Hello,
I wasn't using <initialize> to begin with, but I have just added it into the
config. Now, though, the partition table gets wiped, but no partitions get
created on the first disk!
Here is the <partitioning> section of the config:
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<partitioning config:type="list">
<drive>
<device>/dev/sda</device>
<initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize>
<partitions config:type="list">
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/boot</mount>
131
1
<size>100mb</size>
primary
</partition>
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/</mount>
131
2
<size>7000mb</size>
primary
</partition>
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/usr</mount>
131
3
<size>7000mb</size>
primary
</partition>
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>swap</mount>
130
5
<size>2048mb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/tmp</mount>
131
6
<size>1024mb</size>
</partition>
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/stg-dell2</mount>
131
7
<size>max</size>
</partition>
</partitions>
<use>all</use>
</drive>
<drive>
<device>/dev/sdb</device>
<initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize>
<partitions config:type="list">
<partition>
<filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem>
<format config:type="boolean">true</format>
<mount>/mirror</mount>
131
1
<size>max</size>
primary
</partition>
</partitions>
<use>all</use>
</drive>
</partitioning>
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Here is the partitioning I saw from within AutoYast before (roughly):
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/dev/sda (80GB)
- 38MB - Dell Utility (existing)
- 1.9GB - FAT16 (existing)
/dev/sdb (250GB)
- 250GB - reiser (proposed, and correct)
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And finally, here is the partitioning I can see now from within AutoYast,
having added "<initialize>" into the config as above:
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/dev/sda (80GB)
- No partitions
/dev/sdb (250GB)
- 250GB - reiser (proposed, and correct)
============================================================
It's almost as if it's removed the partition table, and just not bothered to
create any new partitions! lol
Hobsb.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de]
Sent: 14 February 2006 11:17
To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com
Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Simultaneous SuSE 10.0
Autoyast installs fail!
On Tuesday 14 February 2006 12:05, Richard Hobbs wrote:
Ah... It's the partitioning!!
thought so.
The Dell Servers ship with a 38MB utility partition and a
1.9GB FAT16
partition, and for some reason, AutoYast isn't wiping these
partitions
first.
I thought the "<use>all</use>" section was the bit that said use the
entire disk?
actually <use>all</use> should delete those partitions unless
your profile
makes them stay or it's some weird exception (triggered by special
hardware)
Do you use true</initialize> to wipe out the
partition
table?
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ciao, Uwe Gansert
Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany
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