On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Bodle, Donald E wrote:
> I have a kickstart config file which allows me to do a fresh o/s install
> without blowing away user data. It is predicated on the idea that we always
> partition our systems the same way. So, I don't do a clearpart, and I use
> onpart as follows:
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> part /boot --onpart sda1
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> part swap --onpart sda7
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> part / --onpart sda10
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> part /tmp --onpart sda6
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> part /usr --onpart sda5
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> part /var --onpart sda8
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> part /opt --noformat --onpart sda11
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> part /rs1 --onpart sda9
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> I don't even mention the partition that has the user data, so it is left
> totally unaffected. My problem is this. I'm trying to do this in such a
> way as to support both ide and scsi disk systems. Right now I have to use 2
> different CD versions, one for each.
You can have two kickstart files on the one CD, and choose between them
at the boot prompt.
If you want to not use human intervention, then you can hack around in
Anaconda, perhaps to automatically choose which of the two kickstarts.
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> Is there a way to set a variable in the %pre section that can be used in
> place of the h or s in as in:
>
> part /boot -onpart ${dtype}da1
No.
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> There are different ways to determine what dtype should be in %pre. My
> problem is whether or not I can make use of that information in the -onpart
> option.
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> Note I'm currently using RH 7.1 with latest errata, so I don't think there
> is a %include option is this version. If so, or when I go to RH 8/9, I
> could probably use the %pre to build the target of the include then (I
> hope).
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