Robert Moskowitz spake the following on 3/21/2006 11:33 AM:
> At 11:59 AM 3/21/2006, Scott Silva wrote:
>> Robert Moskowitz spake the following on 3/21/2006 7:29 AM:
>> > 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/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html
>>
>> >>
>> >
>> > I have spent hours reading this and trying to read 'between the lines'
>> > already, before I asked here...
>> >
>> >> You'll notice the listing of valid fstype options, none of which
>> are a0.
>> >
>> > yes. that is why I turned to asking.
>> >
>> >> 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?
>> >
>>
>> You could make a dummy partition the right size during the install,
>> and not
>> assign it to a mount point.
>
> I could not find out if mount point was optional. Now I know.
>
>> Then after it boots, you could use fdisk to change
>> the partition type. I would not format the partition, but it shouldn't
>> hurt if
>> you have to,
>
> I see the noformat option for part.
>
>> and the partition used to need to be the first, or at least a
>> primary partition.
>
> Doesn't the boot partition need to be first? Then the suspend would
> come after it? Followed by the LVM then swap partitions.
>
>> The best option would be to find a rescue disk with this
>> utility on it, and use it first to create and format the partition. Then
>> during the install, choose the option to use free space to install.
>> BG-Rescue Disk has it;
>> http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~giannone/rescue/current/
>> and so does RIP;
>> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/looplinux/rip/
>
> thanks. I forgot to bring blank CDs with me. But it has been pointed
> out that my Centos boot CD has something worth using.
>
>
> "Two percent of the people think;
> three percent of the people think they think;
> and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think."
>
> George Bernard Shaw
The boot partition doesn't need to be first, it just should be completely in
the first 1024 cylinders. Depending on the size of the disk you could easily
fit the suspend and boot partitions in that space.
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