On the side - Why aren't you folks simply using a kickstart file for this?
Rgrds
On 4/13/05, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 09:53:08AM +0200, fonteneau wrote:
> > autorequests = [ ("/", "ext3", 512, 1024, 1, 1), ("/usr",
> > "ext3", 1024, 2048, 1, 1)...
>
> I'm doing the same thing, and here's my patches to do it. These might not
> apply exactly cleanly to unmodified anaconda, but you'll get the idea.
>
> First, the patch to actually make this a parameter:
>
> --- anaconda-10.1.1.13.orig/installclass.py 2004-10-04 11:51:42.000000000 -0400
> +++ anaconda-10.1.1.13/installclass.py 2005-03-29 16:45:32.273176224 -0500
> @@ -528,8 +528,8 @@
> id.setMouse(mouse)
>
> def setDefaultPartitioning(self, partitions, clear = CLEARPART_TYPE_LINUX,
> - doClear = 1):
> - autorequests = [ ("/", None, 1024, None, 1, 1, 1) ]
> + doClear = 1,
> + autorequests = [ ("/", None, 1024, None, 1, 1, 1) ] ):
>
> bootreq = getAutopartitionBoot()
> if bootreq:
>
> And then, the patch to the server install class to take advantage of it:
>
> --- anaconda-10.1.1.13.orig/installclasses/server.py 2005-03-29 16:31:04.000000000 -0500
> +++ anaconda-10.1.1.13/installclasses/server.py 2005-03-29 16:42:57.000000000 -0500
> @@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
> def setInstallData(self, id):
> BaseInstallClass.setInstallData(self, id)
> BaseInstallClass.setDefaultPartitioning(self, id.partitions,
> - CLEARPART_TYPE_ALL)
> + CLEARPART_TYPE_ALL, 1,
> + [ ("/", None, 1024, None, 0, 1, 1),
> + ("/usr", None, 2048, 8192, 1, 1, 1),
> + ("/var", None, 2048, 4096, 1, 1, 1),
> + ("/home", None, 512, None, 1, 1, 1) ] )
>
> def __init__(self, expert):
> BaseInstallClass.__init__(self, expert)
>
> Which will work, but then you'll get crashes if you go back and forth from
> the partition review screen to the one before it. So you also need this, to
> make it *not* clear the partition requests on you. I've tested this and it
> works, but it may have some consequence I don't understand.
>
> --- anaconda-10.1.1.13/autopart.py.dontdothat 2005-04-01 13:31:04.824378465 -0500
> +++ anaconda-10.1.1.13/autopart.py 2005-04-01 13:32:45.599676940 -0500
> @@ -1197,7 +1197,6 @@
> diskset.refreshDevices()
> partitions.setFromDisk(diskset)
> partitions.setProtected(dispatch)
> - partitions.autoPartitionRequests = []
> return
>
> # if no auto partition info in instclass we bail
>
> --
> Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/>
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GobbledeGeek
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