Re: [suse-autoinstall] Partitioning again ...

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Hi again!

I'd like to get some further information on the <use> and <reuse> statements (partitioning/drive).

According to the documentation it is possible to (re)use certain partitions for installation. But there's no example of how to do it.

I tried several forms but none worked (This should reuse partitions 2 and 3)

<reuse>2 3</reuse>

Try <use> instead of <reuse>. I have just noticed there is an error in the documentation.

I tried both - none worked. How should autoyast behave if one of this partitions is missing? Which is the correct syntax - separated by spaces, commas? I had a look at the sources but I'm not familiar with the language used in the .ycp files.

the format of <use> is the following

<use>all</use> : This will delete everything on the drive <use>free</use> : This will use space availabe and leaves everything else as is <use>6,7</use> : Partitions 6 and 7 will be deleted and new partitioning plan will replace them

What version are you using? in 2.5.27rc1 (and maybe other update packages) a bug was 'introduced'.

I was running 2.5.26.

In ftp.suse.com/pub/people/nashif/autoyast2/RPMS there is 2.5.27rc2 with a fix for this issue in addition to other issues that were mentioned on the list.

Hope that helps,

The only way I can get things to work is stay with the original version that comes with SuSE 8.0. All update packages seem to be broken. I've tested 2.5.26 and 2.5.27rc2 as you suggested. None worked - I always get some message complaining about an invalid partition table. (Same setup works with original version). What features do I loose if I stick with the old version? What were the changes introduced since the first release (besides support for more than 4 partitions)?

Anas

Ciao, Marcel

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