View source for Installing SLES9 32Bit and Smart PackageManager with FAI

== Introduction ==
It is possible to install Suse with FAI and we do this successfully. We do it with the speciality that we don't use yast for package management but smartpm, and documented this here.

For some generic information on using FAI with other distributions, you can look at the [[FAI multi-distribution]] page.

== Create Yast Repository ==
# Copy all SLES9*.iso files to /var/www/SuSE/SLES9_repository 
#get make_sles9_repository Script
#:<pre>wget http://altf4.org/fai/SuSE/make_sles9_repository.sh && wget http://altf4.org/fai/SuSE/upgrade_sles9repository_withsp.sh</pre>
# make it executable
#:<pre>chmod 755 make_sles9_repository.sh upgrade_sles9repository_withsp.sh</pre>
# make Repository
#:<pre>./make_sles9_repository.sh</pre> 
# if you have SP* iso files, to do
#:<pre>./upgrade_sles9repository_withsp.sh [SP]</pre>

== Patch FAI install_packages for Smart ==
# get patch
#:<pre>wget http://altf4.org/fai/SuSE/fai_smart.patch -O /tmp/fai_smart.patch</pre>
# patch /srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/sbin/install_packages 
#:<pre>patch /srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/sbin/install_packages /tmp/fai_smart.patch</pre>

== Install FAI ConfigFiles for SLES9 ==
# get config
#:<pre>wget http://altf4.org/fai/faiconfig_with_SLES9_basefile.tgz -O /tmp/faiconfig_with_SLES9_basefile.tgz</pre>
# without basefiles faiconfig_without_SLES9_basefile.tgz 
#:<pre>wget http://altf4.org/fai/faiconfig_without_SLES9_basefile.tgz -O /tmp/faiconfig_without_SLES9_basefile.tgz</pre>
# install ConfigFiles 
#:<pre>cd /srv/fai/config && tar xvfz /tmp/faiconfig_with_SLES9_basefile.tgz</pre>

== Configure FAI for SLES9 ==
# edit '''/srv/fai/config/class/50-host-classes''' and add the classes "SUSE" and "SLES932BIT" to the SLES9-Client.
# edit '''/srv/fai/config/files/etc/smart/channels/sles932bit.channel/SLES932BIT''' and change the path to your Yast-Repository 
# edit '''/srv/fai/config/scripts/LAST/50-misc'''  and change the codeblock:
<pre>
# Make sure everything is configured properly
echo "Running \"apt-get -f install\" for the last time."
$ROOTCMD apt-get -f install

# copy sources.list
fcopy -i /etc/apt/sources.list</pre>
to
<pre>
if ifclass ! SUSE; then
        # Make sure everything is configured properly
        echo "Running \"apt-get -f install\" for the last time."
        $ROOTCMD apt-get -f install

        # copy sources.list
        fcopy -i /etc/apt/sources.list
fi
</pre>


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