Try adding the --noformat in addition to the --onpart > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Mah [mailto:smah@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:33 PM > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: partition syntax > > > what's the partitioning syntax to use an existing partition, > say a swap > partition from redhat 7.2 and reformat it for rhel3? > > I essentially want to use the same swap partition for both > 7.2 and el3. > > I tried part swap --onpart /dev/sda2 > > I'm getting unable to open /dev/sda2 for the use of "none" > > -steve > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >