reiserfs and FAI 3.2.20

[Thomas Neumann]

hiya

> We've encountered problem with a class trying to format a partition as
> reiserfs. The system silently waits for a user input ("y" + Enter) on
> reiser formatting action.
>
> I've solved the problem by two methods:
>
> - update my class/disk_config:
> add createopts="-f" to each reiserfs lines

I'm using reiserfs too, but I have createopts set as "-y". Curiously the
"-y" isn't mentioned in the mkreiserfs manpage. (Maybe it got deprecated?)

After reading the manpage: It seems "-q" would be the best choice.


-q | --quiet
Sets mkreiserfs to work quietly without producing messages, progress or
questions. It is useful, but only  for  use by end users, if you run
mkreiserfs in a script.

-f
Forces  mkreiserfs  to continue even when the device is the whole disk,
looks mounted, or is not a block device. If -f is specified more than
once, it allows the user to avoid  asking for confirmation.

tschüß
thomas