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> On 13/03/14 19:55, Sandeep Raman wrote:
>
>>
>> I am using a preseed file on a physical server with the following
>> requirement:
>>
>> The 146gb disk need to be partitioned as 120gb '/' partition and 25gb
>> 'swap' partition with lvm.
>>
>> The install fails with the error "Description: Failed to partition the
>> selected diskThis happened because the selected recipe does not contain any
>> partition that can be created on LVM volumes."
>>
>> The following lines from the preseed specific to disk configuration:
>>
>> d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
>> d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
>> d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
>> d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm_span boolean true
>> d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
>> d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
>> d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
>> d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
>> d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
>> d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select root_swap
>> d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4
>> d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
>> d-i partman/confirm boolean true
>> d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
>> d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string root_swap :: \
>> 120000 10 120000 ext4 \
>> $defaultignore{ }
>> $lvmok{ } lv_name{ root } \
>> method{ format } format{ } \
>> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
>> mountpoint{ / }
>>
>> 25000 20 25000 linux-swap \
>> $lvmok{ } lv_name{ swap_1 } \
>> method{ swap } format{ }
>>
>> Is any other option needed in the preseed for this to work?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sandeep.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Iain M Conochie <i...@thargoid.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sandeep
>>
>> I think you are missing a section to describe the LVM volume group you
>> want to create. This one works for me:
>>
>> 100 1000 1000000000 ext3 \
>> $defaultignore{ } \
>> $primary{ } \
>> method{ lvm } \
>> device{ /dev/sda } \
>> vg_name{ systemlv } \
>> .
>>
>> I think you also need to add
>>
>> in_vg{ systemlv }
>>
>> to all the logical volumes (partitions) you want to create. Obviously,
>> you can change the name systemlv to what ever you want.
>>
>> You may also want to add this to the disk partition definition:
>>
>> d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes
>> to disk
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Iain
>>
>>
>>
Hi Iain,
I made changes as below based on your inputs. However I see the same error.
Perhaps I'm missing something too obvious. Is there a chance the old
content is being read still even though the preseed file is updated with
the changes?
It is a vm with 150gb disk.
To make sure I am doing it correctly and my understanding is right about
the three values given below:
153600 100 153600 ext4 - Use the full 150gb disk and a priority # 100
120000 90 120000 ext4 \ - Use 120gb / partition with priority # 90
25000 80 25000 linux-swap \ - Use 25gb swap partition with priority # 80
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string i3 :: \
153600 100 153600 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
$primary{ } \
method{ lvm } \
device{ /dev/sda } \
vg_name{ i3vg } \
120000 90 120000 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ }
$lvmok{ } lv_name{ root } in_vg{ i3vg } \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ / }
25000 80 25000 linux-swap \
$lvmok{ } lv_name{ swap_1 } in_vg{ i3vg } \
method{ swap } format{ }
Instead of <<d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and
write changes to disk>>, the following works for me <<d-i
partman/choose_partition select finish>>
Cheers,
Sandeep.
