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On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 12:54 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:39:52 +0000, John Horne wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a test PC with an 80GB disk in it. The current partitioning is: > > > > primary partition 1: NetBSD (10GB) > > 2: OpenSUSE (10GB) > > 3) swap (1GB) > > extended partition 4) 50GB > > logical partition 5) [Debian] (10GB) > > > > I am trying to install Debian 4.0r1 into the logical > > partition /dev/hda5. However, the installer seems to always repartition > > the disk such that the extended partition is the same size as hda5 (i.e. > > 10GB). This then means that I cannot add any further logical partitions. > > > > I have tried skipping the disk partitioning section by manually > > (re-)partitioning the extended/logical partitions, and formatting hde5. > > However, there seems to be no way around having the installer write the > > changes to the disk, and hence repartition it again. > > > > Does anyone know a way around this? I already have the disk partitioned, > > I just want to tell the installer to use hda5 (as root), reformat it if > > it wants to, but to leave everything else alone. > > > > Try switching to another console (ALT+F2) and using fdisk manually to > create an extended partition in the remaining 50GB and a single logical > partition of 10GB within it. Then switch back to the installer (ALT+F1) > and tell the partitioner to use manual partitioning scheme, select the > partition you've just created and tell it to use it as /, let it create the > filesystem and then continue the installation. > Tried that - no joy. You cannot 'escape' the partitioning process without clicking on the "write changes to the disk" button. At that point it repartitions the disk despite nowhere having told it to! If I select 'go back' it takes me to the installer menu, but if I try and skip the disk partitioning bit completely then the installer always takes me back when it tries to start installing packages. > You might want to start the installer in "expert" mode to give you greater > control over the process. > Okay, I'll try that. John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html