I forgot to include the related pykickstart patch. It can be downloaded from: http://www.abodiosoftware.com/patches/pykickstart-0.93_abodio.patch This patch removes the exception when neither biospart nor partition are specified in the kickstart file. Thanks, Uday. > -----Original Message----- > From: anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:anaconda-devel- > list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Uday Prakash > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 6:23 PM > To: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PATCH: Partition auto-detection and HD exploded tree > installation > > All, > > Following up on my previous email, I have implemented a patch that > auto-detects the source and kickstart devices. The file can be > downloaded > from > http://www.abodiosoftware.com/patches/anaconda- > 11.2.0.19_abodio_autodetect.p > atch and is for Anaconda Version #11.2.0.19. Please consider this patch > for > inclusion in the anaconda sources. > > As a reminder, this patch allows the kickstart and method options to be > specified at the command line as follows (note the empty partition > section > between the two colons): > > ks=hd::/path/to/ks.cfg, and > method=hd::/path/to/install/files > > And, within the kickstart file, a hard drive install can be specified > as > follows (note the lack of a --partition directive): > > harddrive --dir=/path/to/install/files > > This patch is modified slightly from the one I had initially provided. > The > original patch selected the first partition encountered with the > kickstart/install files on it. This (new) patch gives the user more > control > and: > > * if the number of partitions with the file/directory is 0, do > nothing, or > * if the number of partitions with the file/directory is 1, use that > one, > or > * else pop up the dialog box and ask the user which partition to use. > > Thanks much, > Uday. > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
