Does anyone know how anaconda partitioning enumerates disk partitions when specified in kickstart? I quickly browsed through the anaconda installer source on github but didn't see the relevant bits.

I'm using the centOS 6.10 anaconda installer.

Somehow I am ending up with my swap partition on sda1, /boot on sda2, and root on sda3. for $REASONS I want /boot to be the partition #1 (sda1)

My kickstart storage config looks like this:

bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda,sdb zerombr ignoredisk --only-use=sda,sdb clearpart --all --drives=sda,sdb part raid.boot0 --size 1000 --ondrive=sda part raid.swap0 --size 8192 --ondrive=sda part raid.root0 --size 8000 --grow --ondrive=sda part raid.boot1 --size 1000 --ondrive=sdb part raid.swap1 --size 8192 --ondrive=sdb part raid.root1 --size 8000 --grow --ondrive=sdb raid /boot --fstype ext4 --device md0 --level=RAID1 raid.boot1 raid.boot0 raid swap --fstype swap --device md1 --level=RAID1 raid.swap1 raid.swap0 raid / --fstype ext4 --device md2 --level=RAID1 raid.root1 raid.root0

The anaconda-ks.cfg file that gets written out to /root (after kickstart finishes) looks like this:

#zerombr # The following is the partition information you requested # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work #clearpart --all --drives=sda,sdb #ignoredisk --only-use=sda,sdb #raid /boot --fstype=ext4 --level=1 --device=md0 raid.008018 raid.008002 #raid swap --level=1 --device=md1 raid.008017 raid.008001 #raid / --fstype=ext4 --level=1 --device=md2 raid.008019 raid.008003

#part raid.008001 --size=8192 #part raid.008002 --size=1000 #part raid.008003 --grow --size=8000

#part raid.008017 --size=8192 #part raid.008018 --size=1000 #part raid.008019 --grow --size=8000

I'm assuming that my swap is being put on sda1 because for some reason that partition gets the lowest numeric value in the name (raid.008001) But I don't see why that is happening, nor am I sure how to tell anaconda that I want /boot on the first partition (other than doing it in %pre)

I cannot specify the 'onpart=sda1' option because I use 'clearpart' in the script, and according to the docs: "If the clearpart command is used, then the --onpart command cannot be used on a logical partition."

The partition table on disk ends up looking as such: bash-4.1# parted /dev/sda GNU Parted 2.1 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Model: HP LOGICAL VOLUME (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 480GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 8591MB 8590MB primary raid 2 8591MB 9640MB 1049MB primary ext4 boot, raid 3 9640MB 480GB 470GB primary raid

Anyone know where I should be looking, or have a workaround besides doing my partitioning in %pre?

Thanks