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This option is used to control the partitioning of the target systems' hard disk drives.
'partitioning' => { |
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'clearall' => 1, |
'clear' => undef, |
'eraseBadPartitions' => 0, |
'auto_allocate' => 1 |
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Descriptions:
'clearall' |
set to 1 if all the existing partitions on all disks are to be cleared and replaced by new ones (internal defaults or the ones defined by 'partitions' are to be used). Set to 0 if the disks are to be left untouched or, you are going to use 'clear' instead. |
'clear' |
if present, this is a list of the disks that are to have their partitions cleared. If your system has more than one disk drive, any drive(s) you do not list are left untouched. |
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eg. 'clear' => [ 'hda', 'hdc' ], clears the partitions on hda and hdc, but leaves hdb untouched. The partitions for hdb will have to be defined using the 'manualFstab' option. |
'eraseBadPartitions' |
this is no longer used and, if present it has no affect. |
'auto_allocate' |
set to 1 if disk partitions are to be defined by the option 'partitions', set to 0 if the installer is to leave the existing partitioning untouched. If you have cleared all or, one or more drive partitions, then you need to set this option to the value one (1) and, you have to define the new partition layout for the cleared drives using the 'partitions' option. |
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If you want to re-use the existing partitions, then set clearall and auto_allocate to their zero (0) value AND specify all the mounting information in the 'manualFstab' (see the example). |
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If you want the install program to auto-allocate the partitions, then set clearall and auto_allocate to their one (1) value, and remove the 'partitions' option. |
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