On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 16:18 -0500, Tom Georgoulias wrote: > I've got a problem where /usr/sbin/updfstab is creating I/O bound > (uninterruptible wait state) processes on my IBM bladecenter. Seems > that since the bladecenter shares the CDROM/floppy among all 14 separate > blades and those drives are only available to one blade at any given > moment, when the system comes online after its kickstart it defaults to > allowing kudzu to manage those devices (from /etc/fstab mount entries). > As a result, updfstab gets confused and systems have load averages > like 100 and other such nonsense. > > Is there any way I can disable kudzu from managing those devices from > within the ks.cfg, so when the systems come online this won't be a problem? You could just add the following line to your ks.cfg in the %post section ... %post chkconfig kudzu off Hope that helps -- pAntZ Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes!