[sles-beta] SLES12 Beta2 Installation autoyast not possible

[urs.frey at post.ch]

Hi Simon

I created my autoinst.xml on SLES12 beta1 using yast2 Autoinstallation.
In this menu there was an option 2nd stage.
As I use autoyast for a long time now, 1st stage is chroot phase, with package installation 
Then kdump, grub gets written and the server will be booted onto the newly installed system
Then there will be 2nd stage with configuration of LAN, users, services etc.

Well my autoyast installation got stuck on 85% within the second stage within the blue yast 2 mask, saying in yast2: starting services
(I could not find out yet if it was ntp or which service)

When I changed using alt F2 to the next screen I could see a login screen, not the usual ongoing configuration of autoyast

As you can see now, my autoyast process does not only install packages, but does also the entire system configuration.
Other than installation &&& configuration does not make sense to me.
I need to have one entirely set up system at once using autoyast.

Short I will re-create an autoinst.xml on beta2 and see if my previous observation still does exist.

Best regards
 

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: sles-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com [mailto:sles-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com] Im Auftrag von Simon Flood
Gesendet: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:33 PM
An: sles-beta at lists.suse.com
Betreff: Re: [sles-beta] SLES12 Beta2 Installation autoyast not possible

On 10/03/2014 12:41, urs.frey at post.ch wrote:

> Installation of SLES12 Beta2 with autoyast is not possible.
> Installation stalls after first reboot during stage2 when services
> should be configured to start.
> Obviously a yast problem
> Seen as ESXi VMWare Client and on HP Proliant DL380-G7
> Trying to install SLES12 Beta2 manually now.

How did you create the AutoYaST file?

I just tried (re)installing a SLES12 Beta2 VM using the autoinst.xml 
file from a manual install but during the auto-install process, after 
configuring bootloader, I'm prompted for Installation Settings with a 
screen offering the default values not those I configured during my 
manual install.

On closer inspection of the auto-generated autoinst.xml file from the 
original manual install it looks like the "clone system for AutoYaST" 
process is broken since it's missing partitioning and software settings.

I didn't see a reboot during the auto-install.

HTH.
-- 
Simon Flood
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner
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