Kickstart RAID1 help
Mukarram Syed
muksyed at stanford.edu
Wed Jun 27 15:39:47 UTC 2007
Thanks Steve.
It worked.
-Mukarram.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Robson [mailto:srobson at cadence.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 1:25 AM
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Cc: muksyed at stanford.edu
Subject: Re: Kickstart RAID1 help
> 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/s
1-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
IT Support - UNIX/Linux Cadence Design Systems
Bagshot Road
Bracknell BERKSHIRE
RG12 0PH UK
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