Description of problem: In RH3 using Kick start ks.cfg you were able to use the clearpart --all -- initlabel command to silently clear,clean, delete ALL existing partitions from the server without user intervention. This allowed us to boot to a CD then walk away until the Kickstart process was over and the server rebooted. When we started to develop RH4 using Update 3 also Kickstart and the clearpart - -all --initlabel, we noticed that the first time the server built all the partitions were deleted and it worked fine, however, the second time we built the same server we received Python - anaconda errors at kickstart time saying the install could not create a LVM PV because there was no space. Upon rebooting we continued to get the same error. We then recreated the ks.cfg file and removed the --initlabel option from the clearpart statement. After rebooting and each additional time we re-built the server, instead of getting the Python error we received a nice GUI interface asking us if we would like to clear all the partitions off the server. When we answered yes the installation continued without incident. Again, each subsequent time we rebuild the same server the nice GUI interface came up and asked us if we wanted to delete all the partitions. Again, answering yes allowed the installation to proceed without problems. The issue is we can NO LONGER build these servers silently. A user must stay at the server side until they can answer yes to the delete all partitions GUI question. Is this a bug or are we missing some option to the clearpart command to allow us silent installs (user free) like we did in RH3? Thanks Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RH 4 Update 3 - This is the first version of RH 4 we used. We have no knowledge if the clearpart command acted any different in RH4 Update 1 or 2 How reproducible: Each subsequent time we rebuild the same server we get the error Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use clearpart --all --initlabel in the ks.cfg (This produces the Python cannot create LVM error on all rebuilds,re-installs of RH4 U3 of the same server AFTER the initial build) 2. Replace with clearpart --all in the ks.cfg (This produces the delete partitions GUI on all rebuilds,re-installs of RH4 U3 of the same server AFTER the initial build) 3. Actual results: Python error in anaconda Expected results: Allow silent user free installation with ks.cfg Additional info:
FYI: Bug 188579 is a duplicate of this bug
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 188579 ***