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Is there a way to parallelize partitioning/formatting of disks in kickstart/anaconda? | #1 |
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Hey everyone,
I'm using a USB bootable/kickstart to auto build a cluster of identical machines. These machines will each have 12 1TB drives. As I'm testing out my kickstart options on a lab box with just 3 1TB drives, I'm surprised at how long it takes to format each of them. Thinking of waiting for 12 of these on a cluster of 5+ hosts makes me shudder. :) Does anyone know of a way to run the "part" kickstart commands in parallel? Format/mount/fdisk all the drives on a system at once? Or do you have to do them serially? Any creative thinkers out there? ;) Much appreciated. Chris |
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Posted on: 2012/2/28 20:40
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Re: Is there a way to parallelize partitioning/formatting of disks in kickstart/anaconda? | #2 |
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Do it afterwards once the system is installed - in your postscript in the kickstart, have it copy a script and run it from the new /etc/rc.local so it runs on first boot up.
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Posted on: 2012/2/29 0:08
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