From: Georg Pfuetzenreuter via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 19:55:00 +0200 On 8/12/23 19:36, Bob Rogers wrote:
One caveat: When I investigated Autoyast at my place of work 8 or so years ago, I found that the profile, a large XML document, was very machine-specific. In particular, it specifies the partitioning details, which makes it awkward to adapt to different machines . . .
This is if you use "clone_system", which, as the name suggests, clones the current system and generates a very big configuration containing all aspects of the running environment. You can either use that template and strip out parts you don't need on other systems or write a custom profile from scratch. Most of the options which can be set are not required to be set and can either be omitted or replaced by the "semi-automatic" alternatives (for example, you can have the user be prompted to make a partitioning choice whilst leaving package decisions automated). There are also more advanced implementations where parts of the profile are generated dynamically based on machine specific data stored in a central place. Then my experience is out of date (I had wondered if it might be). -- Bob