problem with %pre script writing to /tmp

[Paul Pianta]

Hi people,
I am experiencing an interesting problem with a %pre script in my 
kickstart file ...

# pre-script that is run to determine partition layout
%pre
#!/bin/sh

# get list of drives with size of each drive
set $(list-harddrives)

firstDiskSize=$2

if [ $firstDiskSize >= "20480" ] ; then
echo "
part swap --size=500 --asprimary
part /boot --size=100 --fstype ext3 --asprimary
part / --size=2000 --fstype ext3 --asprimary
part /usr --size=2000 --fstype ext3
part /tmp --size=1000 --fstype ext3
part /var --size=4000 --fstype ext3
part /home --size=1000 --grow --fstype ext3
" > /tmp/partinfo
else
echo "
part swap --size=500 --asprimary
part /boot --size=100 --fstype ext3 --asprimary
part / --size=500 --fstype ext3 --asprimary
part /usr --size=1000 --fstype ext3
part /tmp --size=500 --fstype ext3
part /var --size=1000 --fstype ext3
part /home --size=100 --grow --fstype ext3
" > /tmp/partinfo
fi

My problem is not in the script itself - I know that it works. My 
problem is that anaconda bugs out on me when I run this on a brand 
spanking new IBM xSeries 225 server with a new raid 0 setup of 2 36Gb 
hard drives. It says that it cannot include the file /tmp/partinfo 
because it doesn't exist (btw - i use an %include in my general ks.cfg 
section). When I run this exact same kickstart in a vmware machine that 
I use for testing - it works fine.

This leads me to believe it could be something to do with the IBM disks 
not having been initialized or something like that. Anaconda quits out 
and suggests a reboot too quickly for me to get hold of a shell to see 
if I can manually write to /tmp.

Any ideas?

pantz

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