Kickstart Format Partitions

Dustin Cook · 09-16-2015, 06:05 AM

I have a kickstart that is designed to partition two drives:

Code:

clearpart --all --drives=sda,sdb
part /boot --fstype ext2 --size=50 --ondisk=sda
part /usr --fstype ext2 --size=1500 --ondisk=sda
part /home --fstype ext2 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb
part / --fstype ext2 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda

When I run the kickstart, my "/boot" partition formats itself as 'ext4' which I have no issue with, but the other partitions follow the kickstart and format as ext2.

So I have two questions:

The kickstart fails if I change the 'ext2' variables to 'ext4' - and refuses to start. Anyone have any experience with a similar situiation?
How can I setup my kickstart so that it will format the partitions as 'ext3' or 'ext4' - what am I doing wrong?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

jpollard · 09-16-2015, 06:39 AM

I don't think there is any difference between ext2/3/4 at the point of creation - but how you mount the filesystem is what determines the difference.

Check the fstab used.

It may also depend on which distribution you are using - current Fedora/RH kickstart does allow for the use of ext4 for fstype.

Dustin Cook · 09-16-2015, 07:10 AM

This is a Fedora system (an old one at that). Where can I check the fstab - do I need to run through the kickstart proceedure to get it?

jpollard · 09-16-2015, 07:49 AM

It should be included as part of what you install. The /etc/fstab currently appears to mount /boot as ext4, so the other entries should (unless they are created by default) be specifying ext2 rather than ext4.

You can just replace the ext2 entries with ext4 - and on the next boot it will use ext4.