lets reply to myself then ;-) %pre #!/bin/bash if [ -b /dev/vda ] ; then echo "bootloader --location=mbr --timeout=0 --driveorder=vda --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet"" > /tmp/diskinfo echo "clearpart --linux --drives=vda" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=500" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "part pv.008002 --grow --size=1" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "volgroup vg_host --pesize=4096 pv.008002" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_host --grow --size=1024" --recommended >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_host --grow --size=512 --maxsize=1024" >> /tmp/diskinfo elif [ -b /dev/sda ] ; then echo "bootloader --location=mbr --timeout=0 --driveorder=sda --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet"" > /tmp/diskinfo echo "clearpart --linux --drives=sda" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=500" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "part pv.008002 --grow --size=1" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "volgroup vg_host --pesize=4096 pv.008002" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_host --grow --size=1024" --recommended >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_host --grow --size=512 --maxsize=1024" >> /tmp/diskinfo fi %end as seen in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#Chapter_4._Pre-installation_Script