Hi, I've got a problem preseeding the partitioning for a debian installation.
I've got 2 existing partitions that i want to keep and about 130gb free space that i want to partition using partman-auto/expert_recipe to have - one primary "/boot" partition and - the rest in a logical partition. the logical partition should be used as pv for a LVM volume group. inside that vg i want logical volumes for - "/" root (10gb) - swap (4096mb) - "/home" (30gb) - freespace (to be used later) since the partman-auto doesn't like to leave space unused i added a logical volume at the end to use up the free space. I am using this recipie: d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-lvm-root-home-spare :: \ 512 512 512 ext3 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ mountpoint{ /boot } \ . \ 100 1000000 1000000000 ext3 \ $primary{ } \ method{ lvm } \ use_filesystem{ } \ format{ } \ vg_name{ vg00 } \ . \ 4096 4096 4096 linux-swap \ lvm_ok{ } \ in_vg{ vg00 } \ lv_name{ swap } \ method{ swap } format{ } \ . \ 10000 10000 10000 ext3 \ lvm_ok{ } \ in_vg{ vg00 } \ lv_name{ root } \ method{ format } format{ } \ label{ root } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ mountpoint{ / } \ . \ 30000 30000 30000 ext3 \ lvm_ok{ } \ in_vg{ vg00 } \ lv_name{ home } \ method{ format } format{ } \ label{ home } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ mountpoint{ /home } \ . \ 100 10000 10000000 ext3 \ lvm_ok{ } \ in_vg{ vg00 } \ lv_name{ removeme } \ method{ keep } \ . somehow the partitioner doesn't place those four partitions _inside_ the lvm but _alongside_ it ... So I end up with three primary partitions (the two that i want to keep and the 512mb "/boot" partition.) and five logical partitions. #1 primary 106.9 MB fat16 #2 primary 21.0 GB ntfs #3 primary 510.0 MB B f ext3 /boot #5 logical 94.2 GB f lvm #6 logical 4.1 GB f swap swap #7 logical 10.0 GB f ext3 / #8 logical 30.0 GB f ext3 /home #9 logical 106.9 MB K any clue that kind of voodoo I need to make the partman-auto _use_ the volume group it creates ? can I use two recipies? one to create /boot an the vg and one to populate the vg ? Here are the other partman related settings that come before the recipie: d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \ select Guided - use the largest continuous free space d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select boot-lvm-root-home-spare d-i partman-basicmethods/method_only boolean false Background: I've got 10 Dell systems here that come with a 100mb vfat partition and 160gb ntfs. I've got no problem booting those systems once with a gparded live-cd to shrink the ntfs down to 20gb. a solution that would shrink the ntfs partition in one go would be nice but i guess the installer doesn't contain ntfsresize so I can do with those two reboots. Currently i use a usb stick for booting the installer and also for the preseed.cfg cheers -henrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]