diff --git a/src/bin/installer_tui.rs b/src/bin/installer_tui.rs
index 91987e662c..ebe304b191 100644
--- a/src/bin/installer_tui.rs
+++ b/src/bin/installer_tui.rs
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ fn main() {
         bootloader_efi: &bootloader_efi,
         password_opt: password_opt.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_bytes()),
         efi_partition_size: None,
+        skip_partitions: false, // TODO?
     };
     let res = with_whole_disk(&disk_path, &disk_option, |mount_path| -> Result<()> {
         let mut config: Config = Config::from_file(&root_path.join("filesystem.toml"))?;
diff --git a/src/config/general.rs b/src/config/general.rs
index c50d48fadb..b5c736b805 100644
--- a/src/config/general.rs
+++ b/src/config/general.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub struct GeneralConfig {
     pub repo_binary: Option<bool>,
     pub filesystem_size: Option<u32>,    //MiB
     pub efi_partition_size: Option<u32>, //MiB
+    pub skip_partitions: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 impl GeneralConfig {
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ impl GeneralConfig {
         self.repo_binary = other.repo_binary.or(self.repo_binary);
         self.filesystem_size = other.filesystem_size.or(self.filesystem_size);
         self.efi_partition_size = other.efi_partition_size.or(self.efi_partition_size);
+        self.skip_partitions = other.skip_partitions.or(self.skip_partitions);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1c6b5366c3..0145225d6b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub struct DiskOption<'a> {
     pub bootloader_efi: &'a [u8],
     pub password_opt: Option<&'a [u8]>,
     pub efi_partition_size: Option<u32>, //MiB
+    pub skip_partitions: bool,
 }
 
 fn get_target() -> String {
@@ -539,12 +540,24 @@ where
             bail!("target '{target}' not supported");
         }
     };
-
     // Open disk and read metadata
     eprintln!("Opening disk {}", disk_path.as_ref().display());
     let mut disk_file = DiskWrapper::open(disk_path.as_ref())?;
     let disk_size = disk_file.size();
     let block_size = disk_file.block_size() as u64;
+
+    if disk_option.skip_partitions {
+        return with_redoxfs(
+            DiskIo(fscommon::StreamSlice::new(
+                disk_file,
+                0,
+                disk_size.next_multiple_of(block_size),
+            )?),
+            disk_option.password_opt,
+            callback,
+        );
+    }
+
     let gpt_block_size = match block_size {
         512 => gpt::disk::LogicalBlockSize::Lb512,
         _ => {
@@ -711,6 +724,7 @@ fn install_inner(config: Config, output: &Path, cookbook: Option<&str>, live: bo
             bootloader_efi: &bootloader_efi,
             password_opt: None,
             efi_partition_size: config.general.efi_partition_size,
+            skip_partitions: config.general.skip_partitions.unwrap_or(false),
         };
         with_whole_disk(output, &disk_option, move |mount_path| {
             install_dir(config, mount_path, cookbook)