On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:14 AM Markus Falb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On 19.08.2021, at 22:40, David Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 8/19/21 12:54, Markus Falb wrote: > >> error: logical volume "root" given in logvol command does not exist > >> > >> What is wrong with my kickstart? What should I change that it works > >> with RHEL 8 too? > >> > >> Best Regards, Markus > >> > > > > I'm going to guess that it can't find the previous root LV that you've > asked it for with --useexisting. Do you have a way to test without that > option? Will it build a bare root LV on a new VG? > > > > David > > I have something that works, but it was somewhat difficult to debug. > > Anaconda says “kickstart insufficient” and "error: logical volume "root" > given in logvol command does not exist”. The message seems clear but after > complaining anaconda is now in interactive mode and the LVs are visible and > I can interactive finish the installation. At that point I had the hope > that the anaconda generated /root/anaconda-ks.cfg would give some hints but > no news there. > > The solution is to activate the LVs in %pre > It turns out that there is /dev/sda present but not the device files for > /dev/sdaX. > > …snip > %pre > mknod /dev/sda2 b 8 2 > pvscan > vgchange -ay > %end > snap… > > alternatively this oneliner is working too, interestingly > > …snip > %pre > parted /dev/sda unit MiB print > %end > snip… > > Note that with the parted command it is not necessary to vgchange > afterwards. > > Something is wrong if no device nodes are being created for your partitions, and I don't think the problem is in the installer code. That is the job of udev and the kernel IIRC. > Is there a builtin kickstart command that accomplishes the same instead of > some %pre? > If not, why is %pre necessary? %pre was not necessary with RHEL7. Is this > by design or is it a bug? > Sounds like a bug to me, but not an installer bug. I would start by reading through the syslog and see what it says about sda. It might tell you why it isn't creating the partitions as expected. > > Best Regards, Markus > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
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