I just started testing Fedora, and have some questions about how to preserve LVM definitions (both VGs and LVs) across installations. My preference for Linux upgrades, particularly when working with beta or experimental software, is to do a fresh install, rather than an upgrade. Prior to working with LVM, I could use part statements in ks.cfg to specify how to use existing disk partitions, using --onpart, and which ones needed data preserved, using --noformat. I've looked at the RH 9 Customization guide for Kickstart options pertaining to LVM, but haven't found any equivalents to --onpart and --noformat, at least not in the volgroup or logvol statements. I have played a bit, but have so far not found the appropriate incantations. A short example: Existing partitions: hda1 (/boot), hda2 (LVM's rootvg with rootlv and homelv), hda3 (swap) Want to preserve both the LVs in hda2, and additionally the data in homelv Would like to be able to specify something like this in ks.cfg: #clearpart --linux part swap --onpart=hda3 part /boot --onpart=hda1 part pv.01 --onpart=hda2 --noformat volgroup rootvg pv.01 --preserve and have Kickstart recognize the existing LVs in rootvg Since I want to have Kickstart format rootlv and preserve homelv, I expect I'd also need something like: logvol / --vgname=rootvg --lvname=rootlv --clean logvol /home --vgname=rootvg --lvname=homelv --noformat where --clean implies that it exists but needs formatting, and --noformat is the same as for part statements. I've commented out all the partitioning information, but Kickstart then offers me only three choices: remove all partitions, remove all linux partitions, and retain all partitions and install to free space, which is not what I'm after... Is this possible at present? Where is this documented? Thanks, Rick Kilen kilen-at-us.ibm.com