>
> I've seen this if you try to put 8GB of partitions in a 5GB disk (for
example)
>
Hi:
That was the problem, i had partitions of only 1 MB bigger than the
"normal" partition size, so it violates the disk geometry, that's why the
message "could not allocate partitions..." did appear on screen .... thanks
for your help!!!
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manuel Suanez [mailto:msuanez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:54 AM
> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: could not allocate requested partitions?
>
>
> Hi list:
>
> I found this error message when i try to use kickstart configuration
on
> a Dell PowerEdge 1550, with a Perc 3/DC as disk controller, the operative
> system is RedHat Linux 7.3:
>
> ----------
> Could not allocate requested partitions:
> Partitioning failed: Could not allocate partitions.
> ----------
>
> The error happens (i guess) in the partitioning section, the network part
> works fine (i can connect to the ftp server) , here is my ks.cfg file:
>
> lang en_US
> keyboard us
> mouse generic3ps/2
> timezone --utc America/Santiago
> rootpw mypasswordhere
> url --url ftp://1.2.3.4/pub/rpms
> network --bootproto static --device eth0 --ip 1.2.3.5 --netmask
> 255.255.255.0 --gateway ... --nameserver ...
> install
> auth --useshadow --enablemd5
> firewall --high --trust eth0 --trust eth1 --http --port 443:tcp
> clearpart --all
> zerombr yes
> part / --size 4270 --ondisk sda --fstype ext3
> part /var --size 6000 --ondisk sda --fstype ext3
> part /usr --size 6000 --ondisk sda --fstype ext3
> part swap --recommended
> part /usr2 --size 13340 --ondisk sdb --fstype ext3
> part /home --size 4000 --ondisk sdb --fstype ext3
> bootloader --useLilo --location=mbr
> reboot
> %packages --resolvedeps
> @ Base
> @ Development
> @ Kernel Development
> @ Networked Workstation
> @ Utilities
> lynx
> openssl
> zip
> unzip
> dos2unix
> unix2dos
> openssh-server
> xinetd
> tux
> up2date
> rhn_register
> tcpdump
>
> What is wrong in my ks.cfg file? ... i used a similar file while
installing
> RedHat 7.1 and everything worked great.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help, any tip is welcome !!!
>
> Cordially,
> Manuel Suanez Berrios
> Jefe Area Infraestructura Tecnologica
> Ministerio del Interior
> F.: 690-4698
>
>
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