Fully automated Kickstart Errors

[Wang Nan Chen]

For your reference. Not sure if you can access to this link :(

https://enterprise.redhat.com/issue-tracker/?module=issues&action=view&tid=35828&gid=43

Following infos are excerpted from the issue 35828:
"...
I have run this by our installer engineers and they have confirmed you are
seeing correct behavior. Anaconda is designed to check every disk it can
find on the system for a valid partition table, if there isn't one, we warn
the user and prompt them to re-initilize the disk.

...
If *** has strong feelings about this, we can take this up as an RFE to add
an "ignoredisk" type option to kickstart.
"

The final comment by RedHat:
"
At this point, there isn't anything in Anaconda to tell it to just ignore a
disk. The behavior has always been to prompt the user in the case of any
disk problems regardless if you are actually installing to it or not.  I do
not yet have an answer as to if we will add code to ignore certain disks
during an installation.
"


Rgds,
WangNan


                                                                           
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I've found plenty of information on this subject regarding the error,
but no workaround for it.  Basically, unless I repartition the drives
other than hda, I get an error saying that the parition information is
inconsistent, and then prompting me to click ignore or cancel.  If I
click "ignore", then the install continues without incident, and
everything is fine.  However, I'm trying to make this install
completely automated.  What I'm looking for is a way to continue past
this error:  1.  Without erasing the data on hdb, hdc, hdd, etc (only
hda), and, without having to press the enter key (as I will not be in
the same physical location as the server).  I have tried "autostep",
but autostep seems to bring me into an interactive install that
doesn't really auto or step through anything.  Any help is greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
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Koree A. Smith
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koreesmith at gmail.com

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Koree A. Smith
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