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[Daniel Segall]

No!

You do not want that. Clearpart REMOVES the partitions. The following is
from the manual:

clearpart (optional)

Removes partitions from the system, prior to creation of new partitions.
By default, no partitions are removed.

Note If the clearpart command is used, then the --onpart command cannot be
used on a logical partition


-Dan


> don't i need clearpart if i wanna override the existing partitions?
>
> On Fri 2005-06-03 (09:15), Daniel Segall wrote:
>> I usually just comment out the zero mbr and clearpart options in my
>> ks.cfg, then just use something like:
>> / --fstype ext3 --onpart=hda1
>> swap --fstype swap --onpart=hda2
>>
>> That is from memory, so I'd verify the format in the kickstart manual.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>> gareth wrote:
>> >it's the same machine & disk i got the anaconda.cfg file off.
>> >ok i commented out the partition steps & the installation
>> >now runs fine, except i haveta key in the partitions.
>> >so how do i go about getting the partitioning right in the
>> >ks.cfg?
>> >
>> >On Thu 2005-06-02 (20:24), Derek Yeung wrote:
>> >
>> >>Looks like you're trying to use a kickstart configuration file and
>> trying
>> >>to apply a partition spec for a disk with a different geometery/size.
>> >>Your partitioning scheme looks simple enough -- blank out all the
>> >>automatic partitioning lines and then try the configuration file
>> again,
>> >>but manually configuring the partitions yourself.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>/dky
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, gareth wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>sure
>> >>>
>> >>>On Thu 2005-06-02 (22:05), Ajay Mulwani wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>Please post the anaconda.cfg file which was used for renstalling..
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Ajay
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>On 6/2/05, gareth <kickstart at lordcow.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>yo, i just installed fedora core 3, and then used the anaconda.cfg
>> >>>>>created as the kickstart file (and uncommenting the partions etc.)
>> >>>>>for reinstalling on the same machine. the install dies tho with:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >>>>>File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1165, in ?
>> >>>>> intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
>> >>>>>File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",
>> >>>>>line 705, in run
>> >>>>> self.icw.run (self.runres, configFileData)
>> >>>>>File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",
>> >>>>>line 1449, in run
>> >>>>> self.setup_window(runres)
>> >>>>>File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",
>> >>>>>line 1421, in setup_window
>> >>>>> self.setScreen ()
>> >>>>>File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",
>> >>>>>line 1086, in setScreen
>> >>>>> (step, args) = self.dispatch.currentStep()
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
>> >>>>>line 276, in currentStep
>> >>>>> self.gotoNext()
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
>> >>>>>line 171, in gotoNext
>> >>>>> self.moveStep()
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
>> >>>>>line 239, in moveStep
>> >>>>> rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/autopart.py",
>> >>>>>line 1416, in doAutoPartition
>> >>>>> doPartitioning(diskset, partitions, doRefresh = 0)
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/autopart.py",
>> >>>>>line 1003, in doPartitioning
>> >>>>> (ret, msg) = processPartitioning(diskset, requests, newParts)
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/autopart.py",
>> >>>>>line 953, in processPartitioning
>> >>>>> ret = fitSized(diskset, requests, 0, newParts)
>> >>>>>File
>> >>>>>"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/autopart.py",
>> >>>>>line 361, in fitSized
>> >>>>> requestSectors = long((request.requestSize * 1024L * 1024L) /
>> >>>>> part.disk.dev.sector_size) - 1
>> >>>>>TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'NoneType' and 'long'
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>any clues?
>> >>>>>
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