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> It took me forever to find a working sample of a logical
> kickstart script, so now that I have one working, I'd like to
> post it here, "for the record", in case someone else finds it
> trying to sort out how to do something similar down the road. :)
While commuting to work I have cleaned up your script so it is
hopefully much more readable, and it is attached. Some would
think to "leave elegance to tailors" (and RedHat developers seem
to think so, as most of their scripts seem appalling to me), but
I think it helps cope with complexity and maintainability.
text
install
cdrom
lang en_US
langsupport en_US
keyboard us
timezone --utc America/Toronto
xconfig --resolution 1024x768 --depth 24
--startxonboot --defaultdesktop gnome
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname
sysX.example.com
rootpw --iscrypted $1$cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
selinux --disabled
firewall --disabled
zerombr yes
bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"
%include /tmp/ks-partitions
%packages --resolvedeps
@ development-tools
@ editors
@ legacy-network-server
@ legacy-software-development
@ server-cfg
@ system-tools
@ sound-and-video
@ network-server
@ admin-tools
@ smb-server
@ base-x
@ gnome-desktop
@ text-internet
@ printing
@ graphical-internet
k3b
dhcp
expect
ncompress
vnc
tftp
uucp
perl-Crypt-SSLeay
perl-TimeDate
system-config-printer
# Exclude the following packages:
-lksctp-tools
-HelixPlayer
-cdparanoia
-rhythmbox
-sound-juicer
%pre --log=/tmp/ks-preinstall.log
#!/bin/sh
KSEXT='/tmp/ks-partitions'
echo > "$KSEXT" '
clearpart --all --initlabel
ignoredisk --drives=hda,hdb,hdc,hdd,sda,sdb,sdc,sdd
'
# 3 primary partitions for boot, root and swap, 2 logical for
# backup and user space. The last one is user space so it can be
# specified to grow to take the rest of the disk.
# On some systems we have hw RAID, on some we need to setup sw
# RAID, one some we just have a single un-RAID disk.
if grep -q "cciss/c0d0" /proc/partitions
then echo >> "$KSEXT" '
part /boot --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=200 --asprimary
part / --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=20000 --asprimary
part swap --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=1000 --asprimary
part /backup --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=5000
part /u --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --size=1 --grow
'
elif grep -q "cciss/c1d0" /proc/partitions
then echo >> "$KSEXT" '
part /boot --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=200 --asprimary
part / --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=20000 --asprimary
part swap --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=1000 --asprimary
part /backup --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=5000
part /u --ondisk=cciss/c1d0 --size=1 --grow
'
elif grep -q hdb /proc/partitions
then echo >> "$KSEXT" '
part boot-1 --ondisk=hda --size=200 --asprimary
part boot-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=200 --asprimary
part root-1 --ondisk=hda --size=20000 --asprimary
part root-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=20000 --asprimary
part swap-1 --ondisk=hda --size=1000 --asprimary
part swap-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=1000 --asprimary
part backup-1 --ondisk=hda --size=5000
part backup-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=5000
part u-1 --ondisk=hda --size=1 --grow
part u-2 --ondisk=hdb --size=1 --grow
raid /boot --level=RAID1 --device=md0 --fstype=ext3 boot-1
boot-2
raid / --level=RAID1 --device=md1 --fstype=ext3 root-1
root-2
raid swap --level=RAID1 --device=md4 --fstype=swap swap-1
swap-2
raid /backup --level=RAID1 --device=md2 --fstype=ext3
backup-1 backup-2
raid /u --level=RAID1 --device=md3 --fstype=ext3 u-1 u-2
'
elif grep -q hda /proc/partitions
then echo >> "$KSEXT" '
part /boot --size=200 --asprimary --ondisk=hda
part / --size=20000 --asprimary --ondisk=hda
part swap --size=1000 --asprimary --ondisk=hda
part /backup --size=5000 --ondisk=hda
part /u --size=1 --grow --ondisk=hda
'
elif grep -q sdb /proc/partitions
then echo >> "$KSEXT" '
part boot-1 --ondisk=sda --size=200 --asprimary
part boot-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=200 --asprimary
part root-1 --ondisk=sda --size=20000 --asprimary
part root-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=20000 --asprimary
part swap-1 --ondisk=sda --size=1000 --asprimary
part swap-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=1000 --asprimary
part backup-1 --ondisk=sda --size=5000
part backup-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=5000
part u-1 --ondisk=sda --size=1 --grow
part u-2 --ondisk=sdb --size=1 --grow
raid /boot --level=RAID1 --device=md0 --fstype=ext3 boot-1
boot-2
raid / --level=RAID1 --device=md1 --fstype=ext3 root-1
root-2
raid swap --level=RAID1 --device=md4 --fstype=swap swap-1
swap-2
raid /backup --level=RAID1 --device=md2 --fstype=ext3
backup-1 backup-2
raid /u --level=RAID1 --device=md3 --fstype=ext3 u-1 u-2
'
elif grep -q sda /proc/partitions
then echo >> "$KSEXT" '
part /boot --ondisk=sda --size=200 --asprimary
part / --ondisk=sda --size=20000 --asprimary
part swap --ondisk=sda --size=1000 --asprimary
part /backup --ondisk=sda --size=5000
part /u --ondisk=sda --size=1 --grow
'
fi
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