Kickstart RAID1 help

[Steve Robson]

> Subject: Kickstart RAID1 help
> From: "Mukarram Syed" <muksyed at stanford.edu>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:56:21 -0700
> To: <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
> 
> To: <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to get Kickstart working with RAID1.  The regular Kickstart 
> works fine (without RAID1). Googl’ing for these errors didn’t help.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks much.
> -Mukarram Syed.
> 
> This is my RAID1 setup:
> 
> #Partition clearing information
> 
> clearpart --all --initlabel
> #############################################################
> 
> # RAID1 Partitioning:
> part raid.01 --size 100 --ondisk sda
> part raid.02 --size 100 --ondisk sdb
> # /
> part raid.03 --size 25000 --ondisk sda
> part raid.04 --size 25000 --ondisk sdb
> # Swap
> part raid.05 --recommended --ondisk sda
> part raid.06 --recommended --ondisk sdb
> # /u01
> part raid.07 --size 18000 --ondisk sda
> part raid.08 --size 18000 --ondisk sdb
> # /x01
> part raid.09 --size 4000 --ondisk sda
> part raid.10 --size 4000 --ondisk sdb
> # /s01
> part raid.11 --size 15000 --ondisk sda
> part raid.12 --size 15000 --ondisk sdb
> #Disk partitioning information
> raid /boot --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md0 raid.01 raid.02 --asprimary
> raid / --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md1 raid.03 raid.04 --asprimary
> raid swap --fstype swap --level 1 --device md2 raid.05 raid.06 --asprimary
> raid /u01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md4 raid.07 raid.08
> raid /x01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md5 raid.09 raid.10
> raid /s01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md6 raid.11 raid.12
> #############################################################
> 
> This is the error I am getting on the console:
> Probing for monitor type:   Unknown monitor
> Probing for mouse type:   No - mouse
> Graphical installation not available...  Starting text mode.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   *File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1130, in ?*
> *    instClass.setInstallData(id)*
> *  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1439, in setInstallData*
> *    raise KickstartError, e*
> *kickstart.KickstartValueError: partition command requires a size 
> specification*
> *install exited abnormally*
> 
> sending termination signals...done
> sending kill signals...done
> disabling swap...
> unmounting filesystems...
>         /mnt/runtime done
>         disabling /dev/loop0
>         /proc/bus/usb done
>         /proc done
>         /dev/pts done
>         /sys done
>         /tmp/ramfs done
>         /selinux done
> 
> you may safely reboot your system

I think it's a syntax snafu.  The sysadmin guide at 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html
shows that where you had:
raid /s01 --fstype ext3 --level 1 --device md6 raid.11 raid.12
you want:
raid /s01 --fstype ext3 --level=1 --device=md6 raid.11 raid.12

-- 
   Regards,
   Steve

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