There isn't an ext3 filesystem or swap area on sda4. Since it is the last primary partition, sda4 becomes the Extended partition which then contains sda5 thru sda8: # fdisk /dev/sda ..... Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8908 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 16 128488+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 17 277 2096482+ 82 Linux swap /dev/sda3 278 538 2096482+ 83 Linux /dev/sda4 539 8908 67232025 5 Extended /dev/sda5 539 799 2096451 83 Linux /dev/sda6 800 929 1044193+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 930 1059 1044193+ 83 Linux /dev/sda8 1060 1189 1044193+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): q # df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 2063536 822132 1136580 42% / /dev/sda1 124427 24143 93860 21% /boot /dev/sda8 1027768 16600 958960 2% /export/home /dev/sda7 1027768 103052 872508 11% /app1 none 2317152 0 2317152 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda6 1027768 16468 959092 2% /tmp /dev/sda5 2063504 76748 1881936 4% /var You're welcome! Gordon ----- Original Message ----- thanx and please can you tell me how the partitions were named any sda4 is present john ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keegan, Gordon" <Gordon.Keegan@xxxxxxx> To: "Discussion list about Kickstart" <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:08 PM Subject: RE: KS won't partition drives > Our slightly different experience is that for kickstaring Advanced > Server 2.1, we specify "--asprimary" for the swap partition, then have > ks.cfg create 6 additional parirtitions. I can't say offhand if it's > the --asprimary or something else, but we are kickstarting 7 (non-raid) > partitions just fine. The relevant section in our ks.cfg: > > clearpart --all --initlabel > part swap --size 2047 --asprimary --ondisk sda > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 128 --ondisk sda > part / --fstype ext3 --size 2047 --ondisk sda > part /var --fstype ext3 --size 2047 --ondisk sda > part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size 1023 --ondisk sda > part /app1 --fstype ext3 --size 1023 --ondisk sda > part /export/home --fstype ext3 --size 1 --ondisk sda --grow > --maxsize 1024 >
