hi, when i deploy a server with sles9 by pxe/nfs server i have the follow errors : .the first partition (/dev/cciss/c0d0p1) is extended and i don't want so. .when i want recovery my server after crash, with a recovery action by installation cd i don't view all partitions but only the extended how can i set the partitions normally in autoyast file? i pasted the lines that indicate the partitions. thanks a lot **************************************************** .................... <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fs_options> <opt_blocksize> <option_str>-b</option_str> <option_value>auto</option_value> </opt_blocksize> <opt_bytes_per_indoe> <option_str>-i</option_str> <option_value>auto</option_value> </opt_bytes_per_indoe> <opt_raid> <option_str>-Rstride=</option_str> <option_value>none</option_value> </opt_raid> <opt_reserved_blocks> <option_str>-m</option_str> <option_value>auto</option_value> </opt_reserved_blocks> </fs_options> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/boot</mount> <mountby config:type="symbol">device</mountby> <noauto config:type="boolean">false</noauto> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type></partition_type> <size>100MB</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_type></partition_type> <size>8GB</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/dati</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type></partition_type> <size>4GB</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type></partition_type> <size>auto</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> **************************************************** .................... byez Jean Manco