Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux Support Pack 2
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux Support Pack 1
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux Support Pack 1
Situation
Installing OES11sp2 with the overlay media "OES11-SP2-addon_with_SLES11-SP3-x86_64-DVD.iso" on VMware Workstation 10 using the "VMware Easy Install" feature, will result in with the following message:
Calling the YaST module 'inst_oes_preconfig has failed.
More information can be found near the end of the '/var/log/YaST2/y2log' file
Calling the YaST module 'inst_oes_preconfig has failed.
More information can be found near the end of the '/var/log/YaST2/y2log' file
Resolution
When creating the VM in VMware Workstation, Choose "I will install the operating system later.". Then after the virtual machine is created, edit the VM settings and attach the ISO, the "Easy Install" feature is then bypassed.
Cause
OES11-SP2-addon_with_SLES11-SP3-x86_64-DVD.iso is detected as SLES11 by VMware.