Bug 1173661 - [RFE] anaconda kickstart reuse blivit detected volumes option
Summary: [RFE] anaconda kickstart reuse blivit detected volumes option
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: anaconda-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-12-12 15:30 UTC by Pat Riehecky
Modified: 2023-07-26 12:05 UTC (History)
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Description Pat Riehecky 2014-12-12 15:30:14 UTC
Description of problem:
By leveraging blivit, anaconda is able to detect previous OS installs on the system.

It would be nice if there were a way to, from kickstart, say "reuse and reformat the existing OS" and optionally "if (/home,/srv,/somemountpoint) is a separate volume, don't reformat that one".

I realize this is a bit tricky as some programmatic logic may not apply at all times - say, if /home/ is not on a separate volume.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 	anaconda-21.48.22-1.fc21


How reproducible:100%


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
To reuse and reformat existing volumes requires some complex custom coding.

Expected results:
Easy kickstart option to reuse detected partitions.

Additional info:

Perhaps something like:

part /home --on-detected=/home --no-format
part /     --on-detected=/     --fstype=xfs --grow --size=2000

Comment 1 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2023-07-26 12:05:28 UTC
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.


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