On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 01:03:35PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote:
> First (quick) question:
>
> It is possible to get kickstart to set up raid partitions? If so, how
> is it done.
Not yet.
> Second question:
>
>
> I have in a kickstart file (rh61, updates included) specifying the
> following config:
>
> part /boot --size 8 --onpart /dev/hda1
> part / -- size 1024 --onpart /dev/hda2
> part /tmp --size 196 --onpart /dev/hda5
> part /var --size 196 --onpart /dev/hda6
> part swap --size 129 --onpart /dev/hda7
> part /home --grow --onpart /dev/hda4
> part /cache --grow --onpart /dev/hdb1
>
> Or, more clearly:
>
> hda1 primary 8Mb /boot
> hda2 primary 1Gb /
> hda3 extended ~512Mb
> hda4 primary (grow) /home
> hda5 logical 200Mb /tmp
> hda6 logical 200Mb /var
> hda7 swap 128Mb
> hdb1 primary (all) /cache
>
> This schema is _not_ "compliant" with how disk-drongo would normally
> do things, but it is how I would like to have it done.
>
> This fails, with "Autopartitioning FAIDED".
>
> disk-droop wants to do it like this:
>
> hda1 primary /boot
> hda2 extended <hda5->hda?)
> hda5 - hda? <whatever>
>
> There is no real documentation describing the --onpart parameter, and
> I was hoping to get a lot more control over how the disk partitioning
> is done. Apparently this isn't possible. Or is it?
--onpart allows you to specify a mountpoint for a partition that
already exists. You can't create partitions with it.
Matt
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