How it use AutoYast?

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In my last openSuse 11.3 installation, I “Clone” the system for AutoYast. So autoinstxml file was created in /root directory.
Now… How can I use this file in order to execute an unattended installation?

Thank you in advance.

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There’s a complete guide: AutoYaST

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Thanks a lot.
I’ll read it.

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I am building SuSE (SLES 11 SP1)appliances using KIWI and was looking for a way to perform an unattended installation in them. Moreover, I need to perform partitioning based on the hardware (no. of disks, their capacity, etc).

I came across SuSE’s AutoYaST feature that suggests that I can put my installation instructions in an xml file(called the autoyast profile) in the generated ISO. Also, I needed a location to put my partitioning script (possibly utilizing fdisk command). The SuSE documentation at 4.12. clearly says that " it’s possible to change the partitioning with fdisk in your pre-script"

I read that it can be done if:

1.The xml file autoinst.xml is put on the root of the cd.
2.the script (called a pre-script in this case) is embedded inside the xml file
3.while booting from cd, the boot parameter autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml is given.

My autoinst.xml file looks like this:

<?xml version=“1.0”?>
<!DOCTYPE profile>
<profile xmlns=“http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns” xmlns:config=“http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns”>
<scripts>
<pre-scripts config:type=“list”>
<script>
<filename>pre.sh</filename>
<interpreter>shell</interpreter>
<feedback config:type=“boolean”>true</feedback>
<source><![CDATA[
#!/bin/sh
touch /root/pre-output
echo “Running pre-install script” > /root/pre-output
fdisk -l >>/root/pre-output
]]>
</source>
</script>
</pre-scripts>
</scripts>
</profile>

This xml profile is taken from the example provided at the end of the page at “http://doc.opensuse.org/projects/YaST/openSUSE11.1/autoinstall/createprofile.scripts.html”.

As you can clearly see, the script is meant is produce output that can be easily verified. But this is not happening. I have included the packages autoyast2 and autoyast2-installation in the appliance. On booting with the specified boot parameter, I am taken to an error screen that says “calling the YaST module ‘inst_netprobe’ has failed” The logs mentioned in the error (/var/log/YaST2/y2log) are no good. They just say the same thing that calling the module inst_netprobe failed.

After selecting NEXT, installation proceeds normally and ends at the login prompt. After login I’m not seeing any of the changes that the pre-script was meant to produce, suggesting it wasn’t called.

Can someone point out if I am missing something?

  1. Am i missing a package related to AutoYaST?
  2. Is my location ("/" on the ISO) correct for putting my xml file?
  3. Is the xml file correctly formatted or is it missing something? I took this sample from the example given at the end of the documentation link i provided above.
  4. Is the way of invocation correct? (giving autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml) ?
  5. Also, if anyone has done autoinstallation using AutoYaST on SLES 11, could you please share some pointers??

I just need to have the profile read during installation so that the script i embed can be executed.

Thanks in advance! :slight_smile:

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On 2012-02-03 07:56, pratyushparimal wrote:
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> I am building SuSE (SLES 11 SP1)appliances using KIWI and was looking

Please notice that this is an openSUSE forum, not a SuSE SLES/SLED forum.
They are apart. Same login, different service.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)