Re: Install on an entire disk without partitioning
Jacob Evans <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:19:31 -0500 (EST)
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------=_Part_3436_495555171.1487683171528 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_822f1e38-2b8a-4bfc-8402-576b07933882" --=_822f1e38-2b8a-4bfc-8402-576b07933882 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I used this layout for lvm, you'll need a dedicated boot partition.=20 https://gist.github.com/JakeDEvans/908d9a75aa5fc24c9eee24f4912af9aa=20 Hope it helps.=20 -Jake=20 From: "Michael Mayer" <[email protected]>=20 To: "Angus Clarke" <[email protected]>, "kickstart-list" <kickstart-li= [email protected]>=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:01:15 AM=20 Subject: Re: Install on an entire disk without partitioning=20 Not sure if this helpful (I have not tested that myself) - wondering if you= could specify=20 bootloader --location=3Dpartition=20 to make it work ?=20 see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/= 7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-syntax.html=20 On 21 February 2017 at 12:38 Angus Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:= =20 As far as I know, LVM is the only way to use disks without partitioning (an= d I still use partitions with LVM anyway - old habits die hard!) However I = doubt a boot partition will work under LVM. I'm a bit out of touch with mod= ern disk/boot architectures however ...=20 Regards=20 Angus=20 On 20 February 2017 at 19:14, Eduardo Bragatto < [ mailto:eduardo@bragatto.= com | [email protected] ] > wrote:=20 BQ_BEGIN Hello,=20 First of all, my apologies if this questions has already been answered, but= I couldn=E2=80=99t find a clear answer in the documentation or searching t= he list archives.=20 My goal is to install CentOS 6 and 7 on an entire disk, with no partitionin= g scheme (e.g. in /dev/xvda).=20 My first attempt was to use =E2=80=9Cpart =E2=80=A6. onpart=3Dxvda=E2=80=9D= , like this:=20 zerombr=20 clearpart --drives=3Dxvda --all --initlabel=20 part / --fstype ext3 --fsoptions=3Dnoatime --onpart=3Dxvda=20 The installer actually formats /dev/xvda correctly:=20 =E2=94=82 Creating ext3 filesystem on /dev/xvda =E2=94=82=20 However, it fails right after that because it tries to read the first item = from an empty list:=20 Entering debugger...=20 > /usr/lib/anaconda/platform.py(640)bootloaderChoices()=20 -> ret["mbr"] =3D (bl.drivelist[0], N_("Master Boot Record (MBR)"))=20 (Pdb) bl.drivelist=20 []=20 (Pdb) ret=20 {'boot': ('xvda', 'First sector of boot partition')}=20 What=E2=80=99s the correct way to avoid partitioning entirely, and have the= system installed into a whole device?=20 Kind regards=20 Eduardo Bragatto=20 _______________________________________________=20 Kickstart-list mailing list=20 [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ]=20 [ https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list | https://www.redh= at.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ]=20 _______________________________________________=20 Kickstart-list mailing list=20 [email protected]=20 https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list=20 BQ_END _______________________________________________=20 Kickstart-list mailing list=20 [email protected]=20 https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list=20 --=_822f1e38-2b8a-4bfc-8402-576b07933882 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-s= ize: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, san= s-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: a= rial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">I used this = layout for lvm, you'll need a dedicated boot partition.</div><div>https://g= ist.github.com/JakeDEvans/908d9a75aa5fc24c9eee24f4912af9aa</div><div><br da= ta-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>Hope it helps.</div><div>-Jake<br><br><hr id= =3D"zwchr" data-marker=3D"__DIVIDER__" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family= : arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style=3D"color: = #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div = data-marker=3D"__HEADERS__" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: arial, he= lvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style=3D"color: #000000; fo= nt-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Mi= chael Mayer" <[email protected]><br><b>To: </b>"Angus Clarke" <angu= [email protected]>, "kickstart-list" <[email protected]><= br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:01:15 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re= : Install on an entire disk without partitioning<br></div><br><div data-mar= ker=3D"__QUOTED_TEXT__" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvet= ica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style=3D"color: #000000; font-f= amily: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><p>Not sure if this = helpful (I have not tested that myself) - wondering if you could specify</p= ><p>bootloader --location=3Dpartition </p><p>to make it work ? </= p><p>see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_L= inux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-syntax.html</p><blockquote>On= 21 February 2017 at 12:38 Angus Clarke <[email protected]> wrot= e:<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>As far as I know, LVM is the only way = to use disks without partitioning (and I still use partitions with LVM anyw= ay - old habits die hard!) However I doubt a boot partition will work under= LVM. I'm a bit out of touch with modern disk/boot architectures however ..= .<br><br></div>Regards<br></div>Angus<br></div><div class=3D"ox-2faff21410-= gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"ox-2faff21410-gmail_quote">On 20 February 20= 17 at 19:14, Eduardo Bragatto <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t= arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote>Hello,<= br> <br> First of all, my apologies if this questions has already been answ= ered, but I couldn=E2=80=99t find a clear answer in the documentation or se= arching the list archives.<br> <br> My goal is to install CentOS 6 and 7 on= an entire disk, with no partitioning scheme (e.g. in /dev/xvda).<br> <br> = My first attempt was to use =E2=80=9Cpart =E2=80=A6. onpart=3Dxvda=E2=80=9D= , like this:<br> <br> zerombr<br> clearpart --drives=3Dxvda --all --initlab= el<br> part / --fstype ext3 --fsoptions=3Dnoatime --onpart=3Dxvda<br> <br> = The installer actually formats /dev/xvda correctly:<br> <br> = =E2=94=82 Creating ext3 filesystem on /de= v/xvda =E2=94=82<br> <br> <= br> However, it fails right after that because it tries to read the first i= tem from an empty list:<br> <br> Entering debugger...<br> > /usr/lib/ana= conda/platform.py(640)bootloaderChoices()<br> -> ret["mbr"] =3D (bl.driv= elist[0], N_("Master Boot Record (MBR)"))<br> (Pdb) bl.drivelist<br> []<br>= (Pdb) ret<br> {'boot': ('xvda', 'First sector of boot partition')}<br> <br= > <br> What=E2=80=99s the correct way to avoid partitioning entirely, and h= ave the system installed into a whole device?<br> <br> <br> Kind regards<br= > Eduardo Bragatto<br> <br> <br> __________________________________________= _____<br> Kickstart-list mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:Kickstart-list@= redhat.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"= https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list" target=3D"_blank">h= ttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a></blockquote></div= ><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Kickstart-lis= t mailing list<br>[email protected]<br>https://www.redhat.com/mailm= an/listinfo/kickstart-list</blockquote> =20 <br>_______________________________________________<br>Kickstart-list maili= ng list<br>[email protected]<br>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/list= info/kickstart-list</div></div><br></div></body></html> --=_822f1e38-2b8a-4bfc-8402-576b07933882-- ------=_Part_3436_495555171.1487683171528 Content-Type: text/directory; name="Evans, Jacob.vcf" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Evans, Jacob.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 QkVHSU46VkNBUkQNClZFUlNJT046My4wDQpGTjpFdmFuc1wsIEphY29iDQpOOkV2YW5zO0phY29i Ozs7DQpBRFI7VFlQRT1ob21lLHBvc3RhbCxwYXJjZWw6Ozs7SGFycmlzYnVyZztQQTsxNzExMjtV U0ENClRFTDtUWVBFPWNlbGwsdm9pY2U6NzE3LTQxNy04MzI0DQpURUw7VFlQRT13b3JrLHZvaWNl OjcxNy00MTctODM0NA0KRU1BSUw7VFlQRT1pbnRlcm5ldDplbWFpbEBqYWNvYmRldmFucy5jb20N ClVSTDtUWVBFPXdvcms6aHR0cDovL3d3dy5qYWNvYmRldmFucy5jb20NClVSTDtUWVBFPXdvcms6 aHR0cDovL2xpbmtlZGluLmphY29iZGV2YW5zLmNvbQ0KT1JHOkphY29iIEQgRXZhbnNcLCBDbG91 ZCBDb25zdWx0YW50DQpUSVRMRTpPd25lcg0KUkVWOjIwMTYtMDEtMjBUMTA6MDg6NTBaDQpVSUQ6 MzAzNGFlODEtZjI1NS00YjNjLWFmZjUtMmRjNzM2MTRiYzc0OjY0MDgyDQpFTkQ6VkNBUkQNCg== ------=_Part_3436_495555171.1487683171528 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ------=_Part_3436_495555171.1487683171528--