Why does anaconda not respecting --reserved-space option of volgroup in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Kickstart installation?

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Issue

  • Why does anaconda not respecting --reserved-space option of volgroup in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Kickstart installation?
  • The kickstart file is as follows
install
text
cdrom
lang en_US
keyboard us
network --bootproto dhcp onboot=yes
zerombr
bootloader --location mbr
timezone America/Denver
auth --enablemd5 --enableshadow
selinux --disabled
rootpw redhat
firewall --disabled
skipx
reboot
clearpart --all --initlabel 
part /boot --fstype=ext3 --size=500
part pv.01 --size=1000 --grow
volgroup myvg pv.01 --reserved-space=20
logvol /home --vgname=myvg --name=homevol --size=500 --fstype=ext4
logvol swap --vgname=myvg --name=swapvol --size=1000 --fstype=swap
logvol / --vgname=myvg --name=rootvol --size=5000 --fstype=ext4

%packages 
@base
-kexec-tools
-NetworkManager
%end

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • Kickstart

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