On Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 4:39 PM Antoine Mazeas <anto...@karthanis.net> wrote:
> Dear Debian Users,
>
> For quite some time, I am failing to make partman process a custom
> expert recipe during an unattended (preseeded) installation.
>
> I am setting up a VM with an 8000 MB disk space (single disk) that I
> want to partition using LVM. However, every time the recipe runs, I end
> up getting an error from partman which I don't understand:
>
> > Failed to partition the selected disk
>
> >This happened because the selected recipe does not contain any
> partition that can be created on LVM volumes.
>
> Here's my full recipe and other partman options
>
> ....
>
What is the meaning of the $lvmignore keyword on this entry right below?
It's the only time it appears here.
And it's not present in your 2nd example that does work.
large-varlibdocker :: \
> 512 512 512 ext4 $primary{ } $lvmignore{ } label{ boot } method{
> format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } mountpoint{
> /boot } . \
> 2048 2048 2048 linux-swap $lvm_ok{ } method{ swap } format{ }
> in_vg{ vg } . \
> 1024 1024 1024 ext4 $lvm_ok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } in_vg{ vg } lv_name{ root }
> mountpoint{ / } . \
> 512 512 512 ext4 $lvm_ok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } in_vg{ vg } lv_name{ tmp }
> mountpoint{ /tmp } . \
> 512 512 512 ext4 $lvm_ok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } in_vg{ vg } lv_name{ varlog }
> mountpoint{ /var/log } . \
> 512 512 512 ext4 $lvm_ok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } in_vg{ vg } lv_name{ backup }
> mountpoint{ /backup } . \
> 512 513 -1 ext4 $lvm_ok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } in_vg{ vg } lv_name{ varlibdocker }
> mountpoint{ /var/lib/docker } .
>
>
> For sanity's sake, I could get this recipe to work... (inspired from
> lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/12/msg00651.html):
>
> d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
> lvm-multi :: \
> 512 512 512 ext2 $primary{ } label{ boot } method{ format } format{
> } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } mountpoint{ /boot } . \
> 2048 4096 4096 linux-swap $lvmok{ } method{ swap } format{ } . \
> 1024 20480 20480 ext4 $lvmok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } mountpoint{ / } . \
> 1024 20480 20480 ext4 $lvmok{ } method{ format } format{ }
> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } mountpoint{ /var } . \
> 64 64 64 ext4 $lvmok{ } method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{
> } filesystem{ ext4 } mountpoint{ /home } .
>
>
> But I seem to be unable to modify it any further (like adding a
> partition) without triggering the error mentioned above.
>
> Any help or pointer appreciated...
>
> Antoine
>
>
>
