Install on specific partition without wiping whole HDD.

  • Hi there,

    sry if this is known subject but I can't find anything on forum - is there any option to install LibreElec on specific partition without wiping whole HDD?

    I have 2TB HDD full of movies and TV shows, I freed 15GB and created new partition which I would like use as system disk but installer says it wipe whole HDD not just partition - is there any way around it? /shrug

    Thanks for any advice, L.

    • Official Post

    is there any option to install LibreElec on specific partition without wiping whole HDD?

    Technically no because LE requires TWO partitions (boot and storage) although it may be possible to use the current main partition for storage as long as it's Linux formatted, e.g. EXT4 (not possible if NTFS or FAT32 formatted). The wiki has some high level details of the manual install process. All of our installers are written for "nuke and pave" installs.