Maybe not too helpful but I have seen this problem as well (although my %pre script is not nearly as fancy ;-). Greg On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 20:41 -0500, Christopher Boumenot wrote: > Greetings, > > I have been noticing a problem with anaconda when repeatedly installing > a server with a disk configuration involving LVM. Anaconda will fail > because it cannot create the volume group VolumeGroup00. After looking > at the disk, it is clear why - the volume group still exists. To get > around this I wrote a simple %pre script that destroys all PGs, VGs, and > LVs it knows about. A copy of that script may be found at the bottom of > this email. Is this the correct solution, or should Anaconda be > handling this? I have verified this behavior on RHEL 4u2, and CentOS 4u4. > > ---> kickstart.cfg <---- > install > text > url --url http://192.168.1.88/centos/4.4-i386 > skipx > mouse none > #reboot > authconfig --enablemd5 --enableshadow > lang en_US.UTF-8 > langsupport --default en_USs.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > firewall --disabled > selinux --disabled > bootloader --location=mbr > timezone --utc US/Eastern > network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp > clearpart --all --initlabel > partition pv.00 --size 1 --grow > volgroup VolumeGroup00 pv.00 > logvol / --vgname VolumeGroup00 --size 4000 --name=root.fs > logvol swap --vgname VolumeGroup00 --size 2048 --name=swap.fs > logvol /var --vgname VolumeGroup00 --size 8192 --name=var.fs > logvol /usr --vgname VolumeGroup00 --size 4096 --name=usr.fs > logvol /opt --vgname VolumeGroup00 --size 16384 --name=opt.fs > > %packages --resolvedeps > @Web Server > > > # Destroy anything related to LVM > %pre --interpreter /usr/bin/python > import os, re, sys > > lvm = "/usr/sbin/lvm.static" > > fouth = open("/tmp/lvm_wipe.log", 'w') > print >>fouth, "Starting LVM wipe ..." > > if not os.path.exists(lvm): > print >>fouth, "Error: cannot find %s" % lvm > sys.exit(1) > > > for lv in (os.popen("%s lvscan" % lvm).readlines()): > m = re.match(r".*'([^']+)'", lv) > if m: > cmd = "%s lvremove %s" % (lvm, m.group(1)) > print >>fouth, cmd > print >>fouth, os.popen(cmd).read() > > for vg in (os.popen("%s vgscan" % lvm).readlines()): > m = re.match(r'\s*Found volume group "([^"]+)"', vg) > if m: > cmd = "%s vgremove %s" % (lvm, m.group(1)) > print >>fouth, cmd > print >>fouth, os.popen(cmd).read() > > > for pv in (os.popen("%s pvscan" % lvm).readlines()): > m = re.match(r'\s+PV (\S+)', pv) > if m: > cmd = "%s pvremove %s" % (lvm, m.group(1)) > print >>fouth, cmd > print >>fouth, os.popen(cmd).read() > > fouth.close() > > > Thanks, > Christopher > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list -- Greg Dickie just a guy Maximum Throughput
