Re: Preseed partition scheme

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

Op 05-06-2008 om 16:07 schreef Francisco Castanheiro:
> 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.

See 'Conditional partitioning in debian installer'
from http://www.enricozini.org/2008/tips/d-i-conditional-partitioning.html


Cheers
Geert Stappers