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Re: help debugging a kickstart install
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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:27:54 +0200
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> On 12 Oct 2015, at 16:14, Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> I'm having problems with an 6.7 install.  Here are the relevant lines:
> 
> # partitions
> 
> #clearpart --drives=disk/by-id/ata-SATA_SSD_96D70756062400160297
> part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=1024 --asprimary --ondisk=disk/by-id/ata-SATA_SSD_96D70756062400160297
> part pv.01 --size=1 --grow --asprimary --ondisk=disk/by-id/ata-SATA_SSD_96D70756062400160297
> 
> volgroup sysvg pv.01
> logvol swap --fstype=swap --vgname=svsvg --size=12288 --name=swap
> logvol / --fstype=ext4 --vgname=sysvg --size=1 --grow --name=root
> 
> 
> Kickstart stops trying to create the swap logical volume.  Claims there is no such sysvg volume.

Does it help to fix the typo in "--vgname=svsvg" ?

>  I did an alt-F2 and ran parted on the disk.  The 'part' command never created the partitions.  This is my first time using the 'disk/by-id/...'  syntax.  Also, first time with an SSD disk.  I checked /dev/disk/by-id and the disk is listed with the correct id.
> 
> I'm going to prep the partitions with a rescuecd and try again.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you may have debugging this.
> 
> Has anyone tried the ssh option with kickstart?  I understand you can ssh to the machine and monitor it during the installation.  The one advantage I can see is the saved lines on a terminal window instead of the 80x24 console.

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