Anaconda does not create fstab entry for swap volume on md raid
Issue
- We are observing the issue described in http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=8460
- After upgrading the installer to 7.1, anaconda does not create a fstab record for swap anymore if swap is on a md raid.
- Relevant kickstart config fragment:
ignoredisk --only-use=sda,sdb
zerombr
clearpart --all --drives=sda,sdb --initlabel
part raid.0001 --size=16384 --ondisk=sda
part raid.0002 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
part raid.0101 --size=16384 --ondisk=sdb
part raid.0102 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb
raid swap --level=1 --device=md0 raid.0001 raid.0101
raid / --level=1 --fstype ext4 --device=md1 raid.0002 raid.0102
The swap partition is created correctly, but there is no relevant record in fstab after installation.
If the swap partition is created directly on a disk, fstab record appears. Example kickstart section when everything is ok:
ignoredisk --only-use=vda
zerombr
clearpart --all --drives=vda --initlabel
part swap --size=2048 --ondisk=vda
part / --size 1 --grow --ondisk=vda
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
- anaconda
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