Ignore swap devices on install

Hi list:

It has been a problem to tell anaconda to not use some swap
devices at install time.  I have created a solution (if you
can call it that) that adds a argument for kickstart in
RHEL5.  It basically tells anaconda : "Do not touch
this list of swap devices".  And anaconda does not use
them at install time and does not add them to /etc/fstab at
the end of installation.
The solution involves code for anaconda and for
pykickstart.

Patch is attached.  comments greatly appreciated.
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Red Hat / Brno, Czech Republic

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Joel Andres Granados wrote:
> Hi list:
> 
> It has been a problem to tell anaconda to not use some
swap devices at 
> install time.  I have created a solution (if you can
call it that) that 
> adds a argument for kickstart in RHEL5.  It basically
tells anaconda : 
> "Do not touch this list of swap devices". 
And anaconda does not use 
> them at install time and does not add them to
/etc/fstab at the end of 
> installation.
> The solution involves code for anaconda and for
pykickstart.
> 
> Patch is attached.  comments greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
>
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mmm, forgot to mention:  bug number (218929) or (70477)
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dwight at supercomputer.org wrote:
> This seems rather useful, and is cleanly done.
> 
> What are the odds of getting it into the source tree?
> 
>    -dwight-
> 
> On Tuesday 12 February 2008 01:51:59 am Joel Andres
Granados wrote:
>> Hi list:
>>
>> It has been a problem to tell anaconda to not use
some swap
>> devices at install time.  I have created a solution
(if you can
>> call it that) that adds a argument for kickstart in
RHEL5.  It
>> basically tells anaconda : "Do not touch this
list of swap
>> devices".  And anaconda does not use them at
install time and does
>> not add them to /etc/fstab at the end of
installation. The
>> solution involves code for anaconda and for
pykickstart.
>>
>> Patch is attached.  comments greatly appreciated.
> 
> 

Hey dwight:

This is going in for RHEL, but I want to actually fix the
bug in fedora.  This would mean ignoring all the swaps that
are not stated in the ks files.  Anaconda would scream if
there is no swap devs for installation time (swap is needed)
 and will not touch anything unless stated in a partition
line.

Regards

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Red Hat / Brno, Czech Republic

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