Well, you said you don't want to "hack fdisk", but it works for me:
#STUFF removed
%include /tmp/partfile
%packages
#STUFF removed
%pre
#STUFF removed
ls /proc/ide/hdb > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then # hdb means cdrom is not hda, so ide disks exist
echo "Setting up IDE based partitioning" > /dev/tty3
echo "Setting up IDE based partitioning at `date`" >> /tmp/reyinstall.log
# okay, here we have to use fdisk to do partitioning instead of letting
# anaconda do it. We already know its an ide device. Just have to create
# the right partitions with the right sizes
# start out fresh
echo | fdisk /dev/hda << EOF
o
w
EOF
# now start creating partitions
echo | fdisk /dev/hda << EOF
n
p
1
+64M
n
e
2
n
l
+4096M
n
l
+2048M
n
l
+2047M
t
7
82
n
l
+512M
n
l
+448M
n
l
+320M
n
l
+256M
w
EOF
echo "IDE based partitioning completed" > /dev/tty3
echo "IDE based partitioning completed at `date`" >> /tmp/reyinstall.log
fdisk -l > /dev/tty3
fdisk -l >> /tmp/reyinstall.log
cat >> /tmp/partfile << EOF
part /boot --onpart hda1
part swap --onpart hda7
part / --onpart hda10
part /tmp --onpart hda6
part /usr --onpart hda5
part /var --onpart hda8
part /opt --onpart hda11
part /rs1 --onpart hda9
EOF
echo "/dev/hda11" > /tmp/INSMGR_DEV
else # if no hdb, then cdrom is hda, and scsi disks exist
echo "Setting up SCSI based partitioning" > /dev/tty3
echo "Setting up SCSI based partitioning at `date`" >> /tmp/reyinstall.log
# okay, here we have to use fdisk to do partitioning instead of letting
# anaconda do it. We already know its a scsi device. Just have to create
# the right partitions with the right sizes
# start out fresh
echo | fdisk /dev/sda << EOF
o
w
EOF
# now start creating partitions
echo | fdisk /dev/sda << EOF
n
p
1
+64M
n
e
2
n
l
+4096M
n
l
+2048M
n
l
+2047M
t
7
82
n
l
+512M
n
l
+448M
n
l
+320M
n
l
+256M
w
EOF
echo "SCSI based partitioning completed" > /dev/tty3
echo "SCSI based partitioning completed at `date`" >> /tmp/reyinstall.log
fdisk -l > /dev/tty3
fdisk -l >> /tmp/reyinstall.log
cat >> /tmp/partfile << EOF
part /boot --onpart sda1
part swap --onpart sda7
part / --onpart sda10
part /tmp --onpart sda6
part /usr --onpart sda5
part /var --onpart sda8
part /opt --onpart sda11
part /rs1 --onpart sda9
EOF
echo "/dev/sda11" > /tmp/INSMGR_DEV
fi
Donald E. Bodle, Jr., RHCT
Sr. Systems Integration Engineer
Platform Development
The Reynolds and Reynolds Co.
(937) 485-1954
-----Original Message-----
From: Jake Gold [mailto:jake-kickstart@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:21 AM
To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Specifying an exact partition scheme?
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
>
>
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