Database creation with Sapinst

Hi all.

We are testing an ECC5.0 no unicode to unicode conversion. We are trying to minimize downtime in the process.

We want to know if it is possible to create an empty database (with the expected unicode database size) previously to the import phase. Basically, we don't want to create the database with the sapinst program and just use it for importing data.

Is it possible to tell sapinst to skip the create database phase?

Anyone knows how to do this?

Thanks and regards.