kickstart partitioning error

fedora fedora at ayni.com
Wed Nov 24 12:40:21 UTC 2010


You do not re-create the physical volume using "--onpart=sda3 --noformat"
Could it possibly be that on  partition sda3 there exists  a physical 
volume from a previous installation, which is of different name, and 
which is not removed by this installation?

suomi

On 2010-11-24 12:43, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am using my anaconda-ks.cfg to rebuild a system (F12).  I am using the
> same partitions as before, just reformatting.  This is what I did in my
> last rebuild manually, so I ASSUMEd the anaconda-ks.cfg file had all the
> right commands to uncomment, but I still got an error.  Here are the
> pertinent lines:
>
> #clearpart --none
> volgroup vg_klovia_00 --pesize=4096 --useexisting --noformat
> pv.cqT7O1-lvx9-fBxs-0b1q-91j0-PRDt-xH3d3s
> logvol /home --fstype=ext4 --name=Home_00 --vgname=vg_klovia_00
> --useexisting
> logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=Root_00 --vgname=vg_klovia_00 --useexisting
>
> part /boot --fstype=ext4 --onpart=sda1
> part swap --onpart=sda2
> part pv.cqT7O1-lvx9-fBxs-0b1q-91j0-PRDt-xH3d3s --onpart=sda3 --noformat
>
> I ASSUMEd NOT to clear the partition table and left the clearpart
> uncommented?  Of course it says --none, so perhaps that says to leave
> the partition table alone?
>
> Anyway I fail on the volgroup line:
>
> Tried to use undefined partition
> pv.cqT7O1-lvx9-fBxs-0b1q-91j0-PRDt-xH3d3s in Volume Group specification.
>
> Well this is what anaconda provided me!  Well the last time is DID
> rewrite the partition table perhaps.  What SHOULD be on this line?
>
>


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