On 02/26/2010 01:11 AM, Digimer wrote: > On 10-02-25 04:09 PM, Shabazian, Chip wrote: >> Why not just create the /db volume in the %post? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arun >> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:32 PM >> Hi - >> >> I was wondering if you guys had some thoughts on an issue I'm running >> into using kickstart to automate installs on intel x86 servers with >> large disks (~16 TB). >> >> What I'm trying to achieve is simple: a root volume of 100GB, and a >> database volume on all remaining space. >> It appears however that anaconda is restricting logical volumes to 8TB, >> even for ext4 partitions. >> >> I narrowed the problematic code down to storage/formats/fs.py where the >> Ext4 file type extends via Ext3 from Ext2, in which I saw this line: >> _maxSize = 8 * 1024 * 1024 >> >> Is there a reason for this limit to be inherited down to Ext4 partitions >> as well? See my kickstart snippet below - the "/db" partition has the >> --grow option, but it will not grow beyond 8TB due to the code above, >> leaving nearly 8TB completely unused on the server. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> clearpart --all >> bootloader --location=mbr >> >> # Create partitions: 200 MB for boot, remaining for everything else. >> part /boot --size=200 --fstype ext3 >> part pv.01 --size=1 --grow >> >> # Create a single volume group >> volgroup vg pv.01 >> >> # Create a swap volume of "recommended size", a root volume of 100GB >> # and a database volume on the remaining space >> logvol swap --fstype swap --name=swap_vol --vgname=vg --recommended >> logvol / --fstype ext4 --name=root_vol --vgname=vg --size=100000 >> logvol /db --fstype ext4 --name=db_vol --vgname=vg --size=1 --grow >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Arun > > That would be a work-around to Arun's problem without addressing the > underlying issue. With single drives being 2TB now, it's an issue that > deserves direct attention, I would think. I think a discussion on this has at least started on anaconda-devel: https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2010-January/msg00291.html Steffen Linux on System z Development IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter Geschäftsführung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
