My kickstart file for reference.

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On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Gi Dot <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>>>
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>>
>
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