Re: Selecting partions to use via preseed.cfg
On 08/12/13 23:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 08/12/13 04:54, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I am aware of the options demonstrated in
>>> http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt .
>>>
>>> They do not cover my case of interest.
>>
>> ?
>> true, but it refers you to partman-auto-recipe.txt which "appears" to
>> "cover your case of interest". [snip]
>
> My description was unclear. See my reply to Mr. Carter.
>
The example you gave Mr. Carter:-
> A typical scheme is
> sda1 - an install resembling typical user defaults
> sda5, sda6, sda7 - a "current" experimental installs
> sda8 - local repository
> sda9 - swap
> All the disk space is accounted for.
> I then choose among (sda5, sda6, sda7) for target of next trial.
And my question remains:-
How does "partition recipe" approach *not* do that??
In case I'm still unclear - the "partition recipe" approach can be used
to do an automated install to sda5/sda6/sda7 as given in your example -
unless there's a conditional logic for which you haven't shown the
algorithm.
i.e.:-
1. choose from one of the detected formatted partitions OR supply the
preseed cfg with the identity of that partition
2. format the partition
3. do single partition install to that partition
If partman-auto can do it then the partition recipe will work.
Kind regards
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