Re: Creating GPT BIOS partition with FAI 4.0.6
Thomas Neumann wrote: setup-storage will create a new partition and mark it and the location of this 'boot'-partition is at the beginning of the disk, but the partition index is the next after the last defined partition, e.g.: disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt-bios primary / 200M ext3 rw,errors=panic primary - 400M swap - will result in 1) sda3 - biosboot 2) sda1 - / 3) sda2 - swap Yes this is mostly a cosmetical issue. I can understand why it has been done this way. Still don't like 'out of order' partitioning. There's a workaround to achieve 'ordered' partitions. disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt primary - 1M- - primary / 200M ext3 rw,errors=panic primary - 400M swap - However you _must_ set the required flag manually after the partitioning has been done and before grub is being installed. Well this is not at all a cosmetical issue as far my problems are concerned. So I have to ask which programm ist doing the paetitioning. And why it is not possible to manage it with a personal decission, wether to do automatic paritioning or do it manually. I´d like do have all clients trying netboot and if there's no server using their normal installation. And if there is a fai-server, making it possible to do fai boot but no pationing or do it on the other side. So, partitioning is not at all just a cosmetical issue. Sorry for dissenting :-) Arpad
Re: Creating GPT BIOS partition with FAI 4.0.6
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 09:24:43 AM Soos Arpad wrote:
Well this is not at all a cosmetical issue as far my problems are
concerned.
Sorry, but I fail to see the connection. I'm going to answer you further
comments step-by-step.
So I have to ask which programm ist doing the paetitioning.
'setup-storage', but normally you don't have any direct contact with that.
Configuration is done via config space/disk_config/classname and performed
by the 'partition' task.
And why it is not possible to manage it with a personal decission,
wether to do automatic paritioning or do it manually.
You can.
automatic: disklabel:gpt-bios
manual: disklabel:gpt
However 'gpt-bios' will result in a 'out-of-order' partition naming, like
described in my previous post.
I´d like do have all clients trying netboot and if there's no server
using their normal installation.
???
This has absolutely nothing to do with this thread.
And if there is a fai-server, making it possible to do fai boot but no
pationing or do it on the other side.
I don't understand. FAI isn't very useful if you netboot into a FAI-client
but don't perform some kind of partitioning. ('Keep reuse all existing
partitions' is a special case, but it is also handled via the partitioning
task.)
So, partitioning is not at all just a cosmetical issue.
I was referring only to the 'out-of-order' issue. This was not a general
comment. Maybe that's where the misunderstanding comes from?
bye
thomas
