Re: Installing testing on a premade volume

["John Anthony Kazos Jr." <jakj@j-a-k-j.com>]

Frans Pop wrote:
> On Saturday 19 April 2008, John Anthony Kazos Jr. wrote:
>   
> > I've installed Debian many times, but this time I'm having an issue.
> > I've got Windows XP on /dev/hda1, and I have a pre-existing ext3 volume
> > with data I need on /dev/hdd. But I can't figure out a way to get the
> > installer to use /dev/hdd as the installation volume. What's the best
> > way to do this?
> >     
>
> Choose "manual partitioning" in the first dialog and you can install Debian 
> basically anywhere and anyhow you want. If needed you can resize your 
> existing ext3 partition on hdd, or just create/use other partitions there. 
>
> You can even select that existing ext3 partition and use it on some 
> mountpoint (not / obviously) while keeping data if you want.
>
> Just read all dialogs carefully, especially the confirmation dialogs before 
> changes are committed. See the installation guide for further info.
>
> Be careful when grub gets installed: make sure it is installed on the disk 
> and MBR or partition you want.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>   
Yes, but the problem is that the partition is /dev/hdd, not /dev/hdd1. 
The partitioner is incapable of recognizing /dev/hdd as an ext3 volume, 
and the install base system refuses to proceed without the partitioner 
giving the go-ahead. I can mount the filesystem myself just as the 
partitioner would, but I have to have a way to communicate to the 
install base system step that tells it to proceed anyway.