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Re: XFS & Kickstart installation

To: werner maes <werner.maes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: XFS & Kickstart installation
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:22:42 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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werner maes wrote:

> Did you have your partitions already created with XFS? Or did you use a
> "clean" disk?

I tried it both ways.  I also tried it with and without "--fs xfs"

> Could you try to add "clearpart --all" to your configuration?

Sure thing, I'll let you know.

> I've tried your ks.cfg but I still get the same error. I get the messages:
> "Formatting
> /, formatting /usr, formatting /home, ... but these commands don't take
> much time. Therefore
> I presume that the formatting has not been done correctly.

Formatting an XFS partition is MUCH quicker than formatting an ext2
partition.

-Eric
 

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