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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I am just starting with FAI and trying to enable my FAI server to install openSUSE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The FAI server itself is working, I can install the default mini Debian system onto a test machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I already found the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">OPENSUSE_42.tar.xz</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
basefile and placed it in the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">config/basefile</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> directory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I also added a new host class definition into
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">class/50-host-classes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Now I could need some starting aid: What are the next steps for installing RPM based systems with FAI?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Which scripts do I need to adapt or create? How do I introduce the repository configuration and replace
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">apt</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> and
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">dpkg</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> with
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">zipper</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> and
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">rpm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> for example?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I found only sparse (and obsolete) information on this topic and those could not enlighten me…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Getting it done as fai-like as possible is fine, I don’t need to introduce unnecessary changes, only what is required to get the job done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thankful for any hint or advice,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Frank Morawietz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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