Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc

I am having a problem with kickstart under RedHat 6.2 that I have not been able to resolve after weeks of effort.

Basically, the way kickstart partitions the disk is weird, and I cannot persuade it to put the kernel image — or the partition containing the kernel image — at the beginning of the disk. Inevitably it seems to fall somewhere beyond cylinder 1023.

I have tried both a separate 16MB /boot partition, and no /boot partition (so the /boot directory is in / (root) ).

Basically I need a 128MB swap partition, a 16MB /boot partition, a couple of GB for / (root) and a couple more GB for a data partition. I have tried omitting the /boot partition so the /boot directory is within the / (root) partition, but the kernel still ends up at a high cylinder number. And, it creates extended partitions, which I don't like, but I guess that has no real problem.

Is there any way to cause kickstart to put partitions in a particular order?

The other problem is, it doesn't seem to reliably clear the previous partitioning before laying down the new partitions. I am using —clearpart all in my kickstart file.

Thanks for any help. I apologize for a little cross-posting.

Lee Allen