Using Live CD to prepare Disks

[fsimon]

Hi

I will be migrating SLES-10-SP2 operating system to new hard drives. I will be cloning most of the file systems. I had downloaded openSeSU-11-3-gnome Live CD and burned an ISO image. I want to install new drives in the PC and use the Live CD to create partitions to use in a RAID system. I have seen on the web that the Live CD can be used to install the OS on a machine but I did not see any option that just give the ability to use YAST to partition and create RAID system. Thus my question is how can I use the Live CD just to prepare the disk without installing the OS?

Thx
Franklyn

[techstress]

first i'd try booting into the live cd and installing gparted

or

from the looks of the setup tutorial linked below, it seems the hard drive install wizard first sets up the partitions. I would think you could abort the wizard immediately afterward.

anl4u.com/?p=176


of course the cureall is to d/l the gparted live cd