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