Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-19 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 19 May 2008, Tim Stoop wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > partman-auto partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select Manual > > > doesn't work. > > > > It works the same for the Woody, Sarge, Etch and Lenny installers. > > It skips

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-19 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Tim Stoop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> partman-auto partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select Manual >>> doesn't work. >> >> It works the same for the Woody, Sarge, Etch and Lenny installers. >> It skips the

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-19 Thread Tim Stoop
Hi Feri, On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > partman-auto partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select Manual > > doesn't work. > > It works the same for the Woody, Sarge, Etch and Lenny installers. > It skips the following question by pre-selecting t

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-19 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Tim Stoop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I gave up on persuading partman to do things like this, and use the >> attached initrd overlay instead. It adds new menu items to partman, >> which facilitate easy preseeding,

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-19 Thread Tim Stoop
Hi Ferenc, On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I gave up on persuading partman to do things like this, and use the > attached initrd overlay instead. It adds new menu items to partman, > which facilitate easy preseeding, but also possible to use manually.

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding to get multiple VG

2008-05-09 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 09-05-2008 om 10:05 schreef Tim Stoop: > To elaborate on my previous message: > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Tim Stoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - /boot outside of LVM, 500M > > - LVM "dom0" of 10G with several partitions for the dom0 > > - LVM "domU" empty (at least while installing)

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-09 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Tim Stoop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got a fairly strict partitioning scheme that I want to setup through > preseeding. It's really very simple, but partman can't do it (afaict): > > - /boot outside of LVM, 500M > - LVM "dom0" of 10G with several partitions for the dom0 > - LVM "domU" em

Re: bypassing partman while preseeding

2008-05-09 Thread Tim Stoop
Hi all, To elaborate on my previous message: On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Tim Stoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - /boot outside of LVM, 500M > - LVM "dom0" of 10G with several partitions for the dom0 > - LVM "domU" empty (at least while installing), rest of the disk > I forgot to say that I

Re: bypassing partman

2004-09-23 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 04:30:50PM +0100, peter green wrote: > > this assumes that your system has block devices that patman recognises at > all ok, then run nano /var/lib/dpkg/status And specify partman as installed. ;-) Anton Zinviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

RE: bypassing partman

2004-09-23 Thread peter green
> One way to cheat is to configure some partition sheme by partman and > then to change it manualy acording to your needs. Then the system > will know that partman is configured and will not restart it. this assumes that your system has block devices that patman recognises at all -- To UNSUBS

Re: bypassing partman

2004-09-23 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 03:43:21PM +0100, peter green wrote: > > it will try to start partman a couple more times then proceed to install the > base system I don't understand why it allowed you to proceed at all. ;-) One way to cheat is to configure some partition sheme by partman and then to cha

RE: bypassing partman

2004-09-23 Thread peter green
CTED] > Subject: Re: bypassing partman > > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 02:19:10AM +0100, peter green wrote: > > for various reasons i want to be able to use debian installer > to install on > > a block device that is not a partition > > > > is there any

Re: bypassing partman

2004-09-23 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 02:19:10AM +0100, peter green wrote: > for various reasons i want to be able to use debian installer to install on > a block device that is not a partition > > is there any way to bypass partman and set up the mappings between > mountpoints and block devices manually? I ca