August 2006 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 10 RC2 remove-packages section?
by Matt Gillard 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

I dont have kinternet installed. This is what doesnt seem to work: <software> <patterns config:type="list"> <pattern>default</pattern> <pattern>Basis-Devel</pattern> <pattern>x11</pattern> </patterns> <packages config:type="list"> <packages>perl-libwww-perl</packages> <packages>net-snmp</packages> <packages>kernel-source</packages> </packages> <remove-packages config:type="list"> <packages>pptp</packages> <packages>smpppd</packages> <packages>ppp</packages> <packages>wvdial</packages> <packages>mutt</packages> </remove-packages> </software> In y2log it mentions that those packages should be removed, but it goes ahead and installs them anyway. I can do it manually on the command line: # rpm -e pptp smpppd ppp wvdial mutt and that works fine so I know I have no dependency problems. matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] > Sent: Friday, 30 June 2006 12:50 AM > To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] SLES 10 RC2 remove-packages section? > > > On Thursday 29 June 2006 16:45, Manfred Hollstein wrote: > > > If that fails, you have kinternet installed; add that to > the list and it > > should work. > > good point. > <remove-packages> can not break dependencies and so it's very > likely that > there is still a package that needs those packages. > I did a very small installation with no X - so it worked for me. > > -- > ciao, Uwe Gansert > > Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany > Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de/~ug > now playing Covenant - Wasteland > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com > > This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material.

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Scripting dirinstall?
by Teun 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Does anyone know if it is possible to use the 'dirinstall' from the command line? For instance i would like to be able to do something like: # yast dirinstall -d /someroot -s mypackages.sel If i do yast -h it says: "Usage: /sbin/yast [OPTIONS] [MODULE] [module specific parameters]" But is there a way to find out what 'module specific parameters' are available for a specific module? Thanks, Teun

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Problems with bootloader configuration in autoyast SLES10 RC3
by Matt Gillard 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

I have logged SR#10273247971 for this but I thought I would get peoples thoughts here as well. Problem is with the <default> global parameter in the <bootloader> section of autoyast. This works fine: <bootloader> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> Default kernel is SLES_10 as expected. This doesnt work, during boot loader installation an error is given that there is no default value given in lilo.conf. This occurs if I put an entry in the <default> tag or not. <bootloader> <global> <default>SLES_10</default> <gfxmenu></gfxmenu> <prompt>1</prompt> <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout> </global> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> ie: This also gives the same error for the default tag. It should default to SLES_10 - I should not have to specify it. <bootloader> <global> <default></default> <gfxmenu></gfxmenu> <prompt>1</prompt> <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout> </global> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> And this also the same error: <bootloader> <global> <gfxmenu></gfxmenu> <prompt>1</prompt> <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout> </global> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> The reason I am doing this is because I do *not* want a graphical menu so I want to specify nothing for <gfxmenu> which seems to work ok. The text of the error during the bootloader config/installation phase is: "Value expected for 'default' at or above line 11 in file /etc/lilo.conf." And sure enough in /mnt/etc/lilo.conf at that point of the installation default has no value. thanks -- Matt Gillard UNIX Systems Engineer Coles Myer Ltd | Lvl 4 236 Bourke St | +61 3 963 51926 This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material.

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problems with language settings.
by Simon Crute 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

HI All, I'm having problems setting the language settings. I'm using this fragment of XML that's being pulled in via a rule. (basically, import a custom file depending on which domain the client is in) This fragment was created by yast2 autoyast. I just added the <general>tags round it. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <general> <keyboard> <keyboard_values> <capslock config:type="boolean">false</capslock> <delay></delay> <discaps config:type="boolean">false</discaps> <numlock></numlock> <rate></rate> <scrlock config:type="boolean">false</scrlock> <tty>tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 tty8 tty9 tty10 tty11 tty12 tty13 tty14 tty15 tty16 tty17 tty18 tty19 tty20</tty> </keyboard_values> <keymap>english-uk</keymap> </keyboard> <language> <language>en_GB</language> <languages>en_US,en_GB</languages> </language> <timezone> <hwclock>UTC</hwclock> <timezone>Europe/London</timezone> </timezone> </general> </profile> However, the compleated system ends up with a US keyboard.... Interestingly, shortly after loading the xml fragment, the log file has 2006-08-17 17:01:55 <3> 192.168.21.139(3453) [Interpreter] Profile.ycp:118 Can't convert value '$["language":"en_GB", "languag es":"en_US,en_GB"]' to type 'string' in it. so, is it a bug, or user error ? ;-) -- Simon Crute IS&T Bracknell Novell UK Ltd

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AutoYaST IP and partitioning problems
by Peter Ludikovsky 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Good morning! I have some problems using AutoYaST to test the automatic installation I made from within VMware. But first things first. My target is to generate a bootable DVD that should be used to "reset" testing servers. The installation should run as quietly and automatic as possible from inserting the DVD and powering up the system to a complete system with Samba & Oracle. The configuration files can be retrieved at http://www.badongo.com/file/1308770 While the used linuxrc.config & info files should tell AutoYaST to use a static IP address (using VMwares emulated AMD PCnet32 card) it always tries to fetch information from a DHCP server, which is not present, or skips this step all together without BOOTP fallback. This is a major problem since the autoinstall directives should be fetched by HTTP. As soon as the installation proceeds past this it stops short at partitioning. I already tried using fresh disks (remember, still in VMware) and disks that had all required partitions written but to no avail. Is this a general problem with VMware or did I find a glitch? I would really like to be able to continue my test within VMware since I don't want to stress out the hardware now and have it break too soon. Regards, Peter

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OpenSUSE 10.1 Online update in autoyast
by Ian Grant 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Does anyone have XML for OpenSUSE 10.1 to cause autoyast to do an online update at install time? I am hoping this is better than the farce we have to go through at the moment to run it after the autoyast install: it has to be run, interactively, four times to get the security/recommended updates done. Failing that, does anyone know how to run it from the command line so it doesn't need somoeone to press keys?

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] OpenSUSE 10.1 Online update in autoyast
by hp9 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Man! I also had very bad experience as you. It seems that SUSE Linux 10.1 autoyast does not work. It failed in partition and software Package Selections. Anyone has succeeded about online installation with that? >===== Original Message From gordon_schumacher(a)maxtor.com ===== >Ian Grant <Ian.Grant(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote on 08/31/2006 03:33:14 AM: > ># Does anyone have XML for OpenSUSE 10.1 to cause autoyast to do an ># online update at install time? I am hoping this is better than the ># farce we have to go through at the moment to run it after the ># autoyast install: it has to be run, interactively, four times to get ># the security/recommended updates done. > > <script> > <filename>3-start_you.sh</filename> > <interpreter>shell</interpreter> > <source><![CDATA[ >#!/bin/sh >/bin/chvt 9 >exec < /dev/tty9 > /dev/tty9 >echo Performing online update... >online_update -l en -u http://my-system/srv/suseupdate -V >SuSEconfig >echo Rebooting the computer now to use the new kernel. >sleep 5 >/bin/chvt 1 >shutdown -r now >]]> > </source> > </script> > </init-scripts> > </scripts> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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Not understanding rules.xml and autoinst.xml interaction
by John Comitas 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

I am running Suse Enterprise 9-1 I'm trying to use rules.xml to create partitions, but it never uses it, only uses autoinst.xml, which has nothing in the partition declaration. John Comitas Sr. Network Engineer

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] OpenSUSE 10.1 Online update in autoyast
by gordon_schumacher＠maxtor.com 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Ian Grant <Ian.Grant(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote on 08/31/2006 03:33:14 AM: # Does anyone have XML for OpenSUSE 10.1 to cause autoyast to do an # online update at install time? I am hoping this is better than the # farce we have to go through at the moment to run it after the # autoyast install: it has to be run, interactively, four times to get # the security/recommended updates done. <script> <filename>3-start_you.sh</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source><![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh /bin/chvt 9 exec < /dev/tty9 > /dev/tty9 echo Performing online update... online_update -l en -u http://my-system/srv/suseupdate -V SuSEconfig echo Rebooting the computer now to use the new kernel. sleep 5 /bin/chvt 1 shutdown -r now ]]> </source> </script> </init-scripts> </scripts>

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Choose Installation Kernel on Sles9 SP3 x86_64
by Florian Sachs 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi! I'm running AutoYast with Sles9 SP3 x86_64 on a IBM x366 (Dual XeonMP with ETM64). I use a custom Install CD made with yast2's CD-Creator. AutoYast uses the default kernel for installation and so forces me into a manual reboot after the installation for the SMP kernel to be activated. (The "forceboot" and "reboot" are both set but don't work...) The x366 has the ServeRaid 8i Raid Controller and IBM has an Driver Update Floppy Image which resides on the CD and works fine (Vendor Driver update). The Installation (update.post) of the driver makes an "uname -r" and gets 2.6.5-7.244-default and installs into the wrong directory and I get depmod errors. I also use the module bonding which can't be found after the installation because the depmod goes for the wrong kernel. After the manual reboot everything works perfect. So I would like to know if it is possible to change the kernel autoyast is using? (I know that the install kernel resides in /boot/loader/linux and there is an initrd in /boot/loader/initrd, but changing them gave me some ..hmm... interesting results :-)) best regards, florian

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