>>>>> On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 14:40:51 +0100, Jerry Steele <ticktockho...@gmail.com> >>>>> said:
> If FAI is run against this machine again after its 1st install, I get the following error: > (STDERR) mdadm: Cannot get exclusive access to /dev/md1:Perhaps a running process, mounted filesystem or active volume group? > Command had non-zero exit code > It's enough to do: > # vgremove -y vg_system > ...which removes the LVM metadata and on the next install, FAI is able to partition the disks as needed. Is there a way to run this command before the disk_config stuff is run? Obviously the > custom scripts are run well after this point. Or is there something built into FAI to completely wipe LVM data before attempting to wipe the MD devices? You can write a simple hook, which is then executed before task_partition. Therefore, create a shell script hooks/partition.DEFAULT -- regards Thomas