![]() ![]() The wipefs command lists only the first offset where a magic string has been detected. In the kickstart file we use clearpart command to erase some or all the existing partitions If I had a GPT partition table then to clear the same. The device is not scanned for additional magic strings for the same filesystem. It is possible that after a wipefs -o offset the same filesystem or partition table will still be visible because of another magic string on another offset. You can also delete a partition table using the offset value as shown above. Once the above command returns success, check the partition table using fdisk. Try DIRECTLY installing anything not Ubuntu/Debian onto Ubuntu.In some scenarios Kickstart clearpart not working issue is seen where it fails to delete existing partitions due to which kickstart installation fails. Solution: Kickstart clearpart not working -disklabel=LABEL - Set the default disklabel to use.-cdl - Reformat any LDL DASDs to CDL format.-none (default) - Do not remove any partitions.-list= - Specifies which partitions to clear.-initlabel - Initializes a disk (or disks) by creating a default disk label for all disks in their respective architecture that have been designated for formatting.-drives= - Specifies which drives to clear partitions from.-all - Erases all partitions from the system. It is possible that a partition is still in use which is why clearpart fails to delete partitions. Raid_devices=$(mktemp /tmp/mdstat.XXXXXXXXX)Ĭat /proc/mdstat | grep ^md | cut -d : -f 1 > $raid_devicesĪvailable_disks=$(mktemp /tmp/disks.XXXXXXXXX) As a solution we will write a %pre script to manually delete all existing partitions, wipe out all partition and file system labels, delete any raid devicesīelow is my sample %pre script to fix kickstart clearpart not working problem. Please support the nixCraft with a PayPal donation or Patreon.You can modify this %pre script to identify and delete and more partitions, file systems on your Linux environment. Keeping the site online is challenging, with everyone blocking Ads □. nixCraft is a one-person show, and many of you use Adblocker. □ Was this helpful? Please add a comment to show your appreciation or feedback. ![]() ![]() Join the nixCraft community via RSS Feed or Email Newsletter. He wrote more than 7k+ posts and helped numerous readers to master IT topics. Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source.
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