Re: debconf-get-selections and Manual Partitioning

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 04:50:27PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 05:39:24PM +0300, Youssef Eldakar wrote:
> > I am trying to use preseeding in the Debian Installer in a fashion
> > similar to Kickstart in Anaconda. I installed a system and tried basing
> > the preseeding file on the output of debconf-get-selections. The problem
> > I am running into is that I do not see the manual partitioning I did
> > during installation reflected in the output of debconf-get-selections. In
> > short, what I am hoping to accomplish is to install a system and then
> > tell the Debian Installer to install other systems exactly the same way
> > I installed this system.
> 
> As far as i know, the current partman design doesn't allow for relflecting the
> manual partitioning choices in debconf, so what you try to do is not (yet)
> possible.

I see other use for wishlist bug #368741  :-)


Cheers
Geert Stappers