Re: %pre - trying to detect what hdd there is and partition

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On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 09:30, Keith Fernandez wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a way to put a script in %pre section which tells what hard
> disk is present, like hda, hdb, sda, md etc...
> and then partiton based on what the hard disk is.
> for eg if it was a ide hard disk I would partiton it like this
>  
>  
> clearpart --all --initlabel
> part swap --size 200 --onpart hda1
> part /boot --size 100 --fstype ext3 --onpart hda2
> part / --size 3000 --fstype ext3 --onpart hda3
>  
> for scsi I would be able to specify --onpart sda1 etc...
>  
> RedHat has given an example for how to set up if there is an ide hdd
> available at
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/s1-kickstart2-preinstallconfig.html
>  

You can use this same script, but instead use 'list-harddrives' command,
which will give you the avbailable harddrives, and the size of each
harddrive. You can detect SCSI by the leading 'sd'.

    --brett


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Brett Schwarz
brett_schwarz AT yahoo.com





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