setup-storage: resizing ntfs

[Michael Tautschnig]

> Michael Tautschnig schrieb:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have a question about resizing with setup-storage in general and
> >> specifically regarding ntfs. We currently have Windows-only machines
> >> with 12GB sda1 (primary, C:, NTFS) and the rest sda2 (primary, D:,
> >> NTFS). We'd like to keep sda1 as it is and, if possible, resize sda2 to
> >> make room for a new sda3 which will contain the FAI/Linux installation.
> >>
> >> I currently have:
> >> disk_config disk1 preserve_always:1,2 disklabel:msdos bootable:1
> >> primary   -   0   -   -
> >> primary   /windows 10240-81920:resize   ntfs   -
> >> primary   / 20480   ext3   rw
> >>
> >> I tried experimenting with resize in the disk_config line and/or the
> >> partition; I have installed ntfsprogs into the nfsroot, but I cannot get
> >> it to work. Specifically, setup-storage tells it is retaining sda1, but
> >> then always tells me the disk is too small. Is this at all possible?
> >>

[...]

Aargh. There may of course be several bugs in the resizing code, but the first
thing to fix is your config: You requested preserving your second partition via
preserve_always, which will overrule the :resize specified for the second
partition. You should only have preserve_always:1 and not 1,2.

Best,
Michael

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