Thanks for this :) In case anyone has the same problem, the exact command is: ignoredisk --drives=sda This solved my problem. Thank you once again! - alasdair Shabazian, Chip wrote: > You simply tell kickstart to ignore the drive in the kickstart command > section. Assuming your usb drive is sda: > > ignoredrisk drives=sda > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alasdair Young > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:44 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Any idea how to avoid formatting my USB drive? > > Hi. > > I am trying to set up an automatic install of FC6 using kickstart. I > have a bootable USB stick with a syslinux.cfg file that points to a > kickstart file located on a central server (via http). > > Everything works well and is completely automated, however I cannot seem > to work out how to stop the install from wanting to format my USB stick. > > I have tried removing "--all" from the clearpart command below, or even > just changing it to "--linux" without any luck.I've searched google, but > I can't find any discussion of the issue. > > Is there any way to specify a drive that should NOT be formatted, or any > other way to work around this problem? > > Kind regards, > > - alasdair > > > > I have the following kickstart file: > > install > url --url http://pxe/fedora/6/i386/core/os skipx text > > lang en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip=10.22.22.1 > --netmask=255.255.255.0 network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp rootpw > --iscrypted (**whatever**) firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp authconfig > --enableshadow --enablemd5 selinux --disabled timezone --utc GMT > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=hda > > clearpart --all --drives=hda > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=hda part pv.7 --size=0 > --grow --ondisk=hda volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.7 logvol / > --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024 --grow > logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 > --size=1000 --grow --maxsize=1984 > > %packages > @base > > %post > // various things here that are irrelevant. > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
