Partitions in MB and not in % about ssg-el7-kickstart

[foresthus]

        # Minimal Installation Warning
        if self.disk_total < 8:
            self.MessageBox(self.window,"<b>Recommended minimum of 8Gb disk space for a Minimal Install!</b>\n\n You have "+str(self.disk_total)+"Gb available.",gtk.MESSAGE_WARNING)

        # Blank Label
        self.label = gtk.Label("")
        self.vbox.add(self.label)

        ### Variable: self.disk_mb = self.disk_total*1024
        self.disk_mb = self.disk_total * 1024
        # Partitioning
        self.label = gtk.Label('Required LVM Partitioning in MB.')
        self.vbox.add(self.label)
        self.partitioning1 = gtk.HBox()
        self.label = gtk.Label("           ROOT (/) ")
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.root_range = gtk.Adjustment(2048,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.root_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.root_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.root_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.root_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB HOME (/home) ")
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.home_range = gtk.Adjustment(1024,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.home_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.home_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.home_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.home_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB TMP (/tmp) ")
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.tmp_range = gtk.Adjustment(1024,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.tmp_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.tmp_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.tmp_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.tmp_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB VAR (/var) ")
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.var_range = gtk.Adjustment(2048,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.var_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.var_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.var_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.var_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB")
        self.partitioning1.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)

        self.vbox.add(self.partitioning1)
        self.partitioning2 = gtk.HBox()
        self.label = gtk.Label("  LOG (/var/log) ")
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.log_range = gtk.Adjustment(3072,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.log_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.log_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.log_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.log_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB AUDIT (/var/log/audit) ")
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.audit_range = gtk.Adjustment(2048,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.audit_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.audit_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.audit_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.audit_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB SWAP ")
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.swap_range = gtk.Adjustment(4096,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.swap_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.swap_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.swap_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.swap_partition,False,True,0)
        self.label = gtk.Label("MB")
        self.partitioning2.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.vbox.add(self.partitioning2)
        # Blank Label
        self.label = gtk.Label("")
        self.vbox.add(self.label)
        self.label = gtk.Label('Optional LVM Partitioning in MB.')
        self.vbox.add(self.label)

        self.partitioning3 = gtk.HBox()
        self.label = gtk.Label("       WWW (/var/www) ")
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.www_range = gtk.Adjustment(1024,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.www_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.www_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.www_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.www_partition,False,True,0)

        self.label = gtk.Label("MB  OPT (/opt) ")
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.opt_range = gtk.Adjustment(2048,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.opt_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.opt_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.opt_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.opt_partition,False,True,0)

        self.label = gtk.Label("MB  USR /usr ")
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.usr_range = gtk.Adjustment(4096,1,self.disk_mb,1,100, 0)
        self.usr_partition = gtk.SpinButton(adjustment=self.usr_range,climb_rate=1,digits=0)
        self.usr_partition.connect('value-changed',self.lvm_check)
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.usr_partition,False,True,0)

        self.label = gtk.Label("MB")
        self.partitioning3.pack_start(self.label,False,True,0)
        self.vbox.add(self.partitioning3)

[fcaviggia]

Pull requests accepted on this.

[fcaviggia]

I was thinking about this a bit - I could try to integrate both the percentage and the MB values on to the screen and link them.

[foresthus]

What should be done? I cannot create a Pull Request.

[jmaughmer]

I ended up just changing the section where it writes the values to the kickstart with static values and just ignore the partition section of the menu. We use a dedicated VM for each application so I use a default minimal value on all my volumes and increase as required.

I also make a few other changes to include extra packages, firewall changes, grub user/pass changes, our CA cert chain, and additional RPM GPG keys.

[foresthus]

So there will be change for MB or not?

[fcaviggia]

Sorry, I've been swamped with stuff I working on additional stuff this weekend - with a baby coming here in less than a month I don't have the free time I used to.

[foresthus]

Hi,
I was trying to use the default partioning (%), but adding "/usr" to the file menu.py. Everything was correctly installed. The mountpoints are added, the packages are installed, the system comes up, but there is no way to login.
So I started the rescue-mode: I added the kernel with the parameter "rd.break" at the end of line here linux16 is mentioned and booted with "CTRL X". ...
Only the filesystems /root / and /usr were active. I guess that is the failure.

Then I made following steps to get the filesystem mounted as it should do.
Now switch to sysroot with ..

chroot /sysroot/
...
mount –o remount,rw /sysroot
mount -o bind /proc /sysroot/proc
mount -o bind /sys /sysroot/sys
mount -o bind /dev /sysroot/dev
vgscan
vgchange -a y vg1
mount -a

... all mountspoints are mounted correctly.

Now to my question. Is there somewhere in the code a check for mountpoint called is /usr? I cannot find one. The coding if the file menu,py should be ok from my point if view.

Any ideas for that? I would be glad to have a solution to that

@fcaviggia I hope everything is fine getting father. I wish your wife and yourself a kind of "happy landing"

cu

[fcaviggia]

I've actually done a fair bit of redesign to this project at work and that code is being integrated by the SIMP Project (https://simp-project.com/, https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/SIMP) The big change was around creating static (pre-defined) kickstarts for partitioning. Once life has settled a bit I want to contribute to that project more than this project.

Anyway, where are you preforming those commands - in the installation (pre-, during, or post- install)? Are the modifications being used with LUKS? Adding the filesystem to fstab after it's created should be all that's needed.

I'll try to respond better - weekends I've been extremely busy getting ready for the baby (2 weeks out) and work (travel, papers, presentations) - I don't mean to be ignoring stuff but life has priorities and bills. I'll try to be responsive, just swamped right now. 😄

[foresthus]

Hi,
sorry 4 the delay.
I managing everything in the file menu.py in the part defining the partitioning.
My aim is to use MB instead of percent. I described it above.