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Description of problem: In kickstart: clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=cciss/c0d0 clears the partition table we tested this with: clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=vda and it did not clear the partition table. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use the following in your kickstart file with a cciss devices clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=cciss/c0d0 2. Then test with another device, for example clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=vda 3. In the second example device 'vda' is ignored. This is not the case when specifying a cciss device Actual results: Device 'vda' is ignored. This is not the case when specifying a cciss device Expected results: Device 'cciss/c0d0' should be ignored Additional info: The customer is reluctant to try anything else at this point, and I do not have access to a cciss device to test this. Is the proper syntax: clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=c0d0 -or- clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=cciss instead of using cciss/c0d0?
Created attachment 495772 [details] Kickstart file the customer is using
*** Bug 687976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Sorry, I'm finding the initial comment very difficult to follow. Can you restate the problem more clearly? Does the attached kickstart file come from a system exhibiting the problem? When you hit this problem, is it on a system with both CCISS devices and a vda device? Or is the problem only happening if the kickstart file references devices that do not exist? Can you also attach /tmp/anaconda.log to this bug report after you hit the problem? The correct syntax for anything involving CCISS is "cciss/cXdX".
Tested on RHEL 5.7 on systems with 2 disks: 1) Tested on KVM guest: clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=vda autopart Only disk vda was used during install. Disk vdb wasn't touched and the data on it was intact. 2) Tested on bare metal hardware with 2 cciss disks: clearpart --all --initlabel ignoredisk --only-use=cciss/c0d0 autopart disk c0d1 wasn't touched and data on it was intact. I can't reproduce.
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