Re: installer preseeding - partitioning
On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 20:24 +1000, Sean Crosby wrote: > 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 Great, thanks - that seems to get it going :-) Now that you point it out, of course, I can see it in the example - though it's a bit unclear which bits are complementary and which are contradictory :-) > I also think there's a mistake in your formatting of the partition sizes. The > format (as I know it) is > > 200 2 250 ext4 \ > > Which is min_size priority max_size > > > I think it is also getting confused about the -1 in your / partition Other docs I've read say that's "use all of it"; it seems to be working. I did have to reverse the order though - put the fixed-sized swap partition first, and the root partition second. Many thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1303794446.29338.121.ca...@topaz.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz
Re: installer preseeding - partitioning
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Richard Hector 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 2 250 ext4 \
$primary{ } \
$bootable{ } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } . \
25000 2 29000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /usr/local } . \
3000 2 6000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /tmp } . \
18000 18000 21000 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ / } . \
1000 2 300% linux-swap \
method{ swap } \
format{ } . \
1000 1 10 ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /scratch } .
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partitionselect 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 2 250 ext4 \
Which is min_size priority max_size
I think it is also getting confused about the -1 in your / partition
Sean
Re: installer preseeding - partitioning
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
>
>
> I'm testing this with lenny/amd64 at the moment, as squeeze seems unable
> to detect the qemu hard drive in my kvm environment (and lucid gets
> frowned upon here - but has more or less the same issues :-)
Actually, I think I was wrong on 2 counts:
* lucid and lenny behave differently (lucid offers to resize my
partitions; also lucid detects /dev/sda while lenny detects /dev/hda).
* both seem to ignore my recipe completely.
Any tips?
Thanks,
Richard
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installer preseeding - partitioning
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
I'm testing this with lenny/amd64 at the moment, as squeeze seems unable
to detect the qemu hard drive in my kvm environment (and lucid gets
frowned upon here - but has more or less the same issues :-)
Any hints on what I need to set to make this go through without asking
me any questions?
Thanks,
Richard
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