Issue using --percent with "logvol" in RHEL 6 kickstart file

[Steve Robson]

kickstart-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
> Jeff Wells wrote:
>> >  I have tried adding the --size and --grow based on the the RHEL 6
>> >  documentation but still get the same error:
>> >
>> >  part /boot --fstype "ext3" --size=250 --asprimary
>> >  part pv.01   --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
>> >  volgroup vglocal00 pv.01
>> >  logvol swap     --fstype swap --name=swap00 --vgname=vglocal00 --
>> >  size=2048
>> >  logvol /tmp     --vgname=vglocal00 --size=2048 --name=tmp00
>> >  logvol /var/log    --vgname=vglocal00 --fstype ext4 --size=1 --
>> >  name=log00 --grow --percent=10
>> >  logvol /        --vgname=vglocal00 --fstype ext4 --size=1 --name=root00
>> >  --grow --percent=90
>> >
>> >  On Jun 14, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Jeff Wells wrote:
>>> >  >  Issue:
>>> >  >  When kicking with percent-based partitions, the logical volume
>> >  creation errors.
>>> >  >  logvol / --vgname=myvg --size=1 --name=rootvol --grow --percent=90
>>> >  >
>>> >  >  Error:
>>> >  >  An error was encountered while activating your storage configuration
>>> >  >  lvcreate failed for vglocal00/log00: 11:30:57,333 ERROR: Unable to
>> >  create new logical volume with no extents

It might be the order in which you have specified things.  The on-line 
documentation* specifies the syntax as:

logvol <mntpoint> --vgname=<name> --size=<size> --name=<name> <options>

and "fstype", "grow" and "percent" are all options.  Try re-ordering things:

part /boot --fstype "ext3" --size=250 --asprimary
part pv.01   --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
volgroup vglocal00 pv.01
logvol swap --vgname=vglocal00 --size=2048 --name=swap00 --fstype swap
logvol /tmp --vgname=vglocal00 --size=2048 --name=tmp00
logvol /var/log --vgname=vglocal00 --size=1 --name=log00 --grow 
--percent=10 --fstype ext4
logvol / --vgname=vglocal00 --size=1 --name=root00 --grow --percent=90 
--fstype ext4

-- 
   Regards,
   Steve

*http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html