On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 19:04 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:14:05PM -0500, 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.... > >> > >> > > > > You could hit ALT-F2 and set everything up from the console by hand > > (including formatting) and then just tell disk druid _not_ to format. > > I haven't tried that, but it feasibly might work... > Do you mean right after booting off CD #1? alt-F2 does nothing F2 lists > options like linux askmethod. ---- I think he meant <Control><ALT><F2> Craig