October 2006 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

linuxrc - netdevice=<hwaddress>
by John Willis 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Does anyone know if any of the SLES releases 9 or 10 support passing the linuxrc option netdevice=<hardware mac address> ? I noticed Red Hat has had this for sometime and it seems totally missing in SuSE which seems really odd. I'm still scratching my head if we really are still passing only by kernel interface name. I read in the change log for linuxrc-1.8.6-3 a change that "sounds" like this feature. * Mon Mar 14 2005 - snwint(a)suse.de - s390: fix segfault in net_list_s390_devs() - extra root image was sometimes not used - allow netdevices to be specified by hwaddress But it looks like linuxrc-1.8.6-3 is only available in SuSE Professional 9.3. "any" commentary would be sincerely appreciated the feature also seems to be fairly minor since any delimiter seperating the octets in the hwaddr string could be used to identify the difference between an interface name and interface hw address if i could figure out a generic method of overriding the linuxrc with a custom script and daisy chain it back into linuxrc after setting up the interface name, I would.. and have a slight idea on how to do that.. but i'd rather find out i'm just missing something and the feature is already there Thanks!

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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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changing init script launch sequence & getting location data
by Rich 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

hi. is it possible to easily change init script ('autoyast') launch sequence/requirements so that it is launched after sshd has started ? currently, it runs together with sshd, which is generating keys for some time, and that is inconvenient for some actions script has to perform. additionally, is it possible to get init script location data (defined in <location>) in the script itself some way (a variable ?) ? as in "use here the same host/directory you came from". (oh yes, using sles10) thanks -- Rich

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Interactiv post-install script
by Bernhard Dübi 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi everybody, some time ago I started creating my own sles9 cds. I have a sles9 where the install server runs and a sles9 machine where patch server runs. On the install server I use CD Creator to create my cds (at least the install tree, the iso images and the burning I do with a script). I also have some XML files for autoyast, with a post-install script where the user can choose some install options. All this works fine. Now I want to do the same with sles10. I managed to setup an install server on the sles9 machine. I also created some XML files for autoyast, but I have problems with the interactiv post-install script. Now some questions: 1) Can I use CD Creator from sles9 to create sles10 cds (just the install tree) ? 2) Can I use sles9 as patch server for sles10 ? 3) What's the best way to create an interactiv postinstall script ? I tried the init-script option, but the script runs in parallel with other scripts an never gets the hold of the console. In sles9 I had a post-install script which dropped a S00setup file in rc5.d, but in sles10 this files is ignored. Any ideas ? Thank you very much for your help. Sincerely Bernhard

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JFYI: openSUSE 10.2 Beta1 (i386/x86-64) ready
by Uwe Gansert 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Hi, With this eMail I want to encourage you to take part of the beta test of openSUSE 10.2. Especially for you, as administrator of an autoinstallation environment, it's important to find problems and bugs during the beta phase. As soon as the 10.2 is gold, we can't do any fixes anymore for autoyast because that requires a patch for the installation system which is on the CD/DVD. So official online updates for autoyast are hardly an option then. To make changes in autoyast a little bit more visible for you I've started a brief overview of what has changed in autoyast since 10.1 The current state of what has changed can be found here: http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_changes_10_1-10_2.html You can download ISOs from: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/openSUSE-10.2-Beta1/ If you think you've hit a bug you can either write a mail to this list or (even better) you can use bugzilla to report a bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com Thanks in advance for testing openSUSE 10.2 -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug now playing Psyche - 15 Minutes (Lights Out)

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SLES10 with SLES10 SDK add on timeout
by Jason Record 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

I have integrated the SLES10 SDK as an add-on product with a SLES10 install source. However, when I run an autoyast install, I get prompted for the SDK license agreement. The SLES10 license agreement times out. How do I get the SDK and other add-on product license agreements to be timed out so the install will complete without human intervention? -jason

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firstboot actions
by Ness, Todd 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

I want to use some of the "Configuration" steps provided by an interactive install, with my automated install. Like let a user create their account, set the hostname, set the time zone, set the keyboard, and walk through the hardware configuration section but skip things like the root password, firewall, online update, network test etc. Is there a way to configure this? Todd Ness EDS - Sun Microsystems JDS Model Office Home Office - +1-303-255-4530 Sun Model Office - +1-303-272-3924 Lakewood Office - +1-303-763-3832 Mobile Phone - +1-303-263-2589

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Repository in DVD
by Jonathan Meller 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

Ya, It works! :) , but what about taking the media to the target machine and install locally by DVD ??? Gordon.Schumacher(a)seagate.com wrote: > Jonathan Meller <jonathan.meller(a)tteng.com.br> wrote on 10/23/2006 01:53:48 > PM: > > # Hellos! > # > # Can I copy the repository tree to a DVD and install from it? > > Yup - loopback mount it to a directory, make that directory accessible > by a webserver, and add "install=http://my.server/path" to your command > line... and you're good to go! > > -- Jonathan Meller jonathan.meller(a)tteng.com.br ======================================================= Tools & Technologies - T&T Engenheiros Associados Ltda. Projetos de SW - Desenvolvendo soluções. Rua Riachuelo, 1098 Conj. 901 Centro - Porto Alegre - CEP 90010-272 Fone DDR: (51)3220-3260 Fone/Fax: (51)3220-3220 / 3220-3206 http://www.tteng.com.br/ tet(a)tteng.com.br =======================================================

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Update network driver
by suselist＠nlsn.nu 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

Hi, what do I need to do to update the network drivers used during installation? I have a working autoyast environment for SLES9-SP3, but the hardware I install on is not supported by SLES9-SP3 unless I add the latest broadcom driver. I need to modify the boot CD, pxe-image and the driverupdate in the installsource. Are there any HowTo on this subject? Regards Daniel

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