[CentOS] kickstart question

Fri Jun 12 13:21:55 UTC 2009
Ross Walker <rswwalker at gmail.com>

On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a kickstart file that works for /dev/sda.
> I now need to detect an HP server and use /dev/cciss instead of hard
> coded /dev/sda.
>
> How can I detect what the name of the device is and use /dev/cciss and
> not /dev/sda?

Don't explicitly list devices for a server kickstart, let anaconda  
detect what's there and use the graphical disk utility to set things up.

Server hardware and installs vary too much to standardize disk  
layouts, packages, sure, but not disks.

-Ross