Re: clearpart -all warning

Markus Eyrich <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.kickstart.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Does this still work with CentOS 6 and Anaconda ? I can't get it to 
work. Tried the very exact same code below and Anaconda just goes over 
it and starts installing... Do i need to do anything more in the 
kickstart file? Does it need to be in interactive or text mode or 
something ?!

Am 11.04.2012 17:37, schrieb jon public:
> Patrick
>
> Works great! Thanks for your answer. Was exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Regards,
>
> El 11 de abril de 2012 11:24, Patrick Lists <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> escribió:
>
>     On 04/11/2012 03:41 PM, jon public wrote:
>
>         Hi there
>
>         I've customized my kickstart to delete all partitions (
>         clearpart --all
>         ). I've noticed that the installer only shows a warning
>         message when the
>         disk does not have a valid partition ( like new virtual
>         machines ).
>
>         I'm afraid that someone might wipe his entire disk if booting
>         by mistake
>         from the customized disk. Is there any way of forcing anaconda
>         to always
>         ask for user confirmation before erasing disk partitions?
>
>         Thanks for you help!
>
>
>     You could use something like the snippet below. All credit goes to
>     the presentation "Kickstart Tips & Tricks" by Chip Shabazian
>     (caution: lines may be wrapped).
>
>     %pre
>     #!/bin/sh
>     exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 2>&1
>     chvt 3
>     install="no"
>     while [ "$install" != "yes" ]; do
>     clear
>     echo
>     echo
>     '********************************************************************************'
>     echo '*
>     W A R N I N G
>     *'
>     echo '*
>     *'
>     echo '*This process will install a completely new operating system and
>     *'
>     echo '*
>     *'
>     echo '* Do you wish to continue? (Type the entire word "yes" to
>     proceed.)
>     *'
>     echo '*
>     *'
>     echo
>     '********************************************************************************'
>     echo
>     read -p "Proceed with install? " install done clear chvt 1 #%end
>
>
>     More instructions at
>     http://www.trueblade.com/techblog/user-input-during-a-fedora-kickstart
>
>     Regards,
>     Patrick
>
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