://docs.telante.com/index.php/HOWTO_Install_SUSE_Linux_Remotely_without_... I get the following in /boot/grub/menu.lst I have to use netdevice to get which ever nic I need. eth0, eth1, eth2. The default is eth0 but is so I can use it for eth1 and eth2 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ssh-install### title SSH Installation (openSUSE 11.1) local root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/linux.install usessh=1 sshpassword=1a2b3c4d netdevice=eth0 install=disk:///opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss hostname=service.example.com hostip=X.X.X.X/24 gateway=X.X.X.1 nameserver=X.X.X.2 initrd /boot/initrd.install ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ssh-install### title SSH Installation (openSUSE 11.1) local root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/linux.install usessh=1 sshpassword=1a2b3c4d netdevice=eth0 install=hd:///opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss hostname=service.example.com hostip=X.X.X.X/24 gateway=X.X.X.1 nameserver=X.X.X.2 initrd /boot/initrd.install grubonce to find partition grubonce 8 then ssh service.example.com shutdown -r now The machine boots. I use ping X.X.X.X till machine responds. Then I use ssh ssh -X root@ip_address yast go through the screens till it get to the initializing package management bad metadata. URL hd:... or disk:... I use the exact same repo for ftp and nfs installs to other computers. nfs://X.X.X.X/same URL/ref ftp://X.X.X.X/same URL/ref This does work with 11.0. It fails with 11.1 and 11.2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create mirror ftp with rsync or ftp 2. make sure it works using nfs or ftp 3. try a remote install using the above 4. ssh -X root@ip_address 5. yast 6. go through screens till it fails with initializing package managment. Actual Results: Bad metadata/URL Expected Results: Complete yast install. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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