Bug 483731 - anaconda does not properly handle existed raid devices in kickstart
Summary: anaconda does not properly handle existed raid devices in kickstart
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-03 12:38 UTC by Peter Vrabec
Modified: 2011-07-27 17:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-07-27 17:20:53 UTC
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Description Peter Vrabec 2009-02-03 12:38:36 UTC
Description of problem:
Image the situation where you have existed system and you want to re-install it via kickstart. You don't want to make any changes with partitions, because it's desired to use EXISTED partitions and raid devices. Some raid devices should be formatted(/boot") some not(/home). And now the problem is: that even even if you properly use onpart  and useexisted options in your kickstart, the existed raid devices are ignored by installer.


Example:

Lets reinstall system like this. Installation is driven by kickstart without users interaction - everything already set-up in kickstart
/dev/md0 - /boot --format
/dev/sda3 -/     --format
/dev/sda4 - swap --format
/dev/md1 - /home --NO_format

After successful installation reboot into the system and see mount and /etc/fstab.

Result:
Neither /boot nor /home is mounted

Expected result:
/boot mounted and re-formatted
/home mounted and not-formatted (useexited)

Additional info:
There might be a problem with my kickstart. And I'll be happy it that's the true. But I have tried several kickstarts created by different ways(hand/anacodna/system-config-,...) and none of them worked.

Comment 1 Hans de Goede 2009-11-30 11:03:45 UTC
Can you please attach the kickstart file in questions and the installation logs?


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