I am trying to install Red Hat 7.0 on a Dell PowerEdge 1550 rackmount
server. The installation requires kickstart due to some special hardware
initialization, and Dell provides a model ks.cfg file for this. However
this file needs to be modified for our local needs, and the file fails in
the disk partitioning section of the kickstart process. Anaconda barfs
and puts this message on the screen:
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ?
intf.run(todo, test = test)
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in run
rc = apply (step[1](), step[2])
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/partitioning_text.py", line 134, in __call__
todo.lilo.allowLiloLocationConfig(todo.fstab)
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/lilo.py", line 124, in allowLiloLocationConfig
if bootDevice[0:2] == "md":
TypeError: unsliceable object
Local variables in innermost frame:
fstab: <fstab.NewtFstab instance at 828a128>
self: <lilo.LiloConfiguration instance at 82702d8>
bootDevice: None
ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6
<failed>
Here is the disk partitioning section of the ks.cfg file:
zerombr yes
clearpart --linux
part / --size 256 --ondisk sda --onpart sda2
part /usr --size 4000 --ondisk sda
part swap --size 2000 --ondisk sda
part /tmp --size 256 --ondisk sda
part /var --size 512 --ondisk sda
part /opt --size 512 --ondisk sda
part /home --size 256 --ondisk sda
part /ws --size 128 --ondisk sda --grow
/dev/sda1 contains a system utility partition that Dell puts onto the disk
as part of the initialization process. I want the Linux root partition
(/) to end up as sda2. Is there a bug in kickstart that is not letting me
do this?
Thanks,
Carl G. Riches
Software Engineer
Department of Mathematics
Box 354350 voice: 206-543-5082 or 206-616-3636
University of Washington fax: 206-543-0397
Seattle, WA 98195-4350 internet: riches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
