How do you do a test without booting a machine? On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, James Clendenan <[email protected] > wrote:
> As a hint, If you run through the interactive setup, I usually steal the > kickstart file out of the root home directory and compare it to the one you > can view via the web to see if I got all the options I needed at least for > the first few passes. > > It's also a great method to validate that the templates and snippets > actually work properly without having to waste time booting a test system. > > > James > > -- > Sent from my phone. > > On 2012-09-11, at 4:23 PM, Bai Shen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, I was wrong. It lists all four drives. I didn't realize it was a > scrollable list. > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Bai Shen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Okay, so I changed the snippet to be after the %pre instead of before. >> Now it's giving me an interactive prompt asking if I want to use the entire >> drive or just the free space. It also only lists sdb and sdc. >> >> However, when I did autopart, all four drives showed up. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Corey Kovacs <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> install anaconda on a running machine.... >>> >>> /usr/share/anaconda/list-harddrives-stub >>> >>> The "set" in the partitioning snippet is not a cheetah macro command, >>> it's a shell command. The partitioning snippet gets executed as a %pre >>> section in the kickstart. >>> >>> -C >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Bai Shen <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I tried doing that and it says that set is not a recognized command. I >>>> put a # in front like I did for the other set and now it can't find the >>>> kickstart file. Not sure if it's related or not. >>>> >>>> Also, how do you run list-harddrives-stub manually? It doesn't show up >>>> as a command on my system. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Corey Kovacs >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you install anaconda and run list-harddrives-stub manually, you'll >>>>> see what it's doing. >>>>> >>>>> Basically, it returns something like this. >>>>> sda 1907729.08594 >>>>> sdb 1907729.08594 >>>>> sdc 1907729.08594 >>>>> >>>>> the set $(list-harddrives) bit of code, assigns these values to the $1 >>>>> $2 $3 ... variables. So when you need to refer to the drives in the >>>>> partitioning snippet code, you can just refer to the first drive and $d1, >>>>> then second as $d2 etc. >>>>> >>>>> Remember to escape the "$" in the snippet tho.. >>>>> >>>>> for example the snippet code would look like this.... >>>>> set \$(list-harddrives) >>>>> let numd=\$#/2 # Number of harddrives >>>>> d1=\$1 # Device for first drive >>>>> d2=\$3 # Device for first drive >>>>> d3=\$5 # Device for first drive >>>>> >>>>> etc... >>>>> >>>>> Nice thing about this is it lets you make some decisions based on the >>>>> existence of the "d" variables. So if "$d3" exists on a certain machine, >>>>> add it to the config, otherwise, don't include it's partitioning info etc. >>>>> Quite handy >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -C >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Bai Shen <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Can you explain that in more detail? I'm not quite sure I follow >>>>>> what it's supposed to do. Do I continue with $3 for the second drive and >>>>>> $4 for the second drives size? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Pablo Iranzo Gómez < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Why don't you use: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> set $(list-harddrives) >>>>>>> let numd=$#/2 # Number of harddrives >>>>>>> d1=$1 # Device for first drive >>>>>>> S1=$2 # size for first drive >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and then "--ondisk=$d1" ?? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Pablo >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *De: *"Owen Mann" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> *Para: *"cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> *Enviados: *Lunes, 10 de Septiembre 2012 18:02:11 >>>>>>> *Asunto: *Re: [cobbler] Different partitioning requirements >>>>>>> for identical blades >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Are you sure there /is/ a /dev/sda? If it’s an HP, try >>>>>>> "cciss/c0d0". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Owen Mann, Interactive Data Real Time Services >>>>>>> 60 Codman Hill Rd, Boxborough, MA 01719 >>>>>>> 978-795-3758 [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> “We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself, >>>>>>> but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” -Werner Heisenberg >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>>>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bai Shen >>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 10, 2012 11:38 AM >>>>>>> *To:* cobbler mailing list >>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [cobbler] Different partitioning requirements for >>>>>>> identical blades >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How do you configure multiple disks when not using raid? I'm trying >>>>>>> to specify --ondisk=sda and cobbler keeps giving me an error saying bad >>>>>>> keyword '/dev/sda' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:15 PM, James Clendenan < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Personally I would just use a tag and in the partitioning section >>>>>>> test if that tag is set or not. It gets a bit more interesting when you >>>>>>> start merging roles so keeping each of the tags as atomic as possible is >>>>>>> useful. But I have had to do this when doing bake offs with different >>>>>>> raid >>>>>>> configurations in the past and it works well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> James >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Sent from my phone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2012-09-06, at 7:11 PM, Bai Shen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > I have a blade server that I'm building using cobbler to be a >>>>>>> hadoop cluster. 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