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Re: help debugging a kickstart install
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:18:17 -0400
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:14 AM, 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. 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.
>
> Don't hurt yourself. That "disk-by-id" or using UUID, is not stable.

disk-by-id is based on a disk's model and serial so it's stable for a
given disk.

From my laptop:

# ll /dev/disk/by-id/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2015-10-12 13:02
ata-SAMSUNG_MZMTE256HMHP-000L1_S1G4NYAF624379 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2015-10-12 13:02
ata-SAMSUNG_MZMTE256HMHP-000L1_S1G4NYAF624379-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2015-10-12 13:02
ata-SAMSUNG_MZMTE256HMHP-000L1_S1G4NYAF624379-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2015-10-12 13:02 wwn-0x5002538844584d30 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2015-10-12 13:02
wwn-0x5002538844584d30-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2015-10-12 13:02
wwn-0x5002538844584d30-part2 -> ../../sda2

# lsblk -l -o NAME,FSTYPE,MODEL,SERIAL,WWN,MOUNTPOINT /dev/sda
NAME FSTYPE MODEL            SERIAL         WWN                MOUNTPOINT
sda         SAMSUNG MZMTE256 S1G4NYAF624379 0x5002538844584d30
sda1 vfat                                   0x5002538844584d30
sda2 ext4                                   0x5002538844584d30 /

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