I've tried this, and this still has kickstart (anaconda/whatever) choosing the partitioning scheme, which I want to specify _exactly_. Anyone? Thanks -- Jake Gold Systems Administrator DTI Services On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:26:25 +0530 "Joshi, Vinay (MED, GEMS-IT)" <Vinay.Joshi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > clearpart --all --initlabel > part / --fstype ext3 --size 3000 --ondisk sda --asprimary > part swap --fstype swap --size 1024 --ondisk sda --asprimary > part /usr --fstype ext3 --size 3000 --ondisk sda --asprimary > part /var --fstype ext3 --size 100 --ondisk sda > part /local --fstype ext3 --size 3000 --ondisk sda > part /opt --fstype ext3 --size 3000 --ondisk sda > part /logs --fstype ext3 --size 900 --ondisk sda --grow > > this is what is use, and create sda1 to sda8 > and it works.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jake Gold > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:25 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Specifying an exact partition scheme? > > > Hello all! > > I am creating a %pre script to setup the partition schemes dynamically for various drive sizes. > I want to be able to specify the exact partitions to be used for the mount points, I don't want kickstart to have its way :-) > > For example: > > clearpart --all --initlabel > part swap --size 1000 --onpart sda1 > part / --fstype ext3 --size 1000 --onpart sda2 > part /var --fstype ext3 --size 5000 --onpart sda3 > part /usr --fstype ext3 --size 5000 --onpart sda5 > part /home --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --onpart sda6 > > > As far as I can tell, you cannot use the --onpart option except when the partitions already exist, kickstart will not create these for you. > And because I am clearpart'ing the partitions anyway there is no way the partitions will exist, nor would I want to set them up ahead of time. > > Short of some ugly expect-style hacking of fdisk is there any way to do what I want? > > Thanks in advance! > > > -- > Jake Gold > Systems Administrator > DTI Services > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
