Philip, Thanks for saying "of course" :) Actually, I use ntfsresize and other tools from the package ntfsprogs-1.7.1-1. It allows me to resize the NTFS partitions without any problem ... I will use chvt then, and run the script in the %pre section. Thanks for the pointer. Marc On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 16:09, Philip Rowlands wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Marc De Preter wrote: > > >I am trying to build a fully automated installation procedure, that will > >resize NTFS partitions, and create linux partitions, based on some > >templates. > > How will you resize NTFS partitions? I don't think parted knows how to > do that. > > >My main issue is that I need the user to break the NTFS partitioning at > >any time (if (s)he decides not to continue with the install f.i.). > > > >So the way I do it for the moment is to run a script before calling the > >loader, and this script does all the magic, and reboots the box in case > >of a problem or if the user doesn't confirm the actions to take. > > > >Now, this may not be the best way to do it. So is it possible to run > >this script in the %pre section of the kickstart ? > > Of course. > > >Before you say "of course", please consider that I need user input, and > >that I don't want user to Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to the script ... I would > >rather have the script running in the GUI :) > > > >So, anybody has experience with this ? > > Only reading what others do on this list. dialog is a decent enough > textmode GUI for your requirements, but if you need something running in > X that's (more) difficult. chvt will flip to other VTs without needing > to press Alt+F2. > > > Cheers, > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
