Topic: The installation process formats and erases all attached hard drives

[Tolder]

Can't find any deeper logic to this method     

Any way to partition harddisks manually during installation ?   


regards

[Stefano]

hi

SME is a server class linux distribution and is meant to be the only O.S. installed.

please, read the manual and... no, there's no way to change this behaviour.. it's a feature.

now, please, explain your problem

ciao
Stefano

[David Harper]

If you just want to have a play you can use the SME Server virtual machine with the free VMWare Player.

[raem]

Tolder

You could install the sme OS with only one disk connected, then add more disks later and format them as required.
See
http://wiki.contribs.org/AddExtraHardDisk
and search for many related forums posts.
Read the FAQ also particularly
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Hard_Drives.2C_RAID.27s.2C_USB_Hard_Drives