On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 12:47 -0500, Charles J Gruener wrote: > I mentioned in a previous post that I specifically call out ext3 as the fstype option for /boot. To alleviate further confusion, here is my kickstart file. > > install > cmdline > url --url http://mirrors.rit.edu/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedora/x86_64/os > lang en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp > rootpw ChangeMeNOW! > firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp > selinux --enforcing > timezone --utc America/New_York > bootloader --location=mbr > reboot > clearpart --all --initlabel > part /boot --fstype=ext3 --size=256 > part pv.01 --size=2048 --grow > volgroup vg0 pv.01 > logvol swap --fstype=swap --name=swap --vgname=vg0 --recommended > logvol / --fstype=ext3 --name=root --vgname=vg0 --size=1024 --grow > > %packages --nobase > > If I simply change the url line to be fedora 11 instead of 12, everything works and I can boot. > > I decided to look into this a bit further. After installing and getting the following error: > > # pygrub /var/lib/xen/images/fedora12.img > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 677, in ? > fs = fsimage.open(file, get_fs_offset(file)) > IOError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported > > I decided to 100% verify that the filesystem was in fact created as ext3. > > # losetup /dev/loop0 /var/lib/xen/images/fedora12.img > # kpartx -a /dev/loop0 > # mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt > # mount | grep /dev/mapper/loop0p1 > /dev/mapper/loop0p1 on /mnt type ext4 (rw) > > Wait...what? But I specified ext3 in the kickstart file... > > So how do I get anaconda on Fedora 12 to honor the --fstype=ext3 option for part /boot? I tried both: > > --fstype ext3 > > and > > --fstype=ext3 > > with the same results. > > Thanks, > Charles Maybe you could format it ext3 using the /dev/mapper/loop0p1 path above and use: part /boot --noformat --onpart=/dev/partitionGoesHere ?
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