On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm trying to setup a 50MB partition in %pre that will house the Compaq
> System Partition. Here's what I've got so far:
>
> ####
> %pre
>
> #create the disk device
>
> mknod /dev/cciss/c0d0
>
> #wipe out current disk
>
> echo | fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0 << EOF
That part is wrong: both the '|' and the '<<' signify content for stdin.
Change to:
fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0 << EOF
You can also combine both fdisks into one.
> o
> w
> EOF
>
> echo | fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0 << EOF
> n
> p
> 1
>
> +50M
> t
> 1
> 12
> w
> EOF
>
> ###
>
> Unfortunately when I do this, anaconda fails when it tries to partition the
> disk.
>
> Any pointers?
I use this highly-redundant script in another context:
[root@magpie root]# cat /tftpboot/installer/bin/dl/dl-partition
#!/bin/bash
export BootPartition=25 RootPartition=''
function partition_disks()
{
#fdisk -l /dev/hda
dd if=/dev/zero count=1 of=/dev/hda
fdisk /dev/hda <<E
d
1
d
2
d
3
d
4
n
p
1
1
+${BootPartition}M
n
p
2
${RootPartition}
p
w
E
}
[root@magpie root]#
The dd is there because I wanted to clobber the MBR.
As to the specific error you have, we need better information.
If you are using a text install, you can get this by using a null-modem
cable and minicom. Configure minicom to not initialise the modem, set a
speed of (say) 57600.
Boot the install kernel:
linux console=ttyS0,57600
If you're doing a graphical install, on your workstation
xhost +
echo $DISPLAY
and boot Linux
linux DISPLAY=myworkstation:0
Change ':0' to suite: I might use '12.0'
root@kite:~# echo $DISPLAY
localhost:12.0
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