Kickstart installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and 5.8 fails when swap partition information contains `--hibernation` option in it.

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Issue

  • Kickstart installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 nad 5.8 fails if the partitioning information contains the line as follows.
part swap --fstype="swap" --hibernation
  • Installation will be halted with the following error message.
no such option: --hibernation

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (till 5.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (6.0 till 6.2)

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