Going along with what Chip said, you will *have* to use pre because there doesn't seem to be a way to specify the mkfs options via the part command. The way I see it, is you have two options. 1) If the partition you need to use "custom" formatting options on does not contain any OS data, then just have part create the partition for you and re-format it in %post. (Personally, I'd have part make a VG, but not LV, and create it during %post to speed up deployment time) 2) If you do require OS data, then you will need to calculate the size of the partition you need, then format them accordingly, then just have part use --noformat --onpart Fedora link: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart Good luck :) -- Thanks, Kevin Landreth, RHCE Technology Architect -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shabazian, Chip Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:58 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: RE: possible FAQ: setting filesystem parameters with part/logvol? I've found the best info on kickstart is actually on the Fedora site. Here is a link to the presentation I did earlier this year at Linuxworld in case there is anything in there that might be of help: www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf As for your filesystem setup, you may need to do it in the %pre. Not sure about stride as I've never used it. -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Mooney Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:14 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: possible FAQ: setting filesystem parameters with part/logvol? Hi All- I'm new to the list, though not kickstart. We've been using it since the RH 2.1 ES days for server deployment, and I'm very pleased to see some of the latest improvments available in ks (like remote logging). Now the questions: - is there a kickstart FAQ? Googling for kickstart FAQ didn't turn up anything related to the kickstart that's the topic of this list. - is there a way to pass filesystem creation parameters to part/logvol? I need to set the stride size on all the filesystems on several boxes I will be kickstarting (RHEL 4u6, unfortunately I can't use 5u1 because the software the boxes will be running doesn't support 5.x yet). I essentially want to pass -E stride=16 to part/logvol. Any suggestions on the best way to accomplish this? Thanks, Tim -- Tim Mooney Tim.Mooney@xxxxxxxx Information Technology Services (701) 231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, IACC Building (701) 231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
