Automatic partitioning on Ubuntu 7.04
Rohit Kumar Mehta
rohitm at engr.uconn.edu
Thu Jul 12 20:14:54 BST 2007
Here is mine (which works). I don't know if it will help you with the
partitions you want.
clearpart --all --initlabel
#Disk partitioning information
part swap --size 512
part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow
J David Eisenberg wrote:
> Here is my ks.cfg file (comment lines removed to save space; blank
> lines added for readability)
> #====================
> keyboard us
> mouse
> timezone --utc America/Los_Angeles
> rootpw --disabled
> user superuser --fullname "Super User" --iscrypted --password
> $1$tqSDxdlI$Im7dQsfbZoJtzLIUaoUKG0
> reboot
> text
> install
> url --url http://192.168.0.1/ubuntu
> bootloader --location=mbr
> zerombr yes
>
> clearpart --linux --initlabel
> part swap --size 500
> part /home --fstype ext3 --size 3500
> part /usr/local --fstype ext3 --size 2500
> part / --fstype ext3 --size 8000
>
> auth --useshadow --enablemd5
> firewall --disabled
> xconfig --depth=16 --resolution=800x600 --defaultdesktop=GNOME --startxonboot
> %packages
> @ ubuntu-desktop
> #=============================
> I'm using the alternate install CD, and put this at the beginning of
> the boot prompt:
>
> ks=http://192.168.0.1/ubuntu/ks.cfg
>
> Everything goes well until partitioning; at that point, the
> partitioner asks me how I would like to proceed. If I say "manual
> partition", it responds with "No root file system is defined."
>
> I am doing something stupid here, but can't figure out what it is.
> Assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
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