I looks like there is no way to install F18 on this setup.

On 06.06.2013 10:30, Gerhard Gappmeier wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get F18 installed on a server (x86_64). The setup is quiet easy > and typical for a server: > > Partitions: > sda1: primary partition, 512M > sda2: primary partition, rest of the disk > sdb1: primary partition, 512M > sdb2: primary partition, rest of the disk > > SOFT RAID: > /dev/md0: raid1, consists of sda1 and sdb1 > /dev/md1: raid1, consists of sda2 and sdb2 > > md0: formatted with ext2, mounted as /boot > md1: LVM physical device. > > LVM: > LVM VG: "vg" using md1 > LVM LV: "root", formatted as ext4, mounted as / > LVM LV: "var", formatted as ext4, mounted as /var (this is for libvirt disk > images) > LVM LV: "swap", swap partition > > Grub installed in both MBRs of sda and sdb, to allow booting from both disks. > > Unfortunately the installer does not allow to create this kind of partition > layout. With F17 this was possible. > > What I've already tried: > > 1.) creating the layout manually using fdisk, mdadm and lvm tools. Selecting > only the mountpoint in installer: This does not work. The installer does not > correctly recognize the layout. I was not able to select the mountpoints. > > 2.) Installing F17 and upgrade using fedup. This fails. Seems like fedup is > not able to handle this layout. > > 3.) Kickstart: It looks like this is most likely the way to get it working. > But I was not able to write a working kickstart script. The online doc is not > enough for that. I found same kickstart examples using Google, but these > didn't work either. > > Maybe somebody can assists me with that or has a better idea how to install > that system. 19-TC2 driven by anaconda-19.30.3 is capable for a mentioned layout. http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-TC2/Fedora/[i386|x86_64]/is... or http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.iso i.e. Pre-release > Fedora-19-Branched-[i386|x86_64]

On 06/06/2013 05:34 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > On 06.06.2013 10:30, Gerhard Gappmeier wrote: >> Unfortunately the installer does not allow to create this kind of partition >> layout. With F17 this was possible. > Yes, it was possible in F17. Now it isn't :) It's kind of improvement in > installer. > >> 2.) Installing F17 and upgrade using fedup. This fails. Seems like fedup is >> not able to handle this layout. > fedup is not touching anything in partition layout. (someone on devel@ > group stated this recently) fedup downloads packages, new kernel and > "installation" initrd. Then it uses yum/rpm do upgrade OS. So it should > be possible to upgrade your machine. > >> 3.) Kickstart: It looks like this is most likely the way to get it working. >> But I was not able to write a working kickstart script. The online doc is not >> enough for that. I found same kickstart examples using Google, but these >> didn't work either. > This is the only chance to do what you want. I also wait with > upgrade/reinstall on some of my boxes because I can't play with > kickstart to learn how it works. I have no spare box to destroy for one > day. You can see content of kickstart-ks.cfg in /root directory of your > Fedora 17 install and use it for new installation. It should be called as 'anaconda-ks.cfg' in your '/root/' directory.

Unfortunately the installer does not allow to create this kind of partition layout. With F17 this was possible.

2.) Installing F17 and upgrade using fedup. This fails. Seems like fedup is not able to handle this layout.

3.) Kickstart: It looks like this is most likely the way to get it working. But I was not able to write a working kickstart script. The online doc is not enough for that. I found same kickstart examples using Google, but these didn't work either.

Maybe somebody can assists me with that or has a better idea how to install that system.