Thanks. Maybe more to the point is that this is the ks file that RedHat 7.2 generated. Why would I have to change it at all if I was installing on the same machine it was created on? You would think that it would work as produced. Mike On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 14:05, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > From: barjunk [mailto:barjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Here is the ks section: > > > > clearpart --linux > > > > part / --fstype ext3 --onpart sda1 > > part /var --fstype ext3 --onpart sdb1 > > part swap --onpart sda2 > > > > > > This is what the anaconda routine created for me...I did not > > change it. > > Because of the clearpart directive, do I need to do more before the > > onpart sections? > > I thought that clearpart erased all of the Linux partitions, but the manual > for Red Hat Linux 7.3 kickstart says that if you use the clearpart command, > you cannot use the --onpart command on _logical_ partitions. This seems to > imply that you can use --onpart on primary partitions. Perhaps Jeremy can > enlighten us. > > I would change the --onpart section to --size e.g., > > part / --fstype ext3 --size 500 --grow > part /var --fstype ext3 --ondisk sdb --size 500 --grow > part swap --size 500 > > Of course, if you don't have two scsi disks in each machine that your are > installing, you may want to remove the --ondisk sdb option to /var. > > Forrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
