Subject: Kickstart RAID1 help
From: "Mukarram Syed" <muksyed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:56:21 -0700
To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hi
I am trying to get Kickstart working with RAID1. The regular Kickstart
works fine (without RAID1). Googl’ing for these errors didn’t help.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks much.
-Mukarram Syed.
This is my RAID1 setup:
#Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel
#############################################################
# RAID1 Partitioning:
part raid.01 --size 100 --ondisk sda
part raid.02 --size 100 --ondisk sdb
# /
part raid.03 --size 25000 --ondisk sda
part raid.04 --size 25000 --ondisk sdb
# Swap
part raid.05 --recommended --ondisk sda
part raid.06 --recommended --ondisk sdb
# /u01
part raid.07 --size 18000 --ondisk sda
part raid.08 --size 18000 --ondisk sdb
# /x01
part raid.09 --size 4000 --ondisk sda
part raid.10 --size 4000 --ondisk sdb
# /s01
part raid.11 --size 15000 --ondisk sda
part raid.12 --size 15000 --ondisk sdb
#Disk partitioning information
raid /boot --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md0 raid.01 raid.02 --asprimary
raid / --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md1 raid.03 raid.04 --asprimary
raid swap --fstype swap --level 1 --device md2 raid.05 raid.06 --asprimary
raid /u01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md4 raid.07 raid.08
raid /x01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md5 raid.09 raid.10
raid /s01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md6 raid.11 raid.12
#############################################################
This is the error I am getting on the console:
Probing for monitor type: Unknown monitor
Probing for mouse type: No - mouse
Graphical installation not available... Starting text mode.
Traceback (most recent call last):
*File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1130, in ?*
* instClass.setInstallData(id)*
* File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1439, in setInstallData*
* raise KickstartError, e*
*kickstart.KickstartValueError: partition command requires a size
specification*
*install exited abnormally*
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/runtime done
disabling /dev/loop0
/proc/bus/usb done
/proc done
/dev/pts done
/sys done
/tmp/ramfs done
/selinux done
you may safely reboot your system
I think it's a syntax snafu. The sysadmin guide at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html
shows that where you had:
raid /s01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md6 raid.11 raid.12
you want:
raid /s01 --fstype ext3 --level=1 --device=md6 raid.11 raid.12
--
Regards,
Steve
IT Support - UNIX/Linux Cadence Design Systems
Bagshot Road
Bracknell BERKSHIRE
RG12 0PH UK
