Hi marek, It's a supermicro 6013-p8 with a scsi 320 hd. I'm not aware of the disk having a name.
Tx! Tim Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > What kind of server do you have, what is the name of your primary disk. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > To: cobbler mailing list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat Jun 18 18:16:20 2011 > Subject: partitioning scsi disk > > Hello list!! > > hey guys.. I am attempting to provision a physical server, and just to get > the ball rolling I tried to use the sample.ks file. but unfortunately when I > boot the device it is unable to find it's root device and kernel panics. I > was wondering if I could get a tip on how to partition a scsi drive. > > I haven't as yet resolved the networking issue I was experiencing the other > day. But if I use the url --url=$tree option the installation seems to go > smoothly. Not sure however why that would work and NFS and an external url > wouldn't. Might be a routing issue with the dns server. But as the > --url=$tree option is working now I'd like to try and focus on the > partitioning aspect I am now experiencing. > > Thanks!! > > tim > > > ## boot error > > VFS Cannot open root device VolgGroup00/LogVol00" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > ## sample.ks > > #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T > # System authorization information > auth --useshadow --enablemd5 > # System bootloader configuration > bootloader --location=mbr > # Partition clearing information > clearpart --all --initlabel > > # Use text mode install > text > # Firewall configuration > firewall --enabled > # Run the Setup Agent on first boot > firstboot --disable > # System keyboard > keyboard us > # System language > lang en_US > # Use network installation > url --url=$tree > # If any cobbler repo definitions were referenced in the kickstart profile, > include them here. > $yum_repo_stanza > # Network information > $SNIPPET('network_config') > # Reboot after installation > reboot > > #Root password > rootpw --iscrypted $default_password_crypted > # SELinux configuration > selinux --disabled > # Do not configure the X Window System > skipx > # System timezone > timezone America/New_York > # Install OS instead of upgrade > install > # Clear the Master Boot Record > zerombr > # Allow anaconda to partition the system as needed > autopart > > > %pre > $SNIPPET('log_ks_pre') > $kickstart_start > $SNIPPET('pre_install_network_config') > # Enable installation monitoring > $SNIPPET('pre_anamon') > > %packages > $SNIPPET('func_install_if_enabled') > $SNIPPET('puppet_install_if_enabled') > > %post > $SNIPPET('log_ks_post') > # Start yum configuration > $yum_config_stanza > # End yum configuration > $SNIPPET('post_install_kernel_options') > $SNIPPET('post_install_network_config') > $SNIPPET('func_register_if_enabled') > $SNIPPET('puppet_register_if_enabled') > $SNIPPET('download_config_files') > $SNIPPET('koan_environment') > $SNIPPET('redhat_register') > $SNIPPET('cobbler_register') > # Enable post-install boot notification > $SNIPPET('post_anamon') > # Start final steps > $kickstart_done > # End final steps > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
