Hi , I have a odd problems when auto installing sles8 . The partitioning portion is not working but i can't figure out why. When parcing the xml file the system tells me that i already have a LV with the name rootvg ? sda1 on / sda2 on /boot sda3 extended sda4 linux LVM sda5 and 6 2 * swap created in extended sda3 Below is a part of my xml file that i use <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <region config:type="list"> <region_entry config:type="integer">0</region_entry> <region_entry config:type="integer">131</region_entry> </region> <size>1069219841</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <mount>/boot</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <region config:type="list"> <region_entry config:type="integer">131</region_entry> <region_entry config:type="integer">17</region_entry> </region> <size>131596289</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_id config:type="integer">15</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <region config:type="list"> <region_entry config:type="integer">148</region_entry> <region_entry config:type="integer">523</region_entry> </region> <size>4293328897</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <region config:type="list"> <region_entry config:type="integer">148</region_entry> <region_entry config:type="integer">262</region_entry> </region> <size>2146664449</size> </partition> <partition> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> <region config:type="list"> <region_entry config:type="integer">410</region_entry> <region_entry config:type="integer">261</region_entry> </region> <size>2138439681</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_id config:type="integer">142</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">4</partition_nr> <region config:type="list"> <region_entry config:type="integer">671</region_entry> <region_entry config:type="integer">3749</region_entry> </region> <size>30826430465</size> <lvm_group>rootvg</lvm_group> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning> <lvm config:type="list"> <lvm_group> <lvm_name>rootvg</lvm_name> <pesize>128M</pesize> <logical_volumes config:type="list"> <lv> <lv_name>homelv</lv_name> <lv_size>2gb</lv_size> <lv_fs>reiser</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/home</lv_mount> </lv> <lv> <lv_name>optlv</lv_name> <lv_size>2gb</lv_size> <lv_fs>reiser</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/opt</lv_mount> </lv> <lv> <lv_name>tmplv</lv_name> <lv_size>512mb</lv_size> <lv_fs>reiser</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/tmp</lv_mount> </lv> <lv> <lv_name>usrlv</lv_name> <lv_size>4gb</lv_size> <lv_fs>reiser</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/usr</lv_mount> </lv> <lv> <lv_name>varlv</lv_name> <lv_size>1gb</lv_size> <lv_fs>reiser</lv_fs> <lv_mount>/var</lv_mount> </lv> </logical_volumes> </lvm_group> </lvm> Another question is i only can use this on a clean drive. When there is already something on the disk the partioning will also fail. Is there an option to clean the partition table whitin this xml file ? Regards Steven , Steven Heirman - System Engineer/Unix ---------------------------------------------------------------- St Pietersvliet 7 Tel : +3232207365