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author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2010-02-07 13:13:03 +0000 |
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committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2010-02-07 13:13:03 +0000 |
commit | 84775b3966b35de1e717d0b926520d05b52e8a9c (patch) | |
tree | 30615745daae627e2b7879c5250323daff41d9f2 /en/appendix | |
parent | 4754541b4e1c6cf46adfa72010e0e99665c07b04 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-84775b3966b35de1e717d0b926520d05b52e8a9c.zip |
Update and extend information on preseeding partman
Based on a patch from Vincent McIntyre.
Diffstat (limited to 'en/appendix')
-rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index 565e5ffde..81451bfed 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -967,12 +967,11 @@ d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true <title>Partitioning</title> <para> -Using preseeding to partition the harddisk is very much limited to what is -supported by <classname>partman-auto</classname>. You can choose to partition +Using preseeding to partition the harddisk is limited to what is supported +by <classname>partman-auto</classname>. You can choose to partition either existing free space on a disk or a whole disk. The layout of the disk can be determined by using a predefined recipe, a custom recipe from -a recipe file or a recipe included in the preconfiguration file. It is -currently not possible to partition multiple disks using preseeding. +a recipe file or a recipe included in the preconfiguration file. </para> @@ -989,13 +988,17 @@ correct one will be selected before using preseeding. # This is only honoured if partman-auto/method (below) is not set. #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free -# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name must -# be given in traditional non-devfs format. -# Note: A disk must be specified, unless the system has only one disk. +# Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only +# one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device +# name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/hda or +# /dev/sda, and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc). # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk: #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use. -# The presently available methods are: "regular", "lvm" and "crypto" +# The presently available methods are: +# - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture +# - lvm: use LVM to partition the disk +# - crypto: use LVM within an encrypted partition d-i partman-auto/method string lvm # If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned @@ -1014,7 +1017,6 @@ d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic # Or provide a recipe of your own... -# The recipe format is documented in the file devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt. # If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can # just point at it. #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe @@ -1039,6 +1041,11 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic # method{ swap } format{ } \ # . +# The recipe format is documented in the D-I source repository in the file +# installer/doc/devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt. This also documents how to +# specify settings such as filesystem labels, volume group names and which +# physical devices to include in a volume group. + # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above. d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true |