Michael Gale wrote: > > Hey, > > If I take swap out of the LVM section and create a > regular partition > for swap it fails. Maybe you have some bad white space in there. Accidentally quoted some control character or such. I'd wipe those lines out in vi and re-type them to be certain. -Ross > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > Michael Gale wrote: > >> Hey, > >> > >> Can anyone tell me why option 1 works and option 2 > fails ? I know I > >> need swap and such, however in trouble shooting this issue > I trimmed > >> down my config. > >> > >> It fails on trying to format my logical volume, because > the mount point > >> does not exist (/dev/volgroup/logvol) > >> > >> It seems that with option 2, the partitions are created > and LVM is setup > >> correctly. However the volgroup / logvolume was not made > active, so my > >> /dev/volgroup/logvol did not exist. > >> > >> Running `lvm lvchange -a -y pathname` from with in the shell after > >> anaconda failed made the volgroup / logvol active. Which > would allow the > >> format command to complete. > >> > >> Option 1: > >> zerombr yes > >> clearpart --all --initlabel > >> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 > >> part pv.os --size=10000 --grow --maxsize=10000 --asprimary > >> volgroup os_volgroup01 pv.os > >> logvol swap --fstype swap --name=os_swap_logvol > --vgname=os_volgroup01 --recommended > >> logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=os_root > --vgname=os_volgroup01 --size=1024 --grow > >> > >> Option 2: > >> zerombr yes > >> clearpart --all --initlabel > >> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 > >> part pv.os --size=10000 --grow --maxsize=10000 --asprimary > >> volgroup os_volgroup01 pv.os > >> logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=os_root > --vgname=os_volgroup01 --size=1024 --grow > > > > I do this through kickstart and here's what I use: > > > > bootloader --location=mbr > > zerombr yes > > clearpart --linux --initlabel --drives=sda > > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=128 --ondisk=sda --asprimary > > part pv.0 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda > > volgroup CentOS --pesize=32768 pv.0 > > logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=root --vgname=CentOS > --size=4096 --grow --maxsize=16384 > > logvol swap --fstype swap --name=swap --vgname=CentOS > --size=1024 --grow --maxsize=2048 > > > > I haven't tried without swap and I think anaconda expects > there to be a swap definition > > in kickstart, so that might be it, lv wasn't activated > because swap was missing. > > > > Best I can think of. > > > > -Ross > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only > for use by > > the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged > > and/or confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient > > of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > > distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, > > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > > please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the > > original and any copy or printout thereof. > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > Michael Gale > > Red Hat Certified Engineer > Network Administrator > Pason Systems Corp. > > "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems > longer." - Albert Einstein > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3971 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080303/6775749e/attachment-0004.bin>