Hallooo. My challenge (because, of course, we don’t have problems anymore) is this: I’ve installed 10.3 - removing and adding modules in Yast, setting up the desired partitions etc. I now need to do it again on n machines. Lots of them. Not all at once, necessarily but I need that installation on any number of machines. I’d also like to run a post-installation shell script that tweaks a few permissions. TO what extent can this be automated? I noticed a ‘Clone this installation?’ option at the end of the installation. Is this about to become my best friend?
How does that work?
I’d be grateful for any references / wisdom on repeating installations with a minimuim of fuss (effort ;-)).
Look up ‘autoyast’ online or in the documentation. It is a great tool
and makes an XML file to guide subsequent installations all the way
through with minimal/no user interaction after the install is started
specifying that file. As a note any post-install stuff you did will not
be in that file but you could probably do a lot of that before the
install so it all gets in that file. There have been other threads in
these and the SLES/SLED forums on how to run scripts after the fact
though I don’t recall their outcome right now.
Good luck.
sparkietm wrote:
| Hallooo. My challenge (because, of course, we don’t have problems
| anymore) is this: I’ve installed 10.3 - removing and adding modules in
| Yast, setting up the desired partitions etc. I now need to do it again
| on n machines. Lots of them. Not all at once, necessarily but I need
| that installation on any number of machines. I’d also like to run a
| post-installation shell script that tweaks a few permissions. TO what
| extent can this be automated? I noticed a ‘Clone this installation?’
| option at the end of the installation. Is this about to become my best
| friend?
| How does that work?
|
| I’d be grateful for any references / wisdom on repeating installations
| with a minimuim of fuss (effort ;-)).
|
| Thanks
|
| Mark
|
|
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