Re: [Unattended] /dev/dsk1 to /dev/sda1

Hi Martin!
I1m afraid that there is no option to set in unattended.txt to control
parted. All parted stuff (if I remember well) is int the "master" script
of the Linux boot disk (ISO or PXE).
Regards
  tovis
PS: The using of parted is not so clean for me, there is a some what
strange calculation for sizes. The result is generate a bunch of warnings
about using legacy SCSI ioctl interface (or some what). Pure possibilities
for choose. Some times partition magic complain about partition sizes, but
it's easy corrected. Summa-summorum it's work :)
I've used to be install windows on a clean disk, and after installing
Linux "by hand" - I've been established some what exotic configuration
with two XP + Debian, where the boot loader is lilo, and I hide one of the
windows partitions, actually not used.


> Thanks for reply,
> the problem was, that the partition with the 'old' windows was at the
> beginning of the hd. renumbering the partition had no effect, because
> the windows setup align it in the 'right' way.
> But when you use ntfsclone to put it on the second partition and modify
> the bootsector and the boot.ini as described here
> http://www.dominok.net/en/it/en.it.clonexp.html it works.
> After this you must run parted manually for the first partition (rm 1,
> mkpart primary fat32 0 80000).
>
> By the way: How to attend the parted commands to the unattended.txt and
> is there a variable like parted_confirm = 0 ?
>
>
>> Those are special (I think) situation, which (I think) are not target
>> of unattended.
> I think so too, but unattended let me the chance to make it the way i
> needed :-) .
>
>
> Thanks, Martin
>
>
> tovis schrieb:
>> Hi Martin!
>>
>> I'm again not clean what you trying to do. Do you have something
>> valuable
>> on secondary, not bootable partition? What is the reason to have so
>> exotic
>> partitioning scheme?
>> Usual windows installers try to come over the whole disk, exclude
>> situation with some old ms os like win98 or DOS. Those are special (I
>> think) situation, which (I think) are not target of unattended.
>>
>> Regards
>>   tovis
>>
>>
>>> on my target system two partition exist. sda1 (fat32, bootable) and
>>> sda2
>>> (ntfs, not bootable)
>>> sda1 is the partition for the unattended setup.
>>>
>>> Running parted manually i did this:
>>> rm 1
>>> mkpartfs primary fat32 20000 27000
>>> set 1 boot on
>>>
>>> After this mounting was possible, also copying of the data. But after
>>> reboot nothing happens, except a blinking underscore. (i had a look,
>>> all
>>> data still in the partition)
>>>
>>> So, is there anything else to do, to prepare the partition for booting.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Martin
>>>
>>> Martin Schulte schrieb:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> on my target system two partition exist. sda1 (fat32, bootable) and
>>>> sda2 (ntfs, not bootable)
>>>> sda1 is the partition for the unattended setup.
>>>>
>>>> First I tried to continue, when the the 'Choose partitioning
>>>> scheme'-dialogue appeared . But without any success. Unattended told
>>>> me
>>>> :
>>>> -----------
>>>> mount: mounting /dev/dsk1 on /c failed: Invalid argument
>>>> -----------
>>>> Of course he can't mount /dev/dsk1 because there is only /dev/sda1 and
>>>> /dev/sda2. But i think i cannot rename /dev/sda1 into /dev/dsk1 - or?
>>>> But although the install.pl must handle this somehow - can someone
>>>> explain me how?
>>>>    or
>>>> Where in the scripts is the place to change /dev/dsk1 into /dev/sda1?
>>>> (and is it that easy, as i think?)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Second i tried to run parted manually, only for experiences: I created
>>>> to partitions like above but i get the same result
>>>>
>>>> Best regards, Martin
>>>>
>>>>
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