2.2.2.2. Command Changes
This sections lists the most important changes to commands and their options:
- The
network --device
option can now refer to devices by MAC addresses instead of device name. Similar to disks, network device names can also change across reboots depending on the order in which devices are probed. In order to allow consistent naming in Kickstart, you could use an entry similar to the following:network --device=00:11:22:33:44:55 --bootproto=dhcp
- The
langsupport
,key
andmouse
commands have been removed. Any use of these commands will result in a syntax error. Themonitor
command has also been deprecated.Instead oflangsupport
, add the appropriate group to the%packages
section of your Kickstart file. For example, to include French support, add@french-support
.There is no replacement for thekey
option, as an installation key is no longer requested during install. Simply remove this option from your file.Themouse
andmonitor
commands are not required as X.Org can detect and configure settings automatically. For the same reason, thexconfig --resolution=
command is no longer valid, and these can all be safely removed from the file. - The
part --start
andpart --end
commands have been deprecated and have no effect. Anaconda no longer allows creating partitions at specific sector boundaries. If you require a more strict level of partitioning, use an external tool in%pre
and then tell Anaconda to use existing partitions with thepart --onpart
command. Otherwise, create partitions with a certain size or use--grow
. - Instead of creating groups manually in
%post
, you can now use thegroup
command to create them for you. See the complete Kickstart documentation for more details. - The
rescue
command automatically enters the installer's rescue mode for recovery and repair. You can optionally use the --nomount (to not mount any file systems) or the --romount (mount in read-only mode) options to therescue
command. - The
sshpw
command has been added. It is used to control the accounts created in the installation environment that are remotely logged into while installation is taking place. - The
updates
command has been added, allowing you to specify the location of anyupdates.img
file to be used during installation. - The
fcoe
command will enable the installer to activate any FCoE locations attached to the specified network interface. - The default autopart algorithm has changed. For all machines, autopart will create a
/boot
(or other special boot loader partitions as required by the architecture) and swap. For machines with at least 50 GB of free disk space, autopart will create a reasonably sized root partition (/
) and the rest will be assigned to/home
. For those machines with less space, only root (/
) will be created.If you do not want a/home
volume created for you, do not use autopart. Instead, specify/boot
, swap and/
, making sure to allow the root volume to grow as necessary. - Anaconda now includes a new storage filtering interface to control which devices are visible during installation. This interface corresponds to the existing
ignoredisk
,clearpart
andzerombr
commands. Becauseignoredisk
is optional, excluding it from the Kickstart file will not cause the filter UI to appear during installation. If you wish to use this interface, add:ignoredisk --interactive
- The
--size=1 --grow
option from the/tmp/partition-include
file can no longer be used. You must specify a reasonable default size and partitions will grow accordingly.