[CentOS] Kickstart issue with UEFi
Gordon Messmer
gordon.messmer at gmail.com
Sun Aug 21 02:48:58 UTC 2016
On 08/19/2016 11:35 PM, Phil Manuel wrote:
> The install fails under UEFi due to the fact the partitions are not cleared, and it doesn’t have any space to continue. Is there an extra step I need to do to remove the original partitions before the new layout will work ?
Yes. If you have pre-existing RAID partitions, they'll automatically
assemble before Anaconda runs, and the installer won't be able to remove
them. It's easiest to handle this interactively, using wipefs to clear
the filesystems, RAID metadata, and disks. Because my systems are
fairly predictable, I have a function in my kickstart file that I run
from the %pre script when I specify a keyword in the boot parameters.
You'll want to do something similar...
Stop logical volumes if present. Wipe filesystems with wipefs, and then
stop the RAID volumes. Finally, wipe the disk partition table.
wipedisks() {
vgchange -a n
test -b /dev/md/efi && wipefs -a /dev/md/efi && mdadm --stop
/dev/md/efi
test -b /dev/md/boot && wipefs -a /dev/md/boot && mdadm --stop
/dev/md/boot
test -b /dev/md/primary && wipefs -a /dev/md/primary && mdadm
--stop /dev/md/primary
for x in /dev/md/*
do
mdadm --stop $x
done
for x in ${drives[@]}
do
for p in /dev/${x}[0-9]*
do
wipefs -a $p
done
wipefs -a $x
done
}
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