On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz>wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 18:27 +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've got a preseed file, with a partitioning recipe that I think is
> > valid, but I'm having trouble getting past the partitioner with no
> > interaction. Unfortunately the documentation is a bit lacking on how the
> > various partman values interact.
> >
> > This is the partitioning section of my preseed.cfg so far:
> >
> > ## Partitioning ##
> > d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
> > # d-i partman-auto/method string my-recipe
> > # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select my-recipe
> > d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string my-recipe :: \
> > 10240 10240 -1 ext4 \
> > $primary{ } \
> > $bootable{ } \
> > method{ format } \
> > format{ } \
> > use_filesystem{ } \
> > filesystem{ ext4 } \
> > mountpoint{ / } . \
> > \
> > 2048 2048 2560 linux-swap \
> > $primary{ } \
> > method{ swap } \
> > format{ } .
> >
> > d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
> > d-i partman/choose_partition \
> > select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
> > d-i partman/confirm boolean true
> >
>
>
This is my preseed (from Lucid):
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string physics-workstation :: \
200 20000 250 ext4 \
$primary{ } \
$bootable{ } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } . \
25000 20000 29000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /usr/local } . \
3000 20000 6000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /tmp } . \
18000 18000 21000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ / } . \
1000 20000 300% linux-swap \
method{ swap } \
format{ } . \
1000 10000 1000000000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /scratch } .
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write
changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_copy boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_new_label boolean true
I think what you are missing is the d-i partman-auto/method string regular
line - from the example:
# The presently available methods are: "regular", "lvm" and "crypto"
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
I also think there's a mistake in your formatting of the partition
sizes. The format (as I know it) is
200 20000 250 ext4 \
Which is min_size priority max_size
I think it is also getting confused about the -1 in your / partition....
Sean
