Kusu/OCS

Partitioning is important in Kusu for the following reasons:

1. On the master node, the disks need to be correctly partitioned, so that repositories can be created on the disk before handing over to the distro's auto-installation mechanism.
2. On the compute node, partitioning needs to take place unattended, according to a predefined schema in the database, with options to preserve certain types of partitions as well.

Over the next few blog entries, I will describe the approach taken ...

Overview

The Kusu installer is the first program that is run when the user boots from a Kusu ISO. It is a wizard-style program responsible for collecting the initial information that will describe and set up a Kusu cluster, including the timezone, networks, root password, disk partitioning, and kits available.

The Kusu installer is made up of 2 parts: the screens (context-specific info and prompts), and the navigation framework. In this document, I will describe the screens. ...