Automatically add biosboot partition on >2TB drives with RHEL 7/8 (#7400

) Co-authored-by: Andrey Kiryanov <[email protected]>
xcat2 · Jun 24, 2024 · 8432960 · 8432960
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diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rh.rhels7 b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rh.rhels7
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ echo "ignoredisk --only-use=$instdisk" >> /tmp/partitionfile
 if [ `uname -m` = "ppc64" -o `uname -m` = "ppc64le" ]; then
 	echo 'part None --fstype "PPC PReP Boot" --ondisk '$instdisk' --size 8' >> /tmp/partitionfile
 fi
+if [ `blockdev --getsz $instdisk` -gt 4294967295 ]; then
+    echo 'part biosboot --size 1 --ondisk '$instdisk >> /tmp/partitionfile
+fi
 if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then
     echo 'part /boot/efi --size 50 --ondisk '$instdisk' --fstype '$EFIFSTYPE >> /tmp/partitionfile
 fi

diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rhels8 b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rhels8
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ case "$(uname -m)" in
     echo "part prepboot --fstype=prepboot --asprimary --ondisk=$instdisk --size=8" >>/tmp/partitionfile
     ;;
 esac
+if [ `blockdev --getsz $instdisk` -gt 4294967295 ]; then
+    echo "part biosboot --ondisk=$instdisk --size=1" >> /tmp/partitionfile
+fi
 if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]
 then
     echo "part /boot/efi --fstype=$EFIFSTYPE --ondisk=$instdisk --size=256" >>/tmp/partitionfile