Bug#297201: partman-auto: no documented way to leave free space on a disk

To: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, 297201@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#297201: partman-auto: no documented way to leave free space on a disk
From: Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:54:04 +0200
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retitle 297201 no way to leave free space on a disk
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 09:51:42PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> 
> I can't find a way to leave free space on a disk after autopartitioning,
> for example by saying "create a 4GB /, 1GB swap, and the rest free".

No, there is no way to do this.  One can however create a partition in
the place of the free space and delete it after the installation.

Anton Zinoviev

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