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Overview
As there's the requirement to install packages in SDK DVD during SLES11 DVD install, we decided to support this feature.
* Distribution Target: SLES11 SP1
* Function: Enable user with packages in SDK DVD for full/statelite/stateless install
* Known defect: N/A
* Known Limitations: Only SDK DVD1 supported, since SDK DVD2 contains only source rpms.
What Should User Know
Full Install
Two extra steps if you want use this feature.
1. Run "copycds" with SDK DVD's iso. (e.g. copycds /iso/SLE-11-SP1-SDK-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso)
2. Prepare a autoyast config file under /install/custom/...,it should originate from compute.sdk.sles11.tmpl,
make sure it contains node <add-on>.
Note: Do make sure the SDK DVD's version matches the installtion DVD, if you use a SLES11 installation DVD with a SLES11 SP1 SDK DVD, YaST won't install.
Statelite/Stateless Install
The only thing you need to do is to run "copycds" command with SDK DVD's iso.
What Should Developer Know
Full Install Implementation
A specific node <add-on> is contained in compute.sdk.sles11.tmpl, which will be the autoyast configuration file if we've done copycds with the SDK DVD. When we do nodeset this template will be revised, set location of SDK DVD location for subnode <media_url>, and been copied to /install/autoinst. By this we let autoyast know the repository position of the SDK DVD. (the SDK DVD itself is a well generated repository). A sample of the <add-on> node in generated autoyast file is:
<add-on>
<add_on_products config:type="list">
<listentry>
<media_url>http://192.168.0.245/install/sles11.1/ppc64/sdk1</media_url>
<product>SuSE-Linux-SDK</product>
<product_dir>/</product_dir>
<ask_on_error config:type="boolean">false</ask_on_error>
<name>SuSE-Linux-SDK</name>
</listentry>
</add_on_products>
</add-on>
You can find autoyast config document here: [AutoYaST document]
Note: It won't work if you just throw arbitrary packages into SDK DVD's repository, this kind of repository is signed using a gpg key to make sure it won't be revised. You can follow this to create your additional repository, see section 2.4 and 2.6: [AutoYaST FAQ]__
Statelite/Stateless Install Implementation
When we generate root image using genimage, firstly repository of installation DVD been added to zypper, then zypper install packages to the directory of root image. So all we have to do is to add the location of SDK DVD to zypper (zypper ar ...) before package installation. This is quite straightforward. If you haven't copied the SDK DVD at that time, zypper will simply ignore that.
News
- Apr 22, 2016: xCAT 2.11.1 released.
- Mar 11, 2016: xCAT 2.9.3 (AIX only) released.
- Dec 11, 2015: xCAT 2.11 released.
- Nov 11, 2015: xCAT 2.9.2 (AIX only) released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT 2.10 released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT migrates from sourceforge to github
- Jun 26, 2015: xCAT 2.7.9 released.
- Mar 20, 2015: xCAT 2.9.1 released.
- Dec 12, 2014: xCAT 2.9 released.
- Sep 5, 2014: xCAT 2.8.5 released.
- May 23, 2014: xCAT 2.8.4 released.
- Jan 24, 2014: xCAT 2.7.8 released.
- Nov 15, 2013: xCAT 2.8.3 released.
- Jun 26, 2013: xCAT 2.8.2 released.
- May 17, 2013: xCAT 2.7.7 released.
- May 10, 2013: xCAT 2.8.1 released.
- Feb 28, 2013: xCAT 2.8 released.
- Nov 30, 2012: xCAT 2.7.6 released.
- Oct 29, 2012: xCAT 2.7.5 released.
- Aug 27, 2012: xCAT 2.7.4 released.
- Jun 22, 2012: xCAT 2.7.3 released.
- May 25, 2012: xCAT 2.7.2 released.
- Apr 20, 2012: xCAT 2.7.1 released.
- Mar 19, 2012: xCAT 2.7 released.
- Mar 15, 2012: xCAT 2.6.11 released.
- Jan 23, 2012: xCAT 2.6.10 released.
- Nov 15, 2011: xCAT 2.6.9 released.
- Sep 30, 2011: xCAT 2.6.8 released.
- Aug 26, 2011: xCAT 2.6.6 released.
- May 20, 2011: xCAT 2.6 released.
- Feb 14, 2011: Watson plays on Jeopardy and is managed by xCAT!
- xCAT Release Notes Summary
- xCAT OS And Hw Support Matrix
- xCAT Test Environment Summary
History
- Oct 22, 2010: xCAT 2.5 released.
- Apr 30, 2010: xCAT 2.4 is released.
- Oct 31, 2009: xCAT 2.3 released.
xCAT's 10 year anniversary! - Apr 16, 2009: xCAT 2.2 released.
- Oct 31, 2008: xCAT 2.1 released.
- Sep 12, 2008: Support for xCAT 2
can now be purchased! - June 9, 2008: xCAT breaths life into
(at the time) the fastest
supercomputer on the planet - May 30, 2008: xCAT 2.0 for Linux
officially released! - Oct 31, 2007: IBM open sources
xCAT 2.0 to allow collaboration
among all of the xCAT users. - Oct 31, 1999: xCAT 1.0 is born!
xCAT started out as a project in
IBM developed by Egan Ford. It
was quickly adopted by customers
and IBM manufacturing sites to
rapidly deploy clusters.