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SLES_11_SP1_SDK_support

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Overview
What Should User Know
What Should Developer Know
- Full Install Implementation

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

Please follow steps below if you want use this feature.

1. Run "copycds" with installation DVD's iso. (e.g. copycds /iso/11/SP1/SLES-11-SP1-DVD-ppc64-GMC2-DVD1.iso)
2. Run "copycds" with SDK DVD's iso. (e.g. copycds /iso/SLE-11-SP1-SDK-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso)
3. Revise compute.sles11.pkglist, add packages you want in SDK DVD.
4. Follow regular steps you do a full/statelite/stateless install.

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, you won't install.

What Should Developer Know

Full Install Implementation

We do this by adding a specific node <add-on> in compute.sdk.sles11.tmpl, which will be the autoyast configuration file if we've done copycds with the SDK DVD. 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:

 &lt;add-on&gt;
   &lt;add_on_products config:type="list"&gt;
     &lt;listentry&gt;
       &lt;media_url&gt;http://192.168.0.245/install/sles11.1/ppc64/sdk1&lt;/media_url&gt;
       &lt;product&gt;SuSE-Linux-SDK&lt;/product&gt;
       &lt;product_dir&gt;/&lt;/product_dir&gt;
       &lt;ask_on_error config:type="boolean"&gt;false&lt;/ask_on_error&gt;
       &lt;name&gt;SuSE-Linux-SDK&lt;/name&gt;
     &lt;/listentry&gt;
   &lt;/add_on_products&gt;
 &lt;/add-on&gt;

You can find autoyast config document here: autoyast document