Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Doc/BasicConfig/AII

Timestamp:

Jun 13, 2008, 12:15:56 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

/DC=es/DC=irisgrid/O=uam/CN=luisf-munnoz

Comment:

Documented the "my filesystems don't appear on kickstart" problem.

Doc/BasicConfig/AII

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 When migrating from AII v1 to v2, the AII configuration itself should not require many changes, as long as you are using AII-related variables, except for the declaration of Kickstart actions which replace former Kickstart template. The ''aii-update(8)'' man page provides complete information on what is needed now.
 
+== Important note ==
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+The model for file systems and block devices allows to use partition labels others than '''msdos'''. It is even possible not to use partition tables at all on non-system disks. However, Anaconda doesn't like this and will stop your installations if it finds disks with non-msdos labels. For this reason, AII will only create filesystems that are fully enclosed in msdos-labeled disks. This means the partition beneath a file system, all members of a given software RAID or whatever combination you can think of. Filesystems on other partition tables must be created after the node is installed, for instance with ncm-filesystems.
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+If you install and miss any file systems on your Kickstart file, please check the labels on all your disks.
+
 On the other hand, file system definition is not backward compatible and must be edited as described before. The full description of the data structures and helper functions is available at [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/FIOgroup/TsiCDBBlockDevices CERN wiki] You can also find some useful hints and additions at https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/ELFms/QuattorUpdateFSLayout.