Unable to open input kickstart file curl#37

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Hi,

Getting the below error while installing from ks.cfg

unable to open input kickstart file curl#37  Couldn't open file /tmp/swappart

Here am trying to include /tmp/swappart file from pre section under disks and partition section. Dont know where exactly am doing wrong
My kickstart file looks like below,

                install
                cdrom
                eula --agreed
                firstboot --disable
                text
                reboot

                # System
                lang en_US.UTF-8
                keyboard us
                
                # Network information
                network  --bootproto=static --device=ens192 --onboot=off --ipv6=auto --no-activate
                network  --hostname=localhost.localdomain

                # Authentication
                auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5
                rootpw xxxx
                %pre
                act_mem=$((`grep MemTotal: /proc/meminfo | sed �s/^MemTotal: *//'|sed �s/ .*//'` / 1024/2))
                cat > /tmp/swappart <<END
                logvol swap --fstype="swap" --name=lv_swap --vgname=sysvg --size=$act_mem
                END
                %end
                # Disk & Partitions
                bootloader --append=" crashkernel=auto" --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda
                ignoredisk --only-use=sda
                bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda
                zerombr
                clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
                part /boot --fstype xfs --size=1000
                part pv.01  --size=100000 --grow
                volgroup sysvg pv.01
                logvol /     --vgname=sysvg --fstype=xfs    --name=lv_root --size=20000
                logvol /var  --vgname=sysvg --fstype=xfs    --name=lv_var  --size=50000
                logvol /tmp  --vgname=sysvg --fstype=xfs    --name=lv_tmp  --size=10000
                logvol /home --vgname=sysvg --fstype=xfs    --name=lv_home --size=20000
		logvol none  --vgname=sysvg --fstype="None" --name=rpool   --size=11544 --thinpool --grow
                %include /tmp/swappart
                ######################################################
                # Packages
                %packages
                @Core
                authconfig
                yum-utils
                binutils.x86_64
                compat-libcap1.x86_64
                gcc.x86_64
                gcc-c++.x86_64
                glibc.i686
                glibc.x86_64
                glibc-devel.i686
                glibc-devel.x86_64
                ksh
                libaio.i686
                libaio.x86_64
                libaio-devel.i686
                libaio-devel.x86_64
                libgcc.i686
                libgcc.x86_64
                libstdc++.i686
                libstdc++.x86_64
                libstdc++-devel.i686
                libstdc++-devel.x86_64
                libXi.i686
                libXi.x86_64
                libXtst.i686
                libXtst.x86_64
                make.x86_64
                sysstat.x86_64
                zip
                unzip
                perl
                vim
                net-tools
		autofs
                nfs-utils
                open-vm-tools
                sos
                mlocate
                ed
                -mariadb-libs
                %end

TIA

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Hello Sumanthsv,

Can you not just add the line logvol swap --fstype="swap" --name=lv_swap --vgname=sysvg --size=$act_mem within the partitioning layout that you have for the others?

Failing that, perhaps ensure that the swap volume is the last item on the partition list and then grow it on first boot.

Just a thought,
Robin

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HI rbatte1,

Thanks for the reply.
I have removed the extra white spaces in the kickstart file, which resolved the issue

Thanks

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Glad you got a solution. Thank you for telling us how. Maybe someone else will have the same in future and can re-use it.

Kind regards,
Robin