Created attachment 603107 [details] Kickstart file for a "reuse old partitions" install Description of problem: I have two very similar kickstart files "nuke.ks" and "reuse.ks". I use "nuke" to install the OS while totally repartitioning the boot disk. Then I use "reuse.ks" to reinstall onto the root and boot partitions (reformatting just them), leaving all other partitions alone. This works fine on RHEL6, but not on Fedora-17. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-17 release How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. PXE/Kickstart install with nuke.ks 2. PXE/Kickstart install with reuse.ks which fails 3. Actual results: Installer fails as indicated below Pops up a GUI screen (untitled) showing two columns labelled "Data Storage Device" and "Installed Target Device". Obviously something has failed to get here. When I click "Next" I get an error dialog titled "Automatic Partitioning Errors", and listing two errors: a) "You have not defined a root partition (/)..." b) "You have not create a bootable partition..." Expected results: Successful reinstall Additional info: I have attached the two kickstart files. They are served from a cobbler server that fills in the url for the distro tree.
Created attachment 603108 [details] Kickstart file for "nuke boot disk" install
Please attach all the log files from /tmp/*log when you run into the error. This will help us diagnose the issue.
Created attachment 603112 [details] Log files from failed install
Created attachment 603113 [details] Log files from failed install - storage.log
Created attachment 603114 [details] Log files from failed install - anaconda.log
Created attachment 603115 [details] Log files from failed install - program.log
Created attachment 603116 [details] Log files from failed install - syslog I'm going to skip X.log and ifcfg.log as "boring". Let me know if they are in fact really, really "exciting" :-)
Things have changed considerably since F17, we no longer have the 'reuse partitions' option.
Created attachment 744934 [details] Fedora 18 Kickstart Docs
What! That doesn't seem to correspond to either reality, nor common sense. I'm using the --noformat and --useexisting, just like the Fedora-18 documentation indicates. I have attached the Fedora-18 docs in case there is any question (from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#Chapter_2._Kickstart_Options).
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