Installation guide

volgroup <name><partition><options>
The options are as follows:
--noformat
Use an existing volume group and do not format it.
--useexisting
Use an existing volume group and reformat it.
--pesize=
Set the size of the physical extents.
Create the partition first, create the logical volume group, and then create the logical
volume. For example:
part pv.01 --size 3000
volgroup myvg pv.01
logvol / --vgname=myvg --size=2000 --name=rootvol
For a detailed example of volgroup in action, refer to Section 4.1, “Advanced Partitioning
Example”.
xconfig (optional)
Configures the X Window System. If this option is not given, the user must configure X
manually during the installation, if X was installed; this option should not be used if X is not
installed on the final system.
--driver
Specify the X driver to use for the video hardware.
--videoram=
Specifies the amount of video RAM the video card has.
--defaultdesktop=
Specify either GNOME or KDE to set the default desktop (assumes that GNOME Desktop
Environment and/or KDE Desktop Environment has been installed through %packages).
--startxonboot
Use a graphical login on the installed system.
--resolution=
Specify the default resolution for the X Window System on the installed system. Valid val-
ues are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1600x1200. Be
sure to specify a resolution that is compatible with the video card and monitor.
--depth=
Specify the default color depth for the X Window System on the installed system. Valid val-
ues are 8, 16, 24, and 32. Be sure to specify a color depth that is compatible with the video
card and monitor.
zerombr (optional)
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