[ ... ] > It took me forever to find a working sample of a logical > kickstart script, so now that I have one working, I'd like to > post it here, "for the record", in case someone else finds it > trying to sort out how to do something similar down the road. :) While commuting to work I have cleaned up your script so it is hopefully much more readable, and it is attached. Some would think to "leave elegance to tailors" (and RedHat developers seem to think so, as most of their scripts seem appalling to me), but I think it helps cope with complexity and maintainability.
text install cdrom lang en_US langsupport en_US keyboard us timezone --utc America/Toronto xconfig --resolution 1024x768 --depth 24 --startxonboot --defaultdesktop gnome network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname sysX.example.com rootpw --iscrypted $1$cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 selinux --disabled firewall --disabled zerombr yes bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet" %include /tmp/ks-partitions %packages --resolvedeps @ development-tools @ editors @ legacy-network-server @ legacy-software-development @ server-cfg @ system-tools @ sound-and-video @ network-server @ admin-tools @ smb-server @ base-x @ gnome-desktop @ text-internet @ printing @ graphical-internet k3b dhcp expect ncompress vnc tftp uucp perl-Crypt-SSLeay perl-TimeDate system-config-printer # Exclude the following packages: -lksctp-tools -HelixPlayer -cdparanoia -rhythmbox -sound-juicer %pre --log=/tmp/ks-preinstall.log #!/bin/sh KSEXT='/tmp/ks-partitions' echo > "$KSEXT" ' clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --drives=hda,hdb,hdc,hdd,sda,sdb,sdc,sdd ' # 3 primary partitions for boot, root and swap, 2 logical for # backup and user space. The last one is user space so it can be # specified to grow to take the rest of the disk. # On some systems we have hw RAID, on some we need to setup sw # RAID, one some we just have a single un-RAID disk. if grep -q "cciss/c0d0" /proc/partitions then echo >> "$KSEXT" ' part /boot --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=200 --asprimary part / --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=20000 --asprimary part swap --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=1000 --asprimary part /backup --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=5000 part /u --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=1 --grow ' elif grep -q "cciss/c1d0" /proc/partitions then echo >> "$KSEXT" ' part /boot --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=200 --asprimary part / --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=20000 --asprimary part swap --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=1000 --asprimary part /backup --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=5000 part /u --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=1 --grow ' elif grep -q hdb /proc/partitions then echo >> "$KSEXT" ' part boot-1 --ondisk=hda --size=200 --asprimary part boot-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=200 --asprimary part root-1 --ondisk=hda --size=20000 --asprimary part root-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=20000 --asprimary part swap-1 --ondisk=hda --size=1000 --asprimary part swap-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=1000 --asprimary part backup-1 --ondisk=hda --size=5000 part backup-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=5000 part u-1 --ondisk=hda --size=1 --grow part u-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=1 --grow raid /boot --level=RAID1 --device=md0 --fstype=ext3 boot-1 boot-2 raid / --level=RAID1 --device=md1 --fstype=ext3 root-1 root-2 raid swap --level=RAID1 --device=md4 --fstype=swap swap-1 swap-2 raid /backup --level=RAID1 --device=md2 --fstype=ext3 backup-1 backup-2 raid /u --level=RAID1 --device=md3 --fstype=ext3 u-1 u-2 ' elif grep -q hda /proc/partitions then echo >> "$KSEXT" ' part /boot --size=200 --asprimary --ondisk=hda part / --size=20000 --asprimary --ondisk=hda part swap --size=1000 --asprimary --ondisk=hda part /backup --size=5000 --ondisk=hda part /u --size=1 --grow --ondisk=hda ' elif grep -q sdb /proc/partitions then echo >> "$KSEXT" ' part boot-1 --ondisk=sda --size=200 --asprimary part boot-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=200 --asprimary part root-1 --ondisk=sda --size=20000 --asprimary part root-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=20000 --asprimary part swap-1 --ondisk=sda --size=1000 --asprimary part swap-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=1000 --asprimary part backup-1 --ondisk=sda --size=5000 part backup-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=5000 part u-1 --ondisk=sda --size=1 --grow part u-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=1 --grow raid /boot --level=RAID1 --device=md0 --fstype=ext3 boot-1 boot-2 raid / --level=RAID1 --device=md1 --fstype=ext3 root-1 root-2 raid swap --level=RAID1 --device=md4 --fstype=swap swap-1 swap-2 raid /backup --level=RAID1 --device=md2 --fstype=ext3 backup-1 backup-2 raid /u --level=RAID1 --device=md3 --fstype=ext3 u-1 u-2 ' elif grep -q sda /proc/partitions then echo >> "$KSEXT" ' part /boot --ondisk=sda --size=200 --asprimary part / --ondisk=sda --size=20000 --asprimary part swap --ondisk=sda --size=1000 --asprimary part /backup --ondisk=sda --size=5000 part /u --ondisk=sda --size=1 --grow ' fi
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