At 11:26 AM 3/21/2006, Matt Hyclak wrote: >On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Robert Moskowitz enlightened us: > > At 10:43 PM 3/20/2006, Matt Hyclak wrote: > > >On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:40:26PM -0600, Robert Moskowitz enlightened us: > > >> So I want the suspend to disk option. > > >> > > >> I have found lphdisk http://www.procyon.com/~pda/lphdisk/ > > >> > > >> It says to create a primary partition of type a0 > > >> > > >> How do I do this in kickstart? Will it let me do a type? > > >> > > >> > > >> part /??? --fstype a0 --size 1058 > > >> > > >> size is 1024 + 32 + 2 > > >> > > >> What do I put in for the mount point? > > >> > > >> Where do I go for help? I have exhausted google... > > > > > >I would suggest reading the documentation about kickstart, not just > > >guessing. > > >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysad > min-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html > > > > I have spent hours reading this and trying to read 'between the > > lines' already, before I asked here... > > > >There's nothing between the lines to read. And not enough is there to really be effective in using the technology. Just the basics. > > >You'll notice the listing of valid fstype options, none of which are a0. > > > > yes. that is why I turned to asking. > > > >It's plainly stated what the options to fstype are. I'm not sure what there >was to ask. And how do you set other types? I could boot with a ghost 9 rescue CD (which I did not bring with me) and edit the partition table. But is there a Linux tool to do this? > > >I would recommend looking to %pre or %post sections to format the right > > >partition type for you with the native tools. > > > > Fine. I am even willing to run it completely after the install. But > > what do I do for creating the partition? Do I just do a dummy mount > > point like /suspend ? An fstype of ext3? And how do I specify a > > primary partition (and do primaries have to come before ext3 > > partitions? Have not found text on this.) > > > > And then use some other tool ???? that will remove the mount point > > and change the fstype to a0 before running lphdisk? > > > > Or do I leave part of the disk not in a partition and use some other > > tool to prepare the partition for lphdisk? > >Either way would work. Don't confuse partition types and filesystem types. >Primary partitions are one thing, ext3 filesystem on a partition is another. oh, so a0 is a partition type. What IS the partition type that Linux makes for its boot, swap, and EXT3 filesystems? How do I see this without something like Ghost recovery? >You get 4 primary partitions, if you want more partitions than that, then >one primary partition has to be an extended partition in which you create >the other 12 logical partitions. You can put ext3 on any of these. This is >basic DOS stuff. I have seen this, and it looks like I will have to use LVM: /boot / /home Suspend Swap So I would have to put / and /home into the LVM partition... >I'd have to check to make sure, but I'm willing to bet that parted is >available during the kickstart. Well the kickstart command is part: part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100 part / --fstype ext3 --size 10240 --grow part /home --fstype ext3 --size 25600 part swap --size 2048 >I would probably use that to take care of >creating your partition in the %pre section of kickstart, then let the >kickstart disk management stuff use the rest of the disk. There are other >ways to skin the cat, a couple of which you have mentioned. http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sag-en-4/s1-kickstart2-preinstallconfig.html if [ $numhd == "2" ] ; then #2 drives echo "#partitioning scheme generated in %pre for 2 drives" > /tmp/part-include echo "clearpart --all" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 75 --ondisk hda" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --ondisk hda" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part swap --recommended --ondisk $drive1" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part /home --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --ondisk hdb" >> /tmp/part-include else #1 drive echo "#partitioning scheme generated in %pre for 1 drive" > /tmp/part-include echo "clearpart --all" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 75" >> /tmp/part-includ echo "part swap --recommended" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part / --fstype ext3 --size 2048" >> /tmp/part-include echo "part /home --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --grow" >> /tmp/part-include fi Does not look any different in terms of part commands than you can put into kickstart. Just the logic to take advantage of it all. I **AM** reading as much as I can find, but I am not finding enough of what I need.... Barrs Law of Recursive futility If you're smart enough to use one of these.... .....you can probably manage without one! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060321/39556459/attachment-0004.html>