Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time > consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed > on a format error! > > Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there a > way I can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the partitions > and do the formating. Then when I come to the install just select to > keep the drive how it is? > And I have to have LVM.... > If I'm understanding you correctly you want to forgo the task of choosing all the packages. If this is the case you might try going through the installation on a test machine (a machine that doesn't really matter how the installation resolves) and when it's time create a kick-start disk. That you can essentially fire-and-forget when you start the install of your live system. Mark