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List:       suse-autoinstall
Subject:    Re: [suse-autoinstall] SLES8/UL SP3 autoinstall CD create issue
From:       Anas Nashif <nashif () suse ! de>
Date:       2004-10-20 14:20:46
Message-ID: 4176743E.6040309 () suse ! de
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Hi,

Jun Wang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wanna create a customize SLES8/UL SP3 CD which include autoinst.xml
> and info file and could used for
> CD instmode automatic install.
> 
> The problem i met was the size of SP3 CD is too large to fit in ISO9660
> CD. Could any one told me the 
> proper steps to create such CD?


This is because SP3 has a special format, somehow using something 
similar to hardlinks or maybe real hardlinks. To solve this, just remove 
all the things you dont need. For example, you certainly dont need the 
contents of "i386" which is a copy of what is in "suse"..


Anas


> 
> the steps I used as bellow:
> 
> 1 loop mount the SP3 iso
>   # mount -o loop SLES8-SP3.iso /media/cdrom
>  
> 2 copy the content to a directory
>   # mkdir -p /datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3
>   # cd /media/cdrom; cp -a . /datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3
> when i run this command, the output give following error:
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/SuSE-SLES/8/patches'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/UnitedLinux/1.0/patches'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/SuSE-SLES/8/rpm'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/UnitedLinux/1.0/rpm'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/SuSE-SLES/8/scripts'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/UnitedLinux/1.0/scripts'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/suse/i386-sles8/install'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/suse/i386-ul1/install'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/suse/i386-sles8/y2update'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/suse/i386-ul1/y2update'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/suse/i386-sles8'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/UnitedLinux/i386-sles8'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/suse/i386-ul1'to
> directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./linux/UnitedLinux/i386-ul1'
> cp: will not create hard
> link'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./i386/update/SuSE-SLES/8/rpm/setup/descr'
> to directory'/datashare/SLES8/UL/SP3/./UnitedLinux/setup/descr'
> 
> Best Regards,
> Wang Jun
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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