Re: cleartpart in kickstart on CentOS 6

[John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: Kevin C <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> if [ $numd -ge 2 ]; then cat << EOF >> /tmp/partinfo

Did you check the partinfo file to see if the variables are correctly replaced?

> In Python,Perl or Shell? I'm searching how to wipe all drives with 
> parted or fdisk.

In an external shell script.
I just do a simple dd (I still use msdos partitioing):
dd if=/dev/zero of=$DEVICE bs=512 count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1
Then I use sfdisk with values calculated for the correct stripe size depending on the server RAID.
Then I format with a stripe-width and optionally -m 0.
I only let the ks do the mounting.
Disclaimer: did not test with CentOS 6 yet...

> clearpart --all --initlabel

needed since you already put one in your partinfo file?

JD
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