Robert Moskowitz wrote:> Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time > consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed > on a format error! > > Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there a > way I can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the partitions > and do the formating. Then when I come to the install just select to > keep the drive how it is? > And I have to have LVM.... >If I'm understanding you correctly you want to forgo the task of choosing all the packages. If this is the case you might try going through the installation on a test machine (a machine that doesn't really matter how the installation resolves) and when it's time create a kick-start disk. That you can essentially fire-and-forget when you start the install of your live system. Mark
Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed on a format error! Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there a way I can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the partitions and do the formating. Then when I come to the install just select to keep the drive how it is? And I have to have LVM....
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:14:05PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:> Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time > consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed on a > format error! > > Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there a way I > can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the partitions and do the > formating. Then when I come to the install just select to keep the drive > how it is? > > And I have to have LVM.... >You could hit ALT-F2 and set everything up from the console by hand (including formatting) and then just tell disk druid _not_ to format. I haven't tried that, but it feasibly might work... What hardware are you on? And what error are you getting exactly on format? Ray
Mark Weaver wrote:> Ray Van Dolson wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:14:05PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time >>> consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and >>> crashed on a format error! >>> >>> Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there >>> a way I can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the >>> partitions and do the formating. Then when I come to the install >>> just select to keep the drive how it is? >>> >>> And I have to have LVM.... >>> >> >> You could hit ALT-F2 and set everything up from the console by hand >> (including formatting) and then just tell disk druid _not_ to format. >> I haven't tried that, but it feasibly might work... >> >> What hardware are you on? And what error are you getting exactly on >> format?Um. I'll try the Alt-F2. But the formatting was AFTER all the selection steps. What I want is just format. Then I will leave it as is... And if the format fails again, maybe I will learn more than 'critical formatting error, install aborting' or words similar! Oh, and this IS a test machine to get a kickstart file from....
Ray Van Dolson wrote:> On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:14:05PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time >> consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed on a >> format error! >> >> Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there a way I >> can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the partitions and do the >> formating. Then when I come to the install just select to keep the drive >> how it is? >> >> And I have to have LVM.... >> >> > > You could hit ALT-F2 and set everything up from the console by hand > (including formatting) and then just tell disk druid _not_ to format. > I haven't tried that, but it feasibly might work...Do you mean right after booting off CD #1? alt-F2 does nothing F2 lists options like linux askmethod.