[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart File - Increase Root Partition Size

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In a kickstart you cannot use autopart and also define any partition to be a particular size.  It is one or the other.

 

https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#autopart

 

I prefer to have more control over the disk layout, myself, and use the same method as Stefan.  But it depends upon your needs.  Sounds like you have a need to define your partitions.

 

Kickstart is powerful.  I have found only a very few limitations in it, and those have always been in the sysroot’d environment itself not in Kickstart.

 

Steve

 

 

From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> On Behalf Of Stefan Bluhm
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 15:11
To: spacewalk-list <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart File - Increase Root Partition Size

 

Hello Sulove,

 

as far as I am aware, by default on RHEL it is using the full HDD as root after a /boot and a swap default.

 

This is how I do custom partition my servers:

 

Go to Systems --> Kickstart --> Profiles --> <Label> --> System Details --> Partitioning --> Partition Details

 

Enter

 

part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=500
part pv.01 --grow --size=1
part swap --size=1000   --maxsize=2000 
volgroup vg_main --pesize=4096 pv.01
logvol /var/log --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_log --vgname=vg_main --size=1000
logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_main --size=1 --grow
logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_main --size=2016

 

 

This creates:

- /boot 500MB as ext4

- swap between 1GB to 2GB (I think this is autoscaled to memory 1:1)

- /log 1GB as ext4

- / [root] for the rest

 

I hope this helps.

 

Best wishes,

 

Stefan

 

 

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Von: "Sulove Khanal" <skhanal at aplura.com <mailto:skhanal at aplura.com> >
An: "spacewalk-list" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com <mailto:spacewalk-list at redhat.com> >
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2020 15:22:29
Betreff: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart File - Increase Root Partition Size

 

Hello,

 

I’m looking to increase the size of the root partition in my Spacewalk kickstart file to 20GB. It is currently defaulted to 8GB when I boot up a new VM based off the kickstart file. The kickstart is also set to autopart –type=lvm. I am using Centos 7. I haven’t found how to increase the size of the root partition while still using the autopart option in the kickstart from my research online. 

 

Is this possible?

 

Thank you,

Sulove


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