https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/InstallGPTwithKickstart
== Summary == Add support for configuring GPT partition table in kickstart without requiring a custom pre-installation script or a custom boot script. [[Category:SystemWideChange]] == Owners == * Name: [[User:Davdunc|David Duncan]], [[User:Chrismurphy|Chris Murphy]], [[User:Salimma|Michel Alexandre Salim]], [[User:Dcavalca|Davide Cavalca]], [[User:Ngompa|Neal Gompa]], [[User:Dustymabe|Dusty Mabe]] * Email: davd...@amazon.com, chrismur...@fedoraproject.org, mic...@michel-slm.name, dcava...@fb.com, ngomp...@gmail.com, du...@dustymabe.com * Products: Fedora Cloud Edition * Responsible WGs: Fedora Cloud WG == Detailed Description == Fedora Cloud Edition wants to use a GPT partition table; however, it is not possible to force the creation of an image with the GPT partition table with our current tooling because Anaconda requires setting <code>inst.gpt</code> as a kernel boot parameter to do it. This Change proposes to add a way to declare this via kickstart so that the Cloud Edition image builds can create images using the GPT partition table using the current tooling (which is built on Anaconda). == Benefit to Fedora == Users will be able to install systems with a GPT partition table via kickstart without requiring an extensive custom pre-installation script or a custom boot script. Disk images produced using the Anaconda tooling (Oz/ImageFactory, Lorax) can also trivially make images with GPT partition tables. This makes it possible to create hybrid BIOS+UEFI boot images, given [[Changes/UnifyGrubConfig|the changes to GRUB configuration from Fedora Linux 34]]. == Scope == * Proposal Owners ** Review and discuss with the Anaconda maintainers and determine the next steps for support of the inst.gpt in pykickstart ** Work with Anaconda maintainers to implement in Anaconda * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/10137 #10137] * Policies and guidelines: N/A * Trademark approval: N/A == How to test == Build images using virt-install with kickstarts that have the option set. Verify that the disk partition table is properly configured as GPT. Verify that without the option set, it uses legacy MBR. == User Experience == * Allows for the use of the standard pykickstart directive for specifying the preference for GPT partition. == Dependencies == * Anaconda [https://anaconda-installer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boot-options.html#inst-gpt inst.gpt] -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Fedora Program Manager Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list -- devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-announce-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
