Package: debian-installer Version: etch-20070228 Severity: normal If you preseed only one partition on a disk for the whole installation it's always getting logical, whatever you do.
The following preseed data will exhibit this behaviour: d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc d-i partman-auto/method string regular d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-root :: \ 800 1000000000 1000000000 ext3 \ $primary{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ mountpoint{ / } \ . d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk d-i partman/confirm boolean true As you see, it's marked as primary, but it will end up being logical... I did some other tests using more partitions and it seemed that the last defined partition in a set always becomes logical. In my single partition setup the first partition is also the last partition, so I think that makes it logical. In my opinion, partitions should only be forced being logical when there are more than four primary partitions defined. In that case, every primary partition that preceeds three other primary partitions should be made logical. If the above was reality, my single partition would be kept primary. Although the system is working with a single logical partition, it's not what you're expecting and therefor I consider it as a bug. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]