From: Alexei_Roudnev (Alexei_Roudnev_at_exigengroup.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2006 - 00:30:29 CEST
Message-ID: <115001c689b8$d0bf17d0$6f31a8c0@sjc.exigengroup.com> From: "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:30:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SuSE novice seeking links to documentation/tips/tricks
Just be carefull when working with Yast, it is a good tool but have numerous
minor bugs (for example,
when you program post installation scripts, it is not obvious, how file
systems are mounted in this moment - I spend few hours troubleshouting it
all).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Coffin" <deadman@muppetlabs.com>
To: <suse-sles-e@suse.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SuSE novice seeking links to
documentation/tips/tricks
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
>
> > SuSe have a good document about autoinstallation and network
> > installation. Few tips, in addition to them:
> > - if you run system backup, you wil have xml file with
> > autoinstallation profile (in addition to the file archive); you can
> > (recommended) edit it manually and make autoinstallation profile
> > from it;
> > - you can open autoinstallation menu,. open default profile (which
> > is, in reality, your server;'s configuration), save it with another
> > name and then use it for auto installation;
> > - be careful; in some cases (backup for example) yast can create
> > autoinstallation xml with the wrong syntax (for example, backup
> > writes package names into the tag name, so guess what happen if name
> > looks as g++ - it broke xml parser).
> > - you must use kernel from SP3 for tftpboot for network installation,
> > not from release - I mean, that if you auto install SPx, kernel in
> > tftpboot should be from the same SPx.
>
> Thanks much for the tips, Alexei, especially in regards to the default
> profile. Very helpful. I haven't configured system backup on this
> server, since I've built it specifically to create custom installation
> CDs. Once the CDs are made, the server I used to create them is due
> for re-purposing....
>
> I've succeeded in making an installation image without the 3ware
> module - my next task is to figure out how to get it and it's pre- and
> post-install scripts worked into the installation packages. I'll dig
> deeper into the installed documentation to see what I can find. Part
> of the problem I've experienced with this project has been learning a
> new vocabulary (YAST- and SuSE-specific terms and such). Getting the
> lingo figured out greatly increases the probability of success with a
> Google or grep search. :)
>
>
>
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