you can test the generation of the kickstart file by doing ... cobbler system getks --name=systemname > kickstart.cfg
Then you can look at the kickstart file to look for errors. -C On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Bai Shen <baishen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > How do you do a test without booting a machine? > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, James Clendenan < > james.clende...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As a hint, If you run through the interactive setup, I usually steal the >> kickstart file out of the root home directory and compare it to the one you >> can view via the web to see if I got all the options I needed at least for >> the first few passes. >> >> It's also a great method to validate that the templates and snippets >> actually work properly without having to waste time booting a test system. >> >> >> James >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. >> >> On 2012-09-11, at 4:23 PM, Bai Shen <baishen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Okay, I was wrong. It lists all four drives. I didn't realize it was a >> scrollable list. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Bai Shen <baishen.li...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> 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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