Hi List, Kashyap I hit the same error message yesterday when testing F17RC4, when manually partitionning (though I wasn't issue btrfs). I got this fixed by creating a bios boot partition I think that in your case you should try to append the following in your KS file part biosboot --fstype=biosboot --size=1 Regards Hamidou Dia --- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers 2012/4/11 Kashyap Chamarthy <kashyapc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> >> I'm going give it a try w/ btrfs partitioning. Meanwhile, I wasn't keeping up. Can someone >> confirm, does /boot still need to be ext3/ext4 for btrfs to work? >> > > > Ok, I gave it a try w/ the below command line, and an error "you have not created a > bootloader stage1 target device. This can happen if there is not enough space on your > harddrive for your installation" > > Really? There is plenty of space on the disk. > > Screenshot of the text install error --> > http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/f17-btrfs-install.png > > Any hints? > > > ==> virt-install cmdline <== > ######################################################################################### > $ virt-install --connect=qemu:///system \ > --network=bridge:br0 \ > --initrd-inject=./ks-with-btrfs.ks \ > --extra-args="ks=file:/ks-with-btrfs.ks console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 > root=live:http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Beta.RC4/Fedora/x86_64/os/LiveOS/squashfs.img" > \ > --name=f17t1 \ > --disk /export/vmimgs/f17t1.img,size=20 \ > --ram 2048 \ > --vcpus=2 \ > --check-cpu \ > --accelerate \ > --hvm \ > --location=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/ \ > --nographics > ######################################################################################### > > => Contents of my btrfs ks file <= > ######################################################################################### > $ cat ks-with-btrfs.ks > ## A minimal fedora kickstart file > > install > text > lang en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > rootpw testpwd > firewall --service=ssh > authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 > selinux --enforcing > timezone --utc Asia/Kolkata > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb console=tty0 > console=ttyS0,115200 rd_NO_PLYMOUTH" > zerombr > clearpart --initlabel > part /boot --fstype ext4 --size=600 > part / --fstype btrfs --size=14000 > > > %packages > @core > @editors > %end > ######################################################################################### > > >> >> Thanks, >> /kashyap >>> >>> it was a bit better with live - I was able to play with >>> filesystems without the installer crashing, however, I could not >>> install on btrfs as the target filesystem has to match the live >>> image >>> >>> there may have been some fixes since ... >>> >>> K. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > test mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test