Re: RH7.2 and 6 partitions on one disk

[Jason Edgecombe <jedgecombe carolina rr com>]

"Cheryl L. Southard" wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Since 80 GB disks are now cheeply available, we decided to get one for
> our new Linux server.  I've been using kickstart to configure these things
> and I need 6 partitions on one disk.  I can get 5 on a disk, but as soon
> as I add the 6th, kickstart and anaconda barfs on me when attempting
> to layout and format the disk.  Does anyone have any clues as to why
> this happens?
> 
> Enclosed is my ks.cfg file.  Note, that this config file works, but if I
> uncomment the line "part /usr/solarislocal --size 25000", it will barf.


hi,
  I'm speculating here, but it might be that kickstart can't deal with
more than one primary and 4 logical partitions. does anyone know how
kickstart decides how to use primary and extended partitions?

Jason Edgecombe