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Topic: Is Automation of GParted Boot CD Possible?

Is it possible to edit the GParted boot CD ISO to include an automated, unattended option to format the 3rd partition on hd,0 to "linux-swap"?

I have a LOT of PC's I need to automate this on and can possibly send bootable ISO's over the network to do this rather than run around doing them all manually.

Other options are definitely considered...

Stuart

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Re: Is Automation of GParted Boot CD Possible?

Such a thing could work for a number of "identical" computers, with same hardware and partitioning. In this case you could test it on a computer and apply it to the others too.

GParted is based on a graphical interface that uses various 3rd party tools to perform the selected operations. There tools are included in the livecd. Everything is free/open source.
(look at the feature page and the news page for each specific version, to know the included packages).
So, you can try to include a script that, after boot-up, will run the appropriate commands to make the changes you want to.
Furthermore, you need to configure the operating system in each pc to use that new swap partition.

I think there are network-based methods to perform such operations. They are surely very useful for big networks. I am not experienced on this subject.

A potential problem with fully automatic processes is that they can fail in case of some hardware issue (bad sector, bad connection due to some chock ... ).

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***