On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Mike McLean wrote: > rpjday wrote: > <snip> > > #clearpart --linux > > #part / --fstype ext3 --onpart hda1 > > #part /7.3 --fstype ext2 --noformat --onpart hda7 > > #part /home --fstype ext3 --noformat --onpart hda5 > > #part /usr --fstype ext3 --onpart hda6 > > #part /win --fstype vfat --noformat --onpart hda2 > > #part /var --fstype ext3 --size=512 > > #part swap --size=512 > > #part /preserve --fstype ext3 --noformat --onpart hda3 > > > > so where's the partition size info? i would have assumed that the > > whole point of this generated file would be to support creating another > > host practically identical to this one. it's kind of tough to do that > > when you have no partition size info stored in the file. > > The lines in anaconda-ks.cfg mirror what you specify interactively. In > this case you apparently recycled almost all your old partitions. > > Note that --size and --onpart are mutually exclusive. It doesn't make > sense to specify the size for an existing partition. oh, cripes. i knew that, i was just too dense to see it. i skimmed the top part of that, and somehow missed the --size=512 options later on. i'm normally not this stupid. i have *got* to stop drinking cheap wine for breakfast. argh. rday
