I am trying to scan for badblocks during the partitioning phase of a kickstart install. However, despite that "--badblocks" is specified on the "part" lines in ks.cfg, the format commands shown on virtual console 3 during the install are just. * Format command: ['/usr/sbin/mke2fs', '/tmp/hda1', '-i', '4096', '-j'] I do not see a -c being passed to mke2fs, or any other evidence that the badblocks check is actually happening. Is there anything else that I should be doing? Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I searched and did not find it.
According to kickstart.py, badblocks checking is no longer supported. You should be seeing a message about it in /tmp/anaconda.log. I'll verify that the documentation reflects this and also perhaps modify kickstart.py to complain much more loudly. Here's the relevant section: elif str == "--badblocks": # no longer support badblocks checking log.warning("--badblocks specified but is no longer supported") - Chris