On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Tom Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > At the moment i use the keep_ssh_host_keys snippet to make sure the host > key does not change accross rebuilds to avoid fingerprint trouble, and > this works fine. > > I have a situation where i have to preserve a certain directory /var/log > and this is NOT always on a seperate partition so i wonder would it be > possible to use a similar trick to preserve this directory? I am not > certain as this directory can be quite large. > > any ideas ?
Using the same method as keep_ssh_host_keys is not suggested as it puts the contents in memory. Since the contents of /var isn't going to really mess with the system if there are some stray directories or files you should try the --noformat option. In the case that /var is on the same volume as /, you really should format it. Just make sure to copy the data off first. I've heard of people installing overtop of an existing install without formatting, but that is black magic and should absolutely be avoided. It could lead to problems that are very difficult or impossible to reproduce (and may "void" your support agreements for those systems). Take a look at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart Something like this might work for you (not tested): part /var --label=var --recommended --noformat --ondisk If doing the above, make sure to not do "clearpart --all" and instead specify the partitions you want to clear or manually do it with some parted magic. Maybe this will give you some ideas? -- Jeff Schroeder Don't drink and derive, alcohol and analysis don't mix. http://www.digitalprognosis.com _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
