vinz meier wrote:
> hello
>
> long story short, we use some self developed software to dynamicaly install 
> windows/linux on alot of workstations we use for education; the partitions 
> are made dynamically depending on what is being installed. 
>
> for the auto installer, this is afaik bad as you need to know the layout to 
> delete partitions. 
>
> it would really be cool if you could define a command in the ai_manifest for 
> a command(s) to be executed at the very beginning, like "fdisk -B 
> /dev/rdsk....". 
>
> and/or if there was an option like
> <ai_target_device>
>   <target_device_name>c3d0</target_device_name>
>   <target_device_use_entire_disk>true</target_device_use_entire_disk>
> </ai_target_device>
> which would do the same as "fdisk -B"
>
> or some option to delete all partitions. excuse me if something already 
> exists to delete a partition without knowing the sector start. 
> in my opinion, knowing the prior disk layout is not automated ;-)
>
> if something like this, or a walkaround, is already possible please let me 
> know
>
> thanks in advance & regards
> vinz
>   
Vinz,

There will be more flexibility to specify add/delete partitions in the 
coming releases. We are adding more ways to specify size (MB/GB/sectors) 
and also an option to create a partition given just the size (This will 
create Solaris partition of the given size).

- Sundar

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