[sles-beta] Recent Autoyast Documentation

Mon Jun 30 05:03:28 MDT 2014

Hi Stefan,

thanks for your quick answer. Unfortunately my proxy tells me the link
(to the pdf) is broken - maybe not suse.de?

Anyway, I used the SLES11 SP3 doc, which leads to the following -
similar code:

   <ask-list config:type="list">
   <ask>
     <path>networking,dns,hostname</path>
     <question>Enter Hostname</question>
     <default>Popup</default>
     <stage>initial</stage>
   </ask>
   <ask>
     <path>networking,dns,domain</path>
     <question>Enter Domain</question>
     <stage>initial</stage>
     <default>for.the.domain</default>
   </ask>

As I see, I am missing the inner pathlist tag, but with SLE12 Beta9 the
whole "ask tree" is completely ignored!
I can start installation, but this leads to a system with a root
password I do not know, I set it in the autoyast file.

So I need to find out what I missed within the file :(

Pls. check for the pdf link, if it is accessible from outside SUSE, so I
can correct my file

Thx in advance & Rgds
Klaus

Am 30.06.2014 12:16, schrieb Stefan Schubert:
> Hi,
> the "latest" documentation can be found here:
> http://docserv.suse.de/documents/SLES12/SLES-autoyast/pdf/book.autoyast_remarks_color_draft_meta_en.pdf
>
>
> But we really have to update it. Sorry for being so late :-(
>
> A nice example for asking network settings has been posted
> by a customer in bugzilla sometime ago:
>
>      <ask-list config:type="list">
>        <ask>
>          <pathlist config:type="list">
>            <path>networking,dns,hostname</path>
>          </pathlist>
>          <question>Enter Hostname</question>
>          <stage>initial</stage>
>          <default></default>
>          <file>/tmp/ask_hostname</file>
>          <dialog config:type="integer">1</dialog>
>          <element config:type="integer">1</element>
>     </ask>
>        <ask>
>          <pathlist config:type="list">
>            <path>networking,interfaces,0,ipaddr</path>
>          </pathlist>
>          <question>Enter IP-Address</question>
>          <stage>initial</stage>
>          <default></default>
>          <default_value_script>
>            <source><![CDATA[host `cat /tmp/ask_hostname` | grep address
> | cut -d
> " " -f4]]></source>
>          </default_value_script>
>          <dialog config:type="integer">2</dialog>
>          <element config:type="integer">1</element>
>
>   </ask>
>      <ask-list config:type="list">
>
> More general examples for the asking can be found here:
> https://github.com/yast/yast-autoinstallation/blob/master/test_xml/ask.xml
> https://github.com/yast/yast-autoinstallation/blob/master/test_xml/ask2.xml
>
> You can suppress rebooting by using these settings in the general options:
>
>          <final_reboot config:type="boolean">false</final_reboot>   <!
> -- since 11.0 -->
>          <final_halt config:type="boolean">false</final_halt>       <!
> -- since 11.0 -->
>
>
> Greetings
> Stefan Schubert
>
>
> Am 30.06.2014 10:54, schrieb Klaus Gmeinwieser:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> is there a recent doc for all SLE 12 autoyast things available?
>>
>> I played around a lot with the Beta9 YaST2 autoinstallation to generate
>> the necessary xml snippets, but some of those are invalid (e.g. grub1 is
>> no longer supported I learned) but I did not get information on the
>> stuff to do an autoinstallation (1.) without reboot and (2.) where the
>> network settings may be provided by the user by means of a
>> "questionnaire popup".
>>
>> As those 2 things would be a great advantage for installation to provide
>> the hostname, IP, etc. at installation time, I am still trying to get
>> this done
>>
>> Please advise how I can get the matching doc(s) or any helpful info on
>> this
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance
>> Klaus
>>
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Océ Printing Systems GmbH & Co. KG • A Canon Group Company
P.O. Box 1260 • 85581 Poing
Siemensallee 2 • 85586 Poing • Germany

Océ enables its customers to manage their documents efficiently and
effectively by offering
innovative print and document management products and services for
professional
environments.

Océ Printing Systems GmbH & Co. KG
The company is a limited partnership with its registered office in Poing
– Trade Register HRA 100955 (Amtsgericht München) – WEEE-Reg.-No. DE 888
05 443

General Partner: Océ Printing Systems Geschäftsführungsgesellschaft mbH
Registered Office: Poing – Trade Register HRB 206480 (Amtsgericht München)
Executive Officer: André Mittelsteiner
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