I have a follow-up question: What does clearpart --all --drives=hda According to the docs, '--all' means 'Erases all partitions from the system' which would suggest the '--drives' is meaningless. Or does it really mean 'Erases all partitions from drive hda'. Ken On Fri, 20 May 2005, Katrina Gressett wrote: > Clearpart is supposed to do exactly what it says, clear partitions. > Instead of doing 'clearpart --all' try 'clearpart --linux'. That should > remove all the linux partions but keep any others. > > Good Luck, > Katrina > > On Fri, 20 May 2005 seberino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > It appears 'clearpart' is the Kickstart switch to prevent > > Windows partitions from getting blasted when "kickstarting" > > Fedora Core 3. > > > > I may not be using clearpart correctly (if that is even > > the right way?) because I'm blowing away Windows partitions!! > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > >