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partorpartition Createsapartitiononthesystem.
Notrequiredifthe
upgradecommandisused.
<mntpoint> Specifieswherethepartitionwillbemounted.
--size= Definestheminimumpartitionsizeinmegabytes.
--grow Specifiesthatthepartitioncangrowtofillanyavailablespaceorupto
themaximumsizesetting.
--maxsize= Specifiesthemaximumsizeinmegabytesforapartitiontogrow.
--ondisk=or--ondrive= Specifies
thediskonwhichpartitionswillbecreated.For example,
part --ondisk=sdacreatespartitionsonthefir stSCSIdriveonthe
system.
--fstype= Setsthefilesystemtypeforthepartition.
--badblocks Specifiesthatthepartitionshouldbecheckedforbadsectors.
reboot(optional) Rebootsthesystemafterscriptedinstallationisfinished.
rootpw (required) Setstheroot
passwordforthesystem.
[--iscrypted] Specifiesthatthepasswordisencrypted.
<password> Specifiesthepasswordvalue.
text (optional) Performsthekickstartinstallationintextmode.
timezone (required) Setsthetimezoneforthesystem.
[--utc] SetsthesystemhardwareclocktoUTC(GreenwichMean)time.
<timezone> Specifiesthetimezoneforthesystem.
upgrade(optional) Upgradesthesystem.
vmaccepteula (required) Acceptsthe
ESX Serverlicenseagreement.
Table B-1. Kickstart Commands for ESX Server Installation (Continued)
Command Description
