RE: bypassing partman
that assumes that partman lists the block device in quesion at all ;)
i have discovered how to force it though
mount block device on /target
cd to /target to make it impossible to unmount
proceed with the install as normal
it will try to start partman fail and dump you in the main menu
from here you can move on to install the base system
it will try to start partman a couple more times then proceed to install the
base system
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anton Zinoviev [mailto:anton@lml.bas.bg]
> Sent: 23 September 2004 13:06
> To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> Cc: plugwash@bircd.org
> Subject: Re: bypassing partman
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 02:19:10AM +0100, peter green wrote:
> > for various reasons i want to be able to use debian installer
> to install on
> > a block device that is not a partition
> >
> > is there any way to bypass partman and set up the mappings between
> > mountpoints and block devices manually?
>
> I can not answer your question but unsell some new bug was introduced
> you don't need to bypass partman.
>
> 1. Start the installer in the expert mode so all questions will be asked
> 2. Choose to create by partman a new partition table on your block device.
> 3. You will be asked about its type. Choose "loop".
> 4. Create one partition that ocupies the whole disk and use it.
>
> The "loop" partition table type is some hack provided by parted
> meaning that the storage device has only one partition and it ocupies
> the whole device.
>
> Anton Zinoviev
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