February 2008 - 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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[opensuse-autoinstall] autoyast with openSUSE 10.3 doesn't work
by Ivan De Masi 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear listmembers, I'm getting crazy trying to install openSUSE 10.3 from a created autoinst.xml profile file. I tried to tell autoyast to get the profile from usb-stickt, nfs-share and a webserver - no chance! I always get a message like that there was an error reading the profile. I only got it half way working using the option "vnc=1" . Than autoyast reads the profile (from the webserver), but stops with partitioning problems because of a factory partiton. I saw now thht this is a bug... But getting back to my first problem: What can I do? We want to set up some new clients with openSUSE 10.3 and I don't want to do that 50 times ... Thanks, Ivan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Error in autoyast install process
by Wayman Smith 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I am attempting to perform an autoinstall process with SuSE 10.1 sp1 using autoyast and a custom autoinst.xml file. The install process reads the autoinst.xml correctly, and performs all steps up until the Install boot manager process. Here, I receive the error /sbin/mkinitrd: line 3297: /etc/fstab: No such file or directory No '/' mountpoint spceified in /etc/fstab It should also be noted that my autoinst.xml file fails RNG validation (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=211014#c21) I have attached my autoinst.xml file also. Might these two problems be related? --W. Smith

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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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[opensuse-autoinstall] mountby option ignored
by Frank Steiner 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Hi, we are using <mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby> for every partitionin our profiles. After installing a bunch of hosts it turned out that this option is ignored on many hosts. We couldn't find a rule for it. It happened with creating and with reusing disks, on hosts with lvm and without, etc. Uwe, can I send one y2log from a host where the option was ignored? Do you have time to look into it? cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. * -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Proliant and Autoyast Issue
by Mies, Christian 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Hi List, it's me again. I'm searching 2 days for my failure and found following issues, where I need your Help. I have a xml File for my HP Server ( look @ attached hp.xml) and a file rules.xml (attached). If I start the hp.xml nativly on grub boot line, everything working fine. Do I use the rules.xml, I get an Error in the Partition Section: 'Adding 2104472k swap on /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 Priority: -4 extends:1 across 2104472k' Any Idea? regards Christian it-novum GmbH Ein Unternehmen der Mehler AG Christian Mies Consultant Systemmanagement Edelzeller Stra?e 44 36043 Fulda FON: +49 (661) 103-874 (-333) FAX: +49 (661) 103-17874 (-334) MAIL: cmies(a)itnovum.de WEB: http://www.itnovum.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Fulda, HRB 1934 Geschaftsfuhrer: Michael Kienle Sitz der Gesellschaft: Fulda, Deutschland/Germany UstID-Nr: DE813211784 Steuernr.: 018/225/03095 Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail ist vertraulich. Wenn Sie nicht der eigentliche Empfanger sein sollten, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender oder vernichten umgehend diese Mail. Jegliche unerlaubte Vervielfaltigung oder Weiterleitung dieser Mail ist strengstens verboten. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Multiple Distributions
by Wayman Smith 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

I have the need to install both SLED and SLES depending on what the hardware platform is. I have implemented some rules, would that be the best way to install different SuSE versions or would classes be better? Has anyone done this before. Thanks, Wayman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Kernel Panic during tftp phase of install
by Wayman Smith 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hello, I am trying to do a fully automated install of SLED-10.1 x86_64. The server machine is able to recognize the mac address of the client and begin the install process, however, shortly after I receive the following error: VFS: cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block (8,9) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel Panic - not syncing This set has worked previously, the only variables that have changed are the client and server hardware. All hardware is 64bit. I have been searching around and it looks like this is related to a missing initrd, but my initrd file is present where it should be in /tftp. Please let me know if more information would be helpful. Regards, Wayman S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] HP Proliant Server / autoyast.xml Partitioning
by Mies, Christian 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hi List, I'm new to the autoyast modul of the SLES 10 and OpenSuSE. I have installed a HP DL140 Server that contains a SmartArray Controller. This Controller is configured as Raid1. After manuall installation I see the device as /dev/cciss/{Partitions}. When I try to create a hp.xml File everything looks good in the XML. When I try to install with this File, I get an error on Console simular to this: 'adding swap on /dev/cciss/c0p0??? Priority: -4 extends: 1' At this point my installation is stopping and I will kicked off to Linuxrc. I tried <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/md</device> or <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/cciss</device> or <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/md0</device> without any success.... Any help will be appreciate kind regards Christian Mies it-novum GmbH Ein Unternehmen der Mehler AG Christian Mies Consultant Systemmanagement Edelzeller Stra?e 44 36043 Fulda FON: +49 (661) 103-874 (-333) FAX: +49 (661) 103-17874 (-334) MAIL: cmies(a)itnovum.de WEB: http://www.itnovum.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Fulda, HRB 1934 Geschaftsfuhrer: Michael Kienle Sitz der Gesellschaft: Fulda, Deutschland/Germany UstID-Nr: DE813211784 Steuernr.: 018/225/03095 Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail ist vertraulich. Wenn Sie nicht der eigentliche Empfanger sein sollten, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender oder vernichten umgehend diese Mail. Jegliche unerlaubte Vervielfaltigung oder Weiterleitung dieser Mail ist strengstens verboten. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] (opensuse 10.3) My autoyast configuration does not remove packages in the remove packages section
by Markus Roeffen 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hi all! I've a problem with my autoyast configuration. Although I've specified packages for removing in the remove-packages section of software in autoyast, they're still there after the installation. What's wrong with these statements: > <remove-packages config:type="list"> > <package>beagle</package> > <package>beagle-lang</package> > <package>beagle-index</package> > <package>kio_beagle</package> > <package>kerry</package> > <package>kerry-lang</package> > <package>kdebase3-beagle</package> > <package>beagle-firefox</package> > </remove-packages> In case I'm not successfull in the software section: Is it a good idea to run a "zypper remove" or a "rpm -e" statement in a post install script? Thanks in advance. Best Regards Markus -- ------------------------------- Markus Roeffen Institut für Wasserbau IWS Universität Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 61 70569 Stuttgart Tel: +49(0)711/685-67010 Fax: +49(0)711/685-67020 Mail: markus.roeffen(a)iws.uni-stuttgart.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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