Re: Add-on product URI naming scheme

Hi

>>> On 8/29/2013 at 11:22, Thomas Fehr <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, Andreas Taschner wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> In an attempt to create SLES11SP2/3 installation images, which contain 
> various repositories with some in-house developed RPMs, some questions have 
> popped up from my customer.
>> 
>> Although I have searched in the "usual places"++ (admit not being very good 
> at that) I have not been able to find clear answers.
>> 
>> > My question is how can I refer to a repository in an autoyast file, when 
>> > the repository resides in the same medium as the installation files?
>> > 
>> > In my autoyast file I have
>> > <add-on>
>> > 	<add_on_products config:type="list">
>> > 	<listentry>
>> > 		<media_url>cd:///repos/my_repo1</media_url>
>> > 		<product>my_product1</product>
>> > 		<product_dir>/</product_dir>
>> > 		<name>my_product1</name>
>> > 	</listentry>
>> > 	</add_on_products>
>> > </add-on>
>> > 
>> > Should the media_url be cd:///<path> or can I use file:///<path>?
>> > If I use a usb disk instead of a CD, should I change the cd:///<path> to 
>> > usb:///<path>?
>> > Would it be possible to use relurl:///<path>?
>> > In that case what is considered the root of the SuSE DVD installation 
>> > media, the root directory or some other path?
>> > 
>> > It seems that cd:/// works for installation with a DVD. I didn't find 
>> > this in the documentation and I don't know if file:/// is supposed to 
>> > work or not. 
>> 
>> I once had a case about location of the info file for linuxrc (where one 
> could refer to  info=disk:/info?device=*usb*), but I am not sure this applies 
> to AutoYaST.
>> Also the paths available during installation are not clear to me.
>> 
>> Is anybody willing to elaborate or point to sources that document the naming 
> schemes and paths.
> 
> Unfortunately all the mentioned urls are handled at completely different 
> places
> (linuxrc, autoyast, zypper). For autoyast xml control file you can use 
> something 
> like "autoyast=device:/autoinst.xml" or "usb:/autoinst.xml" which will 
> search on 
> all disk or usb devices for the mentioned path. The methods to specify the
> autoyast control file are in Chapter "7.3.1 Command Line Options" of 
> autoyast
> Documentation ("Table 7.2").
> 
> The add-on section of autoyast control file is handled by yast2-add-on and the
> urls ultimately by zypper. I am adding Ladislav Slezak and Michael Andres as
> the respective maintainers to CC: if they have a pointer to such a document 
> for the URLs usable by zypper.

Thank you both !
Considering the hint to search for 'Supported URI formats:' in man zypper, we now know that zypper does not support USB devices directly. 

Would it then be possible to use the
"hd:/subdir?device=/dev/sda1&filesystem=reiserfs"
approach ? 
E.g. 
hd:/repository1?device=/dev/sdb1&filesystem=ext3
or am I over-/misinterpreting ?

Best regards
Andreas



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