Okay, so I changed the snippet to be after the %pre instead of before. Now it's giving me an interactive prompt asking if I want to use the entire drive or just the free space. It also only lists sdb and sdc.
However, when I did autopart, all four drives showed up. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Corey Kovacs <corey.kov...@gmail.com>wrote: > install anaconda on a running machine.... > > /usr/share/anaconda/list-harddrives-stub > > The "set" in the partitioning snippet is not a cheetah macro command, it's > a shell command. The partitioning snippet gets executed as a %pre section > in the kickstart. > > -C > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Bai Shen <baishen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I tried doing that and it says that set is not a recognized command. I >> put a # in front like I did for the other set and now it can't find the >> kickstart file. Not sure if it's related or not. >> >> Also, how do you run list-harddrives-stub manually? It doesn't show up >> as a command on my system. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Corey Kovacs <corey.kov...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> If you install anaconda and run list-harddrives-stub manually, you'll >>> see what it's doing. >>> >>> Basically, it returns something like this. >>> sda 1907729.08594 >>> sdb 1907729.08594 >>> sdc 1907729.08594 >>> >>> the set $(list-harddrives) bit of code, assigns these values to the $1 >>> $2 $3 ... variables. So when you need to refer to the drives in the >>> partitioning snippet code, you can just refer to the first drive and $d1, >>> then second as $d2 etc. >>> >>> Remember to escape the "$" in the snippet tho.. >>> >>> for example the snippet code would look like this.... >>> set \$(list-harddrives) >>> let numd=\$#/2 # Number of harddrives >>> d1=\$1 # Device for first drive >>> d2=\$3 # Device for first drive >>> d3=\$5 # Device for first drive >>> >>> etc... >>> >>> Nice thing about this is it lets you make some decisions based on the >>> existence of the "d" variables. So if "$d3" exists on a certain machine, >>> add it to the config, otherwise, don't include it's partitioning info etc. >>> Quite handy >>> >>> Hope this helps >>> >>> >>> -C >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Bai Shen <baishen.li...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Can you explain that in more detail? I'm not quite sure I follow what >>>> it's supposed to do. Do I continue with $3 for the second drive and $4 for >>>> the second drives size? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Pablo Iranzo Gómez < >>>> pablo.ira...@redhat.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Why don't you use: >>>>> >>>>> set $(list-harddrives) >>>>> let numd=$#/2 # Number of harddrives >>>>> d1=$1 # Device for first drive >>>>> S1=$2 # size for first drive >>>>> >>>>> and then "--ondisk=$d1" ?? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Pablo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> *De: *"Owen Mann" <owen.m...@interactivedata.com> >>>>> *Para: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org> >>>>> *Enviados: *Lunes, 10 de Septiembre 2012 18:02:11 >>>>> *Asunto: *Re: [cobbler] Different partitioning requirements >>>>> for identical blades >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Are you sure there /is/ a /dev/sda? If it’s an HP, try "cciss/c0d0". >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Owen Mann, Interactive Data Real Time Services >>>>> 60 Codman Hill Rd, Boxborough, MA 01719 >>>>> 978-795-3758 owen.m...@interactivedata.com >>>>> >>>>> “We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself, but >>>>> nature exposed to our method of questioning.” -Werner Heisenberg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto: >>>>> cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] *On Behalf Of *Bai Shen >>>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 10, 2012 11:38 AM >>>>> *To:* cobbler mailing list >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [cobbler] Different partitioning requirements for >>>>> identical blades >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> How do you configure multiple disks when not using raid? I'm trying >>>>> to specify --ondisk=sda and cobbler keeps giving me an error saying bad >>>>> keyword '/dev/sda' >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:15 PM, James Clendenan < >>>>> james.clende...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Personally I would just use a tag and in the partitioning section test >>>>> if that tag is set or not. It gets a bit more interesting when you start >>>>> merging roles so keeping each of the tags as atomic as possible is useful. >>>>> But I have had to do this when doing bake offs with different raid >>>>> configurations in the past and it works well. >>>>> >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sent from my phone. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2012-09-06, at 7:11 PM, Bai Shen <baishen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > I have a blade server that I'm building using cobbler to be a hadoop >>>>> cluster. 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