Hello,
Thanks again, I have now got a lot further, but I have another small
problem.
I generated the xml file from an existing machine, and during creation I
selected every single option except the DHCP server and the DNS server
(because this machine doesn't have either of them). I did this because I
need the new machines to be as close to the original as possible, so I hope
this was a good decision.
I have also added an <initialize> tag within each <drive> tag, just below
the <device> tag in order to remove the partition table on each disk before
starting, so I hope I have done this correctly as well:
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<drive>
<device>/dev/sda</device>
-----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: 02 February 2006 17:18 To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Help with installing multiple machines over network
On Thursday 02 February 2006 17:59, Richard Hobbs wrote:
The only changes I made to the original file were the following additions on the append lines for "linux" and "failsafe":
insmod=e1000 netdevice=eth0 install=nfs://192.168.3.230/install/dellrackmount.xml
that can't work. It's: "autoyast=nfs://192.168.3.230/install/dellrackmount.xml" install=... must point to the installation source in your network. For example: install=nfs://192.168.3.230/install_src_sl10 For automatic installations over the network you need the "install=..." and the "autoyast=..." parameter.
1. When the system first boots into the screen giving me the option to boot from "harddisk", "linux", "noacpi", "failsafe" etc... I get a warning that says:
Unknown keyboard in config file. Missing parameter in config file.
you can ignore that but maybe it helps if you remove the "implicit 1" and the "notice 6" line.
Nevertheless, I still have the option of chosing an option, so I type "linux" and hit return.
It then boots up, and after a minute or two, a read box appears on screen stating:
Could not find the Suse Linux Installation Source. Activating manual setup program.
that's because the install=... line is wrong. The installation source can't be found. Change the install=... line, so that it points to your installation source and add the "autoyast=nfs://192.168.3.230/install/dellrackmount.xml" line.
-- ciao, Uwe Gansert
Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de
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