On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Matt Fahrner wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a way, say in the "%pre" to run something > that could do more customized partitioning than what is supplied by > generic "kickstart". For instance, perhaps running a Perl script that > in turn runs "fdisk"? > > The reason I ask is because while the kickstart config does offer > quite a few options, there are a number of things we'd like to do that > it can't handle. For instance, we'd like to clear all but one > partition or make a very, very, smart program to auto-partition our > disks (we have such a wide range, 4 gig to 20 gig, that using "--grow" > isn't quite sufficient). > > Anyone done this before? Is it feasible? No Perl, but you have a shell available. fdisk is there and works with piped commands. Many standard *x utilities are available - use this command for a concise list: busybox --help Not all the usua; options are available, but there's enough to do what you propose. It will hone your shell scripting skills;-) > > Thanks in advance, > > - Matt > > -- Please, reply only to the list. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
