Re: [PATCH] Format PReP partition

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On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 15:03 -0500, Mark Hamzy wrote:
> This fixes two bugs.  The first is that the PReP partition is not created
> during a text mode install.  The second is that the PReP partition needs
> to be zeroed out before grub is run.  Grub verifies that no data exists
> on the partition before installation.
> 
> Updated the code per dlehman's recommendations...

Ack.

> 
> ---
>  pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py     |    3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py
> index b7d1c60..9b65a4d 100644
> --- a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py
> +++ b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py
> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
>  from ..errors import *
>  from . import DeviceFormat, register_device_format
>  from parted import PARTITION_PREP
> +import os
> +import logging
> +log = logging.getLogger("storage")
>  
>  class PPCPRePBoot(DeviceFormat):
>      """ Generic device format. """
> @@ -46,6 +49,31 @@ class PPCPRePBoot(DeviceFormat):
>          """
>          DeviceFormat.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
>  
> +    def create(self, *args, **kwargs):
> +        if self.exists:
> +            raise FSError("PReP Boot format already exists")
> +
> +        DeviceFormat.create(self, *args, **kwargs)
> +
> +        try:
> +            fd = os.open(self.device, os.O_RDWR)
> +            length = os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_END)
> +            os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
> +            buf = '\0' * 1024 * 1024
> +            while length > 0:
> +                if length >= len(buf):
> +                     os.write(fd, buf)
> +                     length -= len(buf)
> +                else:
> +                     buf = '0' * length
> +                     os.write(fd, buf)
> +                     length = 0
> +            os.close(fd)
> +        except OSError as e:
> +            log.error("error zeroing out %s: %s" % (self.device, e))
> +            if fd:
> +                os.close(fd)
> +
>      @property
>      def status(self):
>          return False
> diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py b/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
> index 49faa78..c380b0c 100644
> --- a/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
> +++ b/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
> @@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ def _schedulePartitions(storage, disks):
>  
>          if request.fstype is None:
>              request.fstype = storage.defaultFSType
> -        elif request.fstype == "prepboot" and storage.bootLoaderDevice:
> +        elif request.fstype == "prepboot" and storage.bootLoaderDevice and \
> +             storage.bootLoaderDevice != storage.bootDevice:
>              # there should never be a need for more than one of these
>              # partitions, so skip them.
>              log.info("skipping unneeded stage1 prepboot request")


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