Preseed partition scheme

[Francisco Castanheiro <fdsc@di.fct.unl.pt>]

Hello,
I'm using Fedora Core 6 on a network environment with about 200  
clients. I use kickstart for my unattended network installations from  
a local http mirror.
Fedora's Kickstart has the following feature about the partitions  
schemes: it allows removing all the "linux partitions" leaving others  
untouched.
Example:
/dev/hda1 -> NTFS
/dev/hda2 -> EXT3
/dev/had3 -> Swap

That kickstart option, on install, removes hda2 and hda3 and then  
creates all the necessary partitions on the free space.

My questions are:
A - Can i do the same with debian installer?
B - If the answer for A is "No", can i manually create the partitions  
(i have a "network live cd" for admin tools) and then, do an  
installation on the existing partitions without the installer ever  
touch my hda1 partition?
C - Any other option?

Thanks for any kind of help.

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Francisco Castanheiro
Departamento de Informática
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - UNL
E-mail: fdsc@di.fct.unl.pt