On sparc, partman-auto can only partition existing free space, it's not capable of repartitioning a whole disk. Indeed, it does not even present that as an option, and if it's preseeded to partition a whole disk anyway, we see why: /bin/perform_recipe: IN: NEW_PARTITION =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target1=lun0=disc primary ext3 0-4303272959 beginning 100000001 parted_server: OUT: Can't have the end before the start! So, what's the story behind this, and can it be fixed? It makes it hard to do useful preseeded automatic installs, and so it's blocking me from automated sparc install testing. I can work around that by writing an expect script to drive partman (creating a new partition table on the device and then partitioing its newly free space seems to work), or I can try to fix partman, whichever is easier. :-) -- see shy jo
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