Re: keeping NTFS partitions

[Marcus Moeller <marcus.moeller@gmx.ch>]

Hi again.

> > > > I have to manage some dual-boot setups and to make sure that existing
> > > > NTFS partitions are kept and only non-NTFS partitions are deleted.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried to achieve this, by adding the following early_command and
> > > > partman settings.
> > > >
> > > > d-i partman/early_command string for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; \
> > > > do if [ "`fdisk -l /dev/sda | grep /dev/sda$i | grep -v "HPFS/NTFS"`"
> > > > ]; \
> > > > then echo -e "d\n$i\nw\n" | fdisk /dev/sda ; fi ; done; exit 0;
> > > >
> > > > d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free
> > > > d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
> > > >
> > > > The non-ntfs partitions where deleted correctly, but sadly the
> > > > installer
> > > > throws an error afterwards: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the
> > > > partition.
> > >
> > > I have re-checked and the error also occurs, when I leave the
> > > early-command out and manually delete all but the NTFS partition on
> > > forehand.
> >
> > I have fiddled around for a while now and found a solution.
> >
> > It seems to work when using:
> >
> > d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \
> > select Guided - use the largest continuous free space
> >
> > instead of:
> >
> > d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free
>
> Sorry, I was too fast. The problem is exactly the same, but it somewhat
> seems to depend on the size of the NTFS partition.

Okay I guess I got it now. The windows partition has been strangly 
aligned (created by a third party tool). With correct alignment it works 
with usage of free space.

Greets
Marcus