Automatically partitioning hard drives - Kickstart?
Langdon Stevenson
langdon at lindenrow.com.au
Fri Sep 14 09:51:18 UTC 2007
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:45:41AM +1000, Langdon Stevenson wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Can anyone suggest an easy way to repetitively partition a standard
>> drive set with a standard partition layout?
>
> I'm not sure if you want just a partition layout or a partition layout
> and file systems laid down in the new partitions.
>
> If all you want is a partition layout, use sfdisk with output to a
> file. Then use a rescue disty like Finnix to play the file back on new
> drives. Then you get to install a file system.
>
> Better yet, look at
> http://www.charlescurley.com/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO.html. You
> don't need the whole kazoo. I think all you need is the script
> make.fdisk. You will need the install script, which builds some
> directories for you. Run make.fdisk on a known good system, save the
> resulting scripts and files, and run them on the targets. Those
> scripts will also lay down file systems for you.
Hi Charles. Thanks for the reply. You have a very interesting resource
there. Will keep me busy reading and testing over the weekend I expect.
Regards,
Langdon
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