On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 12:23:04PM -0700, Bernard Li wrote:
> > My guess is that the *.disk files can specify any number of 
> > partitions,
> > but without examining the relevant code I can't comment on whether
> > directories not normally found in a default file system, e.g. /data,
> > would get automatically created.
> 
> You can define partitions in a .disk file (the ones included in
> oscarsamples/ are just samples, you can make your own).
> 
> So if you want a /data partition to have 4GB, put the following in the
> .disk file:
> 
> /dev/hdaX        4096    ext3  /data          defaults
> 
> Where "X" is the partition number you want created.  This will create a
> partition called /data in your new image.

Yes, but will it create a directory called "data" in the root partition
for /dev/hdaX to be mounted on? For /var, /usr, etc, the target
directory is already there, but /data won't be unless it is explicitly
created.

> There are some relevant information if you do "man mksidisk" (part of
> SystemInstaller).

Thanks for the reference! This contains the cure for one of our
remaining problems. I'll post it under an appropriate subject line.

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