clearpart -all warning

jon public wincus.public at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 13:06:17 UTC 2012


Well, RHEL6.2 here and worked without changes. I think the code must be at
the end of your ks.

Regards,

El 12 de abril de 2012 04:53, Markus Eyrich <me at byteaction.de> escribió:

>  **Does this still work with CentOS 6 and Anaconda ? I can't get it to
> work. Tried the very exact same code below and Anaconda just goes over it
> and starts installing... Do i need to do anything more in the kickstart
> file? Does it need to be in interactive or text mode or something ?!
> **
>
> Am 11.04.2012 17:37, schrieb jon public:
>
> Patrick
>
> Works great! Thanks for your answer. Was exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Regards,
>
> El 11 de abril de 2012 11:24, Patrick Lists <ks-list at puzzled.xs4all.nl>escribió:
>
>>  On 04/11/2012 03:41 PM, jon public wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I've customized my kickstart to delete all partitions ( clearpart --all
>>> ). I've noticed that the installer only shows a warning message when the
>>> disk does not have a valid partition ( like new virtual machines ).
>>>
>>> I'm afraid that someone might wipe his entire disk if booting by mistake
>>> from the customized disk. Is there any way of forcing anaconda to always
>>> ask for user confirmation before erasing disk partitions?
>>>
>>> Thanks for you help!
>>>
>>
>>  You could use something like the snippet below. All credit goes to the
>> presentation "Kickstart Tips & Tricks" by Chip Shabazian (caution: lines
>> may be wrapped).
>>
>> %pre
>> #!/bin/sh
>> exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 2>&1
>> chvt 3
>> install="no"
>> while [ "$install" != "yes" ]; do
>> clear
>> echo
>> echo
>> '********************************************************************************'
>> echo '*
>> W A R N I N G
>> *'
>> echo '*
>> *‘
>> echo ‘*This process will install a completely new operating system and
>> *‘
>> echo '*
>> *'
>> echo '* Do you wish to continue? (Type the entire word "yes" to proceed.)
>> *'
>> echo '*
>> *'
>> echo
>> '********************************************************************************'
>> echo
>> read -p "Proceed with install? " install done clear chvt 1 #%end
>>
>>
>> More instructions at
>> http://www.trueblade.com/techblog/user-input-during-a-fedora-kickstart
>>
>> Regards,
>> Patrick
>>
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