Hello,
while trying to install some computers using kickstart, I recognized an error
(or should I say feature) in the partition process. All of those machines have
an Adaptec 19160 SCSI controller and a 9 GB SCSI harddrive which should
be divided into 8 partitions. Here is the partition part of my ks.cfg file
zerombr yes
clearpart --all
part / --size 128
part /var --size 640
part swap --size 192
part /home2 --size 2048
part /opt --size 1536
part /usr --size 1152
part /tmp --size 768
part /unused --size 1536 --grow
After installation has completed the system won't start. Using a rescue image
and fdisk, I found the following partition table:
Device Boot Start End size Id System
sda1 * 1 262 2104483+ 83 Linux
sda2 263 1115 6851722+ 5 Extended
sda5 263 458 1574328+ 83 Linux
sda6 459 746 2313328+ 83 Linux
sda7 747 893 1180746 83 Linux
sda8 894 991 787153+ 83 Linux
sda9 992 1073 658633+ 83 Linux
sda10 1074 1098 200781 82 Linux swap
sda11 1099 1115 136521 83 Linux
According to this, the root partiotion is on sda11 and therefore /boot is
beyond cylinder 1023.
I assume that the order of the partitions should result in better system
performance but how can I prevent kickstart from putting my root partition in a
location different from sda1? Is there a flag that I might have missed or is it
impossible to have influence on partition ordering?
Allthough it shouldn't matter, I'm doing NFS based kickstart installations and
kickstarts configuration file resides on the server as well.
Thanks in advance
Lutz
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