Re: Installation repository

Peer-Joachim Koch <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Apr 2016 20:15:37 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.autoinstall
Organization MPI für Biogeochemie
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Oliver,

seems to be exactly what I'm looking for!
Nice and detailed description.

Thanks a lot!

Bye, Peer
Am 15.04.2016 um 17:56 schrieb Oliver Schweikert:
> Hi Peer,
>
> 1. Copy the SLES-11-SP3 repository from DVD to $REPO and replace/add
>     your packages below $REPO/suse/*/ as you need.
>
> 2. Update the package metadata:
>
>     #> create_package_descr -d $REPO/suse -o $REPO/suse/setup/descr
>
>     (create_package_descr is part of the inst-source-utils package)
>
> 3. Remove all "META SHA1 .... packages*" lines from $DIR/content and
>
> 4. add the new hashs to the same file:
>
>     #> (cd $REPO/suse/setup/descr && sha1sum packages* | \
>         while read LINE; \
>         do echo META SHA1 $LINE;done ) >> $REPO/content
>
> At this point you can install manually, but you will get disturbed by
> signature and security warnings, which you have to commit.
>
> 5. Configure the signature handling in your AutoYaST profile:
>
>   <general>
>
>     ...
>
>      <signature-handling>
>        <accept_unsigned_file
>         config:type="boolean">true</accept_unsigned_file>
>        <accept_file_without_checksum
>         config:type="boolean">true</accept_file_without_checksum>
>        <accept_verification_failed
>         config:type="boolean">true</accept_verification_failed>
>        <accept_unknown_gpg_key
>         config:type="boolean">true</accept_unknown_gpg_key>
>        <import_gpg_key config:type="boolean">true</import_gpg_key>
>      </signature-handling>
>    </general>
>
> 6. Install with "autoyast=<theprofile>    insecure=1".
>
> Regards, Oliver
>
>
> Am 15.04.2016 um 13:32 schrieb Dr.Peer-Joachim Koch:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we are using autoinstall for our HPC cluster. However we have
>> to use old releases, because we are using a global file system on the
>> cluster.
>> So we could now migrate to SLES11SP3 and I'm wondering, if there is a way
>> to setup a repository containing all updates for the system (current
>> status),
>> but with the original kernel from the DVD.
>> Is there an easy way to create this kind of repository ? Or just add the
>> update
>> repository while we install the nodes (but what about the kernel ??) ....
>> Any help will be welcome!
>>
>

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