Your USB was formated due to the clearpart --all This instruct the kicstart to clean all the partitions that are available on your system. I think that you could avoid this by instructing clearpart to only clear your hardrive with clearpart --drives=sdX. The kickstart is recognizing all your hard disks as part of your system. The docs from redhat warns about part: "All partitions created are formatted as part of the installation process unless --noformat and --onpart are used. " You could use part with --onpart to specify where you want you partition be installed. If you don't, the system will try by himself and chose your USB because it was clean. On 10/11/07, Hajducko, Steven <steven.hajducko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > So we're running into a strange issue where a kickstart from a USB/CDROM > combo on an HP DL385 G5 system is actually installing and reformatting the > USB stick. > > We place the kickstart file on the USB drive, drop in a RHEL5 DVD and run: > > linux ks=hd:sda1:/hostname.cfg > > The installation goes fine and our packages are installed, but upon reboot > and examining the USB stick, it has been reformatted to ext3 FS and contains > : > > stha3155@ghost:/media/usb$ ls > config-2.6.18-8.el5 grub initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img lost+found > symvers-2.6.18-8.el5.gz System.map-2.6.18-8.el5 vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 > > Upon reboot of the system, it crashes with a bunch of OPCODE errors. > > The relevant part of our kickstart looks like this ( we don't do anything > tricky in our packages or post install, just touch a few config files.. ) > > install > cdrom > lang en_US > langsupport --default=en_US en_US > keyboard us > skipx > text > ignoredisk --drives=sda1,sdb1,sdc1 > network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.27.17 --netmask > 255.255.255.0 --hostname hostname.domain.com > network --device eth1 --onboot no > rootpw --iscrypted ##### > firewall --disabled > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 > timezone America/Los_Angeles > selinux --disabled > zerombr yes > bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet" > reboot > clearpart --all > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=128 --asprimary > part swap --size=6912 --asprimary > part pv.01 --size=100 --grow > volgroup rootvg pv.01 > logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=512 --name=rootlv > logvol /tmp --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024 --name=tmplv > logvol /var --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024 --name=varlv > logvol /opt --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=optlv > logvol /home --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=homelv > logvol /usr --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=usrlv > logvol /usr/local --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=locallv > > %packages > > Tried putting the 'ignoredisk' option in order to ignore the sda1 disk that > the USB shows up as, but no luck. As a side note, the disks on the HP show > up as /dev/cciss/c0d0. > > Any input would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- > sh > _______________________________________________ > 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
