We have downloaded the openSUSE 12.3 X64 DVD and copied it to a USB pendrive and OK installing from the USB pendrive. We have just downloaded the 1.2GB’s of updates from ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/update/12.3 that have been released since the release of 12.3. Is it possible to incorporate these updates onto the USB (or DVD) and get those installed in the initial installation?
I have read the information at SUSE / Uwe Gansert / autoyast / autoinstall and used the tool “create_update_source.sh” which has added the updates folder to the USB pendrive but what do I have to do next to tell the install to use this update folder?
Have been playing with autoyast and got a profile that nearly works so if it is something that gets added in the autoinst.xml, then that should be OK. I am aware of the ag_initscripts issue with autoyast as described here… [Bug 801878] AutoYast hangs at “Install Required Packages” and waits for](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2013-03/msg02411.html)
On 2013-03-27 04:46, stevienz wrote:
> We have downloaded the openSUSE 12.3 X64 DVD and copied it to a USB
> pendrive and OK installing from the USB pendrive. We have just
> downloaded the 1.2GB’s of updates from
> ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/update/12.3 that have been
> released since the release of 12.3. Is it possible to incorporate these
> updates onto the USB (or DVD) and get those installed in the initial
> installation?
Mmm… you may be able to add the directory as a repository to do the
updates. Maybe during the initial installation, and easier after the
installation.
I can’t give you an exact procedure, I would have to try it out. And it
would not be automatic.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
Twice when I was installing from the 12.3 DVD written to a USB flash drive, I used a second stick to install additional software.
When you boot the installation USB drive, you get a screen to select Installation, then a Welcome screen, then an Installation Mode screen. That last screen has a check box toward the bottom to “Include Add-on Products from Separate Media”. Check that box and click next. You are offered to set up networking - your choice. Since you have already downloaded you do not really need networking here. It did work for me the one time I used it.
After the networking stuff, you get a page to select the Add-on source, including CD, DVD, hard drive, and USB mass storage. I used USB storage, and the next screen let me pick the drive to use. Whatever media you pick for your system, I recommend putting the files in the top level of the file structure, since you have to type in the directory on the drive, rather than navigating windows to it.
On the screen for selecting the source, check the box for “Plain RPM directory”. (Did you indeed download RPM files?)
Proceed with the installation. When at the screen showing the selected configuration, including software; click software, then details, then view -> repositories. In the Add-on repository, click above the package list to change all to that repository.
One time when I used this procedure, there was only one file one the USB stick, and it was available. The other time, there were five RPM files on the stick, but only three showed up. I never figured that out. If some Add-on files do not appear, there is a precedence.
On 2013-03-28 06:36, crmrhm wrote:
> Twice when I was installing from the 12.3 DVD written to a USB flash
> drive, I used a second stick to install additional software.
Interesting.
There is another possibility which I have not tried. After network
setup, the installation system offers to check for updates (which I
always skip). I think that at that point you can edit/add repositories
manually, so it might be possible to add an update repo pointing to a
disk or directory, and disable the online repos.
I have not tried this.
I assume the OP wants autoyast to automate this.
On a shop I would edit the config to point to a local mirror of the
repos instead.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)