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Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
Control: tags -1 + pending "McIntyre, Vincent (CASS, Marsfield)" wrote: > On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 02:34:40PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > > > >Revised patch below. I'll test it on amd64 and let you know > >if it works. > > This has now been tested on a number of installs and works ok. > I think it's good to go now. Just applied. Tagging this bug as pending. Thanks Holger -- Holger Wansing PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 02:34:40PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote:
>
>Revised patch below. I'll test it on amd64 and let you know
>if it works.
This has now been tested on a number of installs and works ok.
I think it's good to go now.
The partman-efi/non_efi_system question is somewhat confusing,
but setting it to 'true' is what one wants if you want to be sure
the system boots in EFI mode.
Regards
Vince
>diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
>index d7570d6b3..9757883b3 100644
>--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
>+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
>@@ -1206,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
># system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
># in a volume group.
>
>+## Partitioning for EFI
>+# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
>+# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
>+# 538 538 1075 free \
>+# $iflabel{ gpt } \
>+# $reusemethod{ } \
>+# method{ efi } \
>+# format{ } \
>+# . \
>+#
>+# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
>+# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
>+# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
>+
># This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
># that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
>d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
>@@ -1213,6 +1232,12 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
>d-i partman/confirm boolean true
>d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
>
>+# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
>+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
>+# Ensure the partition table is GPT - this is required for EFI
>+#d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
>+#d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
>+
># When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
>#d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
>
>
--
Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:29:17PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
>Hi,
>
>"McIntyre, Vincent (CASS, Marsfield)" wrote:
>> diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
>> index d7570d6b3..817749bb9 100644
>> --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
>> +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
>> @@ -1206,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
>> # system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
>> # in a volume group.
>>
>> +## Partitioning for EFI
>> +# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
>> +# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
>> +# 538 538 1075 free \
>> +# $iflabel{ gpt } \
>> +# $reusemethod{ } \
>> +# method{ efi } \
>> +# format{ } \
>> +# . \
>> +#
>> +# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
>> +# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
>> +# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
>> +
>> # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
>> # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
>> d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
>> @@ -1213,6 +1232,16 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
>> d-i partman/confirm boolean true
>> d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
>>
>> +# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
>> +#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
>> +# Ensure the partition table is GPT - this is required for EFI
>> +#d-i partman-basicfilesystems/choose_label string gpt
>> +#d-i partman-basicfilesystems/default_label string gpt
>> +#d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
>> +#d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
>> +#d-i partman/choose_label string gpt
>> +#d-i partman/default_label string gpt
>
>I might wonder why this is needed: to set the same setting in three different
>packages...
>However there seem to be a reason for this?
>
I went back and double-checked (this _was_ marked RFC...).
The partman/ questions don't appear to exist, doh! Sorry about that.
partman-basicfilesystems/{choose,default}_label
refer to a +filesystem+ label, tsk. So shouldn't be needed either.
partman-partitioning/default_label
has a platform-specific default that also depends on the disk size
(packages/partman-partitioning/lib/disk-label.sh)
Revised patch below. I'll test it on amd64 and let you know
if it works.
Regards
Vince
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index d7570d6b3..9757883b3 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1206,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
# in a volume group.
+## Partitioning for EFI
+# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
+# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
+# 538 538 1075 free \
+# $iflabel{ gpt } \
+# $reusemethod{ } \
+# method{ efi } \
+# format{ } \
+# . \
+#
+# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
+# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
+# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
+
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
@@ -1213,6 +1232,12 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
+# Ensure the partition table is GPT - this is required for EFI
+#d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
+#d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
+
# When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
#d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
Hi,
"McIntyre, Vincent (CASS, Marsfield)" wrote:
> diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
> index d7570d6b3..817749bb9 100644
> --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
> +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
> @@ -1206,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
> # system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
> # in a volume group.
>
> +## Partitioning for EFI
> +# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
> +# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
> +# 538 538 1075 free \
> +# $iflabel{ gpt } \
> +# $reusemethod{ } \
> +# method{ efi } \
> +# format{ } \
> +# . \
> +#
> +# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
> +# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
> +# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
> +
> # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
> # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
> d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
> @@ -1213,6 +1232,16 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
> d-i partman/confirm boolean true
> d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
>
> +# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
> +#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
> +# Ensure the partition table is GPT - this is required for EFI
> +#d-i partman-basicfilesystems/choose_label string gpt
> +#d-i partman-basicfilesystems/default_label string gpt
> +#d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
> +#d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
> +#d-i partman/choose_label string gpt
> +#d-i partman/default_label string gpt
I might wonder why this is needed: to set the same setting in three different
packages...
However there seem to be a reason for this?
If noone objects, I will apply this patch soon...
Holger
> +
> # When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
> #d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
>
--
Holger Wansing
PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 02:34:47PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
>Hi,
>
> wrote:
>> Package: installation-guide
>> Version: 20180930
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> recently I was learning about presseding UEFI installs and
>> I think the install guide could use a small addition to make
>> that journey easier. I also sent a patch to partman-auto-recipe.txt
>> but I am sure the readership of that is much less than the d-i manual.
>
>I am unable to proof the patch correct or not, could anyone comment on that?
All I can say is It Works For Us, on plenty of amd64 installs
over the last year. The patch has evolved a little since then,
inline below. Please let me know if you'd rather a MR.
Vince
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index d7570d6b3..817749bb9 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1206,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
# in a volume group.
+## Partitioning for EFI
+# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
+# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
+# 538 538 1075 free \
+# $iflabel{ gpt } \
+# $reusemethod{ } \
+# method{ efi } \
+# format{ } \
+# . \
+#
+# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
+# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
+# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
+
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
@@ -1213,6 +1232,16 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
+# Ensure the partition table is GPT - this is required for EFI
+#d-i partman-basicfilesystems/choose_label string gpt
+#d-i partman-basicfilesystems/default_label string gpt
+#d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
+#d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
+#d-i partman/choose_label string gpt
+#d-i partman/default_label string gpt
+
# When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
#d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
Hi,
wrote:
> Package: installation-guide
> Version: 20180930
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi
>
> recently I was learning about presseding UEFI installs and
> I think the install guide could use a small addition to make
> that journey easier. I also sent a patch to partman-auto-recipe.txt
> but I am sure the readership of that is much less than the d-i manual.
I am unable to proof the patch correct or not, could anyone comment on that?
>From 4697c54b3f61bc145980f52206bb20e2280c0a63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent McIntyre
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:38:19 +1100
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Add some information about preseeding EFI partitions
---
en/appendix/preseed.xml | 17 +
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index c55860e34..9e334738a 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1211,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
# in a volume group.
+## Partitioning for EFI
+# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
+# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
+# 538 538 1075 free \
+# $iflabel{ gpt } \
+# $reusemethod{ } \
+# method{ efi } \
+# format{ } \
+# . \
+#
+# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
+# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
+# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
+
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
@@ -1218,6 +1232,9 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
+
# When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
#d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
--
2.11.0
--
Holger Wansing
PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions
Package: installation-guide
Version: 20180930
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi
recently I was learning about presseding UEFI installs and
I think the install guide could use a small addition to make
that journey easier. I also sent a patch to partman-auto-recipe.txt
but I am sure the readership of that is much less than the d-i manual.
Kind regards
Vince
From 4697c54b3f61bc145980f52206bb20e2280c0a63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent McIntyre
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:38:19 +1100
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Add some information about preseeding EFI partitions
---
en/appendix/preseed.xml | 17 +
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index c55860e34..9e334738a 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1211,6 +1211,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
# in a volume group.
+## Partitioning for EFI
+# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
+# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
+# 538 538 1075 free \
+# $iflabel{ gpt } \
+# $reusemethod{ } \
+# method{ efi } \
+# format{ } \
+# . \
+#
+# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
+# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
+# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
+
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
@@ -1218,6 +1232,9 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
+
# When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
#d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
--
2.11.0
