> Hello, > > To install a multi-boot Vista/Lenny laptop, I need to preserve the first > 2 primary partitions of the hard disk. > So I tried the following setup on a test machine, with empty partitions: > > disk_config sda preserve_always:1,2 bootable:3 > primary /boot 512 ext3 rw > logical - 22000- - - > > disk_config lvm > vg vg0 sda5 > vg0-swap swap 2000 swap sw > vg0-root / 6000 ext3 rw > vg0-var /var 2000 ext3 rw > vg0-usr /usr 6000 ext3 rw > vg0-local /local 6000 ext3 rw > > The installation works fine, but does not preserve my partitions, /boot > goes to sda1. The log is on http://paste.debian.net/18763/. > > Any clue? >
There are in fact two problems here: 1. Your configuration does not specify the partitions to be preserved; you should have disk_config sda preserve_always:1,2 bootable:3 primary - 0 - - primary - 0 - - primary /boot 512 ext3 rw logical - 22000- - - The size doesn't matter, although you'll get a warning that the specified size does not match what is on disk. 2. There was a bug in setup-storage (just reported as #501772), which your report made visible (thanks!!): It should not have destroyed your partitions, but instead have failed because your preserve_always specification and the disk_config wouldn't have been feasible. Given the corrected disk_config things should be fine even with the current setup-storage version, but you might also want to try the experimental packages from http://fai.alioth.debian.org, which include a fix for #501772. Best, Michael
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