At 11:26 AM 3/21/2006, Matt Hyclak wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Robert Moskowitz enlightened us:
> > At 10:43 PM 3/20/2006, Matt Hyclak wrote:
> > >On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:40:26PM -0600, Robert Moskowitz enlightened us:
> > >> So I want the suspend to disk option.
> > >>
> > >> I have found lphdisk http://www.procyon.com/~pda/lphdisk/
> > >>
> > >> It says to create a primary partition of type a0
> > >>
> > >> How do I do this in kickstart? Will it let me do a type?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> part /??? --fstype a0 --size 1058
> > >>
> > >> size is 1024 + 32 + 2
> > >>
> > >> What do I put in for the mount point?
> > >>
> > >> Where do I go for help? I have exhausted google...
> > >
> > >I would suggest reading the documentation about kickstart, not just
> > >guessing.
> > >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysad
> min-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html
> >
> > I have spent hours reading this and trying to read 'between the
> > lines' already, before I asked here...
> >
>
>There's nothing between the lines to read.
And not enough is there to really be effective in using the
technology. Just the basics.
> > >You'll notice the listing of valid fstype options, none of which are a0.
> >
> > yes. that is why I turned to asking.
> >
>
>It's plainly stated what the options to fstype are. I'm not sure what there
>was to ask.
And how do you set other types? I could boot with a ghost 9 rescue CD
(which I did not bring with me) and edit the partition table. But is
there a Linux tool to do this?
> > >I would recommend looking to %pre or %post sections to format the right
> > >partition type for you with the native tools.
> >
> > Fine. I am even willing to run it completely after the install. But
> > what do I do for creating the partition? Do I just do a dummy mount
> > point like /suspend ? An fstype of ext3? And how do I specify a
> > primary partition (and do primaries have to come before ext3
> > partitions? Have not found text on this.)
> >
> > And then use some other tool ???? that will remove the mount point
> > and change the fstype to a0 before running lphdisk?
> >
> > Or do I leave part of the disk not in a partition and use some other
> > tool to prepare the partition for lphdisk?
>
>Either way would work. Don't confuse partition types and filesystem types.
>Primary partitions are one thing, ext3 filesystem on a partition is another.
oh, so a0 is a partition type. What IS the partition type that Linux
makes for its boot, swap, and EXT3 filesystems? How do I see this
without something like Ghost recovery?
>You get 4 primary partitions, if you want more partitions than that, then
>one primary partition has to be an extended partition in which you create
>the other 12 logical partitions. You can put ext3 on any of these. This is
>basic DOS stuff.
I have seen this, and it looks like I will have to use LVM:
/boot
/
/home
Suspend
Swap
So I would have to put / and /home into the LVM partition...
>I'd have to check to make sure, but I'm willing to bet that parted is
>available during the kickstart.
Well the kickstart command is part:
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100
part / --fstype ext3 --size 10240 --grow
part /home --fstype ext3 --size 25600
part swap --size 2048
>I would probably use that to take care of
>creating your partition in the %pre section of kickstart, then let the
>kickstart disk management stuff use the rest of the disk. There are other
>ways to skin the cat, a couple of which you have mentioned.
http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sag-en-4/s1-kickstart2-preinstallconfig.html
if [ $numhd == "2" ] ; then
#2 drives
echo "#partitioning scheme generated in %pre for 2 drives" >
/tmp/part-include
echo "clearpart --all" >> /tmp/part-include
echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 75 --ondisk hda" >> /tmp/part-include
echo "part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --ondisk hda" >>
/tmp/part-include
echo "part swap --recommended --ondisk $drive1" >> /tmp/part-include
echo "part /home --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --ondisk hdb" >>
/tmp/part-include
else
#1 drive
echo "#partitioning scheme generated in %pre for 1 drive" >
/tmp/part-include
echo "clearpart --all" >> /tmp/part-include
echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 75" >> /tmp/part-includ
echo "part swap --recommended" >> /tmp/part-include
echo "part / --fstype ext3 --size 2048" >> /tmp/part-include
echo "part /home --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --grow" >> /tmp/part-include
fi
Does not look any different in terms of part commands than you can
put into kickstart. Just the logic to take advantage of it all.
I **AM** reading as much as I can find, but I am not finding enough
of what I need....
Barrs Law of Recursive futility
If you're smart enough to use one of these....
.....you can probably manage without one!
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