Update: I tried on a brand new server, and still the same. I am baffled. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Gi Dot <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is a reinstall over an existing system, though I'm pretty sure I did > try on a new system as well. The 'clearpart -all' is how you clear > partitions with CentOS kickstart? In my SuSE autoyast kickstart file I have > this: > > <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> > ## If set to "true", the partition table gets wiped out before AutoYaST > starts the partition calculation. > > During the installation I can see that all of the partitions got wiped > out, but during the creation, the old values took place. > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Marold, Drew <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Are you reinstalling over an existing system, or a totally new one ? If >> the former, does your kickstart include the stanza to remove any existing >> partitions ? >> >> >> >> # Partition clearing information >> >> clearpart --all >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gi Dot >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2015 00:29 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [cobbler] Changes in kickstart file do not take effect in >> Cobbler. >> >> >> >> I am using Cobbler to install SLES 11 SP2 and it has been running fine >> all the while. Recently I modified the kickstart file by changing the size >> of the root partition from 18GB to 36GB. To my surprise the modification >> did not take place - Cobbler created a root partition with the size of >> 18GB. I tried removing the profile, renaming it, but no success. >> >> I am completely stump as to where Cobbler is getting the value 18GB from. >> Is there some kind of cache that is keeping the old kickstart file >> somewhere and I need to clear that up first? >> >> The part where I did the modification: >> >> <partition> >> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> >> <crypt_fs config:type="boolean">false</crypt_fs> >> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> >> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> >> <fstopt>acl,user_xattr</fstopt> >> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> >> <lv_name>lvroot</lv_name> >> <mount>/</mount> >> <mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby> >> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> >> <raid_options/> >> <resize config:type="boolean">false</resize> >> <size>36GB</size> >> </partition> >> >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> >
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