Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: partman-auto
Fundamental problem for Dell install is that we would like to be able to
let the user re-install their system, but keep the contents of their
/home directory intact.
One potential way to solve this would be to put /home on a separate
partition and not format it during the install, but since partman does
not allow this level of specification in the preseed file, this will not
work.
(Conceptually) What we need in order for this to work is something like:
Partition /home /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev80_part5 --noformat
Partition / use-free-space --automatic --format
Partition swap use-free-space --automatic --format
Any other way to keep /home during a re-install would also be acceptable.
Currently, the disk partitioning looks like:
/dev/sda1 --> Dell Utility Partition
/dev/sda2 --> Dell Reinstallation Partition
/dev/sda3 --> /
/dev/sda4 --> extended
/dev/sda5 --> swap
** Affects: dell
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: dell
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Need to be able to specify detailed partitioning
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195608
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