Thomas Neumann
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:54:42 -0800
hiya
> We've encountered problem with a class trying to format a partition as
> reiserfs. The system silently waits for a user input ("y" + Enter) on
> reiser formatting action.
>
> I've solved the problem by two methods:
>
> - update my class/disk_config:
> add createopts="-f" to each reiserfs lines
I'm using reiserfs too, but I have createopts set as "-y". Curiously the "-y" isn't mentioned in the mkreiserfs manpage. (Maybe it got deprecated?) After reading the manpage: It seems "-q" would be the best choice. -q | --quiet Sets mkreiserfs to work quietly without producing messages, progress or questions. It is useful, but only for use by end users, if you run mkreiserfs in a script. -f Forces mkreiserfs to continue even when the device is the whole disk, looks mounted, or is not a block device. If -f is specified more than once, it allows the user to avoid asking for confirmation. tschüß thomas