Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 82406
kickstart entry logvol --noformat doesn't work
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:50:12 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021218 Description of problem: anaconda generates kickstart files containing commented-up logvol entries containing --noformat, for partitions whose contents were to be preserved. This option is rejected by the kickstart parser, if the line (without the comment marker) is used in a kickstart file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install once, choosing to preserve some existing lvm partitions 2.Remove the comment markers from the section that defines the partition lay out 3.Use the resulting kickstart file for a new install Actual Results: The parser chokes on `clearpart --none', then in `logvol --noformat', then on the `.0' at the end of the number after `--size' in logvol. Expected Results: clearpart --none and logvol --noformat should probably be accepted. logvol --size=6144.0 might be accepted, even though there's probably little reason to accept non-integral values. Additional info:
Okay, added support for 'clearpart --none' and use of preexisting LVM/RAID to CVS. This is going to be undocumented and basically "early bird testing" bits, but they work for me with quick testing. Also, no compatibility for the option names going forward is guaranteed. Quick synopsis raid / --device md0 --useexisting Use existing raid device md0, don't format it raid /home --device md0 --noformat Use existing raid device, but format it volgroup myvg --noformat volgroup myvg --useexisting Use existing volume group. Doesn't run vgcreate logvol /foo --vgname=myvg --name=root --noformat Reuse existing logical volume myvg/root and don't format logvol / --vgname=myvg --name=root --useexisting Reuse existing logical volume myvg/root and format it
For the record, I just got confirmation from Jeremy that he'd swapped the descriptions of raid --useexisting and --noformat. The options have the same meaning as in logvol and volgroup. Thanks for implementing this feature, Jeremy. I hope to give it a try soon!
It works beautifully, indeed. Thanks!