You shouldn't have to... I would contact RH for support before doing that..
If the kickstart actually requires preformatted disks - that's a VERY BIG DEAL... and needs to be understood before it shoots you in the foot when you try to do things like automated provisioning using kickstart. I'm quite sure the kickstart process should format any disks with the right kickstart config incantation.. so would keep pursuing this. Scott On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Sterling James <ssja...@dstsystems.com>wrote: > I would suggest that you do the dasdfmt (from another running guest) > before you start the kickstart. > > Thanks > > > > > Thang Pham <thang.p...@us.ibm.com> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> > 10/21/2009 09:55 AM > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > To > LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > cc > > Subject > Kickstart question > > > > > > > I am trying kicktstart to install RHEL5.4 on a z/VM virtual machine. I > have not problems setting up the kickstart file, parm-r54 and conf-r54 > files. But during the kickstart installation, I get this question: > > > The partition table on device dasdb (0.0.0101) was unreadable. To create > new partitions it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on > this drive. > > This operation will override any previous installation choices about which > drives to ignore. > > Would you like to initialize this drive, erasing ALL DATA? > yesno [] > > > If I put in yes, it continuously prints out 'y' and never ends. If I > press the 'enter' key, I get: > sh-3.2# > > I did specifiy 'clearpart --all --initlabel' in my kickstart configuration > file. So the disks should have been formatted automatically. > > # The following is the partition information you requested > # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed > # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is > # not guaranteed to work > zerombr yes > clearpart --all --initlabel > part / --fstype ext3 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=dasda > part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=dasdb > > What could I be doing wrong? > > Thank you, > --------------------------------- > Thang Pham > IBM Poughkeepsie > --------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Please consider the environment before printing this email and any > attachments. > > This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the > individual or company to which it is addressed and may contain > information which is privileged, confidential and prohibited from > disclosure or unauthorized use under applicable law. If you are > not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified > that any use, dissemination, or copying of this e-mail or the > information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the > sender. If you have received this transmission in error, please > return the material received to the sender and delete all copies > from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
