On 31.03.21 11:30, Simon Matter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> More often than not, when installing CentOS, I choose manual partitioning >> and >> then apply the KISS principle, with a very simple partitioning scheme that >> looks more or less like this: >> >> * /boot partition: 500 MB, ext2 >> * swap partition: equivalent to amount of RAM >> * root partition: available space, ext4 >> >> Now when I do this, Anaconda insists on switching my swap and root >> partitions, >> so instead of this: >> >> * /dev/sda1: boot partition >> * /dev/sda2: swap partition >> * /dev/sda3: root partition >> >> ... I get this: >> >> * /dev/sda1: boot partition >> * /dev/sda2: root partition >> * /dev/sda3: swap partition >> >> Up until now this hasn't bothered me much. But for my needs right now it >> does, >> because I need my root partition to be at the end of the disk, so it can >> be >> expanded later on. >> >> Anyone knows how I can prevent Anaconda from switching my root and swap >> partitions? What I'm doing right now is switching to a text console with >> Ctrl-Alt-F5, manually partition using fdisk, switch back to Anaconda and >> then >> rescan the disk, but it's quite a PITA. > > That's exactly what I wanted to suggest you :-) > > I never found a better way... > I never have done that but is %pre script section not exactly the place for that ? -- Leon