*apologies, I've re-arranged this reply a bit to be more concise*
> > > > %pre
> > > > cat <<EOF > /tmp/partitioning
> > > > ignoredisk
> > > >
--drives=sda,sdb,sdc,sdd,sde,sdf,sdg,sdh,sdi,sdj,sdk,sdl,sdm,sdn,sdo,sdp
> > > > ,sdq,sdr,sds,sdt,sdu,sdv,sdw,sdx
> > > > key 49af89414d147589
> > > > EOF
> > > >
> > > > In your partitioning section, include the file that you create in
the
> > > > pre script by adding this line
> > > >
> > > > %include /tmp/partitioning
> > > >
> > > > And then correct for the drive-ordering that might mean that your
> > > > HBA-accessible drives come before your local storage. In this case,
I
> > > > wanted the local HP smartarray disk to come before all the HBA
disks.
> > > > Use the following line:
> > > >
> > > > bootloader --location mbr
--driveorder=cciss/c0d0,sda,sdb,sdc,sdd,sde,sdf,
> > > >
sdg,sdh,sdi,sdj,sdk,sdl,sdm,sdn,sdo,sdp,sdq,sdr,sds,sdt,sdu,sdv,sdw,sdx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > %pre
> > > echo "bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=cciss/c0d0" >
> > > /tmp/bootloader
> > >
> > > IGNOREDISK=/tmp/ignoredisk
> > >
> > > ### Ignore qlogic disks for PHYSICAL systems
> > > cat /tmp/scsidisks
> > > echo "Pulling in contents of /tmp/scsidisks"
> > > for i in $(cat /tmp/scsidisks | awk '{ print $1 }'); do
> > > DISKS=$DISKS" "$i
> > > done
> > > echo $DISKS
> > > echo "Pulling in all block device sd* files in /tmp"
> > > for i in $(ls -l /tmp | grep sd | grep ^brw | awk '{ print
$NF }');
> > > do
> > > DISKS=$DISKS" "$i
> > > done
> > > echo $DISKS
> > > DISKS=$(echo $DISKS|sed 's/ s/,s/g')
> > > if [ ! -z $DISKS ]; then
> > > echo "ignoredisk --drives="$DISKS > $IGNOREDISK
> > > else
> > > echo ""> $IGNOREDISK
> > > fi
> > >
> > >
> > > Then in the main section of the ks.cfg just:
> > > %include /tmp/bootloader
> > > %include /tmp/ignoredisk
> > I'm a bit confused about why so much of this is being echoed around and
> > included in files during the %pre script when they are completely valid
> > kickstart options that you just have to place inside the kickstart
> > normally. I mean specifically the bootloader and ignoredisk lines.
> >
> > Anyone?
> I've had cases where the nostorage option doesn't work properly and
> still presents some storage devices to the OS if they don't match
> defined "drive sizes". Using the ignoredisks directive was the only
> reliable way I had to completely ignore the SAN devices when we looked
> into it around a year ago. The behavior and reliability of "nostorage"
> may have improved since then, but so far I haven't had a need to look at
> it again.
I think the lack of coherency in my previous post might have been
confusing, or I am still confused. I don't believe that addresses the
question. In the above examples both the ignoredisk line (1st example) and
the bootloader line (2nd example) are %included into the kickstart via an
echo in the %pre script, but both of those lines when just defined as is,
can just be placed in the regular areas of the the kickstart instead of the
%pre script.
So my question boils down to, "If the contents of that included file are a
standard kickstart option that is not dynamically generated with a script,
such as the ignoredisk line in the 2nd example, is there a reason to echo
the lines to a file and then include it instead of just adding the option
in the normal fashion?"
-greg
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