setup-storage, extended partition 1, preserve partition 2

[Michael Tautschnig]

Hi,

> I have a new Thinkpad and want to preserve the second partition
> (Compaq Diagnostics) while making a extended partition out of the
> first one.
> 
> setup_harddisks once worked with this configuration:
> 
>   disk_config disk1
>   logical  /             8192-       rw,errors=remount-ro ; -j ext3
>   logical  swap          127-1024    rw
>   primary   -            preserve2
> 
> but setup-storage (version 1.2.1 from fai-client 3.3.5) does not work with that one:
> 
>   disk_config disk1 preserve_always:2
>   logical  /             8192-       ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro
>   logical  swap          1024-4096   swap sw
>   primary  -             0-          -    -
> 

[...]

> 
> What to do?
> 

Would you mind upgrading to either 3.4.7 or possibly even to an experimental
version (well, right now 3.4.7 would be the better choice as setup-storage in
experimental might be broken). That said, I've put the same disk layout on a
test system and it seems to work fine with a slightly patched (see recent mails
about problems with disk size) experimental builds. Therefore there's also a
good chance that this works well with 3.4.7.

Best regards,
Michael

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