Problem with preseed partitioning

[Linuxspider]

Hi,

I am running into a problem when I want to install a system via a preseed config file. The system is a HP Proliant DL380 G5, using SmartArray.

The problem is that there probably is a syntax issue in the partition part of the preseed file. However, the installer doesn't give a blink and installs the default partition scheme, which I do not want. The parition scheme in the preseed file looks like this:

d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/disk /dev/cciss/c0d0
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
boot-root :: \
2048 50 2048 ext3 \
$primary{ } \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
2048 50 2048 linux-swap \
$primary{ } method{ swap } format{ } \
. \
4096 50 4096 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
mountpoint{ /usr } \
. \
4096 50 4096 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
mountpoint{ /var } \
. \
2048 50 2048 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
mountpoint{ /tmp } \
. \
4096 50 1000000000 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
mountpoint{ /data } \
.
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition \
select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true


So, can someone tell me where I go wrong, or what I can do to fix this ?

thanks,
Andy

[Linuxspider]

I've solved the problem myself...

It appears that the installer can't handle the partition recipe when escape chars are used (for sake of readability). Once I left them out and pout the recipe on one line, it worked like a charm.:p:p

cheers,
Linuxspider