Hello Anas
Thank you so much for this hint! It really works if you follow all your
instruction below step by step. There are a couple of things that changed
if I compare it with the installation from my repository-server.
1. at the stage when the license agreement is displayed, there is a 10
second countdown and after this the installation starts. How can I disable
this timer so you really have to press enter to continue?
2. no module will be loaded for the network interface(s) because there is
no entry in /etc/modules.conf for eth0. If I install the server from my
repository-server the ethernet interface eth0 will be discovered
automatically and I've got an alias set for my eth0 in /etc/modules.conf.
Is there a way, I can detect all ethernet interfaces and insert them all
in /etc/modules.conf even I install my server from the cd as described by
Anas below?
Thank you for your answer.
Regards Manuel
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Anas Nashif
Hello, sorry to bother you again and again. I'm using SLES8 with autoyast2-2.6.44-7 and autoyast2-installation-2.6.44-7. I think this is the latest version for SLES8 (comming with SP3). I copied autoinst.xml to the root of my self-made CD-ROM and I'm using the following parameter in
isolinux.cfg
# autoyast label autoyast kernel linux append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 autoyast=default instmode=cd usedhcp=0 textmode=1
If you use parameter "autoyast=default" YaST2 will look for autoinst.xml in the following three places (according to Anas Nashif PDF SLES8 - Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration with YaST2) :
1. the root directory of the floppy disk 2. the root directory of the installation medium (CD-ROM in my case) 3. the root directory of the initial ram disk used to boot the system
Cool......unfortunately it doesn't work at all in my environment. I tried with "autoyast=file:/autoinst.xml", "autoyast=file://autoinst.xml", "autoyast=default" I always got this bloody control menu where it asks for the location of the autoinst.xml! From there I could choose http, device, floppy, nfs....but I didn't manage to access the cdrom. If I insert a floppy with my autoinst.xml in the root, the installation is proceeding. I also can edit isolinux.cfg with "autoyast=floppy://autoinst.xml" and it'll find autoinst.xml.
Why do I get always very nice and well meant hints from the autoinstall mailing list telling me that the are using "...autoyast= default instmode=cd..." and everything is working fine. Does this have a coherence that I'm using SLES8 with autoyast2-2.6.44-7 and most of people Suse x.x
with the newest autoyast2 autoyast2-2.8.14-20 or so.....
I'm really stumped....
Any comment is welcome.
Regards Manuel
p.s. I'll send a box of the finest original swiss chocolate to the one who can give me the right tip to solve this problem...... ;-))
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