Installing SLES9 32Bit and Smart PackageManager with FAI

create Yast Repository

1. Copy all SLES9*.iso files to /var/www/SuSE/SLES9_repository
2. get make_sles9_repository Script

   wget http://altf4.org/fai/SuSE/make_sles9_repository.sh && wget http://altf4.org/fai/SuSE/upgrade_sles9repository_withsp.sh

3. make it executable

   chmod 755 make_sles9_repository.sh upgrade_sles9repository_withsp.sh

4. make Repository

   ./make_sles9_repository.sh

5. if you have SP* iso files, to do

   ./upgrade_sles9repository_withsp.sh [SP]

patch FAI install_packages for Smart

1. get patch

   wget http://altf4.org/fai/SuSE/fai_smart.patch -O /tmp/fai_smart.patch

2. patch /srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/sbin/install_packages

   patch /srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/sbin/install_packages /tmp/fai_smart.patch

install FAI ConfigFiles for SLES9

1. get config

   wget http://altf4.org/fai/faiconfig_with_SLES9_basefile.tgz -O /tmp/faiconfig_with_SLES9_basefile.tgz

2. without basefiles faiconfig_without_SLES9_basefile.tgz

   wget http://altf4.org/fai/faiconfig_without_SLES9_basefile.tgz -O /tmp/faiconfig_without_SLES9_basefile.tgz

3. install ConfigFiles

   cd /srv/fai/config && tar xvfz /tmp/faiconfig_with_SLES9_basefile.tgz

configure FAI for SLES9

1. edit /srv/fai/config/class/50-host-classes and add the classes "SUSE" and "SLES932BIT" to the SLES9-Client.
2. edit /srv/fai/config/files/etc/smart/channels/sles932bit.channel/SLES932BIT and change the path to your Yast-Repository
3. edit /srv/fai/config/scripts/LAST/50-misc and change the codeblock:

# 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

to

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