kickstart command clearpart doesn't work on a multipath disk
Issue
- The use of the clearpart command in a kickstart on a multipathed device leads to an error with this message:
* installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation
* shell is available on TTY2
* when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments
14:36:00 Not asking for VNC because of an automated install
14:36:00 Not asking for VNC because text mode was explicitly asked for in kickstart
Starting automated install......
Checking software selection
Generating updated storage configuration
storage configuration failed: The following problem occurred on line 12 of the kickstart file:
More than one match found for given boot drive "disk/by-id/scsi-xxx".
Environment
- RHEL 7
- kickstart
- multipath
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