Hi ----- Mensaje original ----- > De: "Andy Speagle" <andy.speagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Para: "Discussion list about Kickstart" <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Enviados: Jueves, 28 de Abril 2011 17:57:23 > Asunto: RE: Use entire disk as PV. > > > > I'm trying to setup the partitioning section of my kickstarts in > > > > such a way that rather than partitioning a disk and using > > > > /dev/sdX1 > > > > as the PV for my root VG, that I can instead use the entire > > > > disk. > > > > > > > > The reason for doing this would be to make PV resizing a bit > > > > easier > > > > for virtual machines. Otherwise, I must muck around with the > > > > partition table and blah blah . not a show-stopper, but > > > > potentially > > > > dangerous for junior admins. > > > > > > > > I suspect that the functionality just isn't there. but does > > > > anyone > > > > know the magic syntax to get it to use the entire drive (aka. > > > > /dev/sdb) as a PV during kickstart? > > > > > Have you tried something like: > > > > > > part pv.01 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb > > > > Aye... I think the problem with it is the entire "part" command... > > it's > > creating a partition. There just doesn't seem to be a way to use a > > disk > > without partitioning it first. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > I would've thought volgroup would be the way to go but reading the > > docs it > > seems like you have to create a partition: > > > > Volgroup: > > Create the partition first, create the logical volume group, and > > then > > create the logical volume. For example: > > part pv.01 --size 3000 > > volgroup myvg pv.01 > > logvol / --vgname=myvg --size=2000 --name=rootvol > > Aye... precisely the issue. There's no way to get around the partition > is would seem. Is there perhaps another way to get this configure > using a %pre script? Or do I need to start looking at adding > functionality to anaconda? %pre set $(list-harddrives) d1=$1 # 1st hd device lvm pvcreate $d1 lvm vgcreate "Test" $d1 and then setup logvols or just keep creating with lvm Regards Pablo -- Pablo Iranzo GÃmez (Pablo.Iranzo@xxxxxxxxxx) Senior Global Profesional Services Consultant (RHCA, RHCSS, RHCDS, RHCVA, RHCE, RHCSP) #804006196923216 Phone: +34 645 01 01 49 (CET/CEST) GnuPG KeyID: 0xFAD3CF0D _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
