Public bug reported:
I am trying to create a preseeded netboot install that will create a
couple of blank partitions that can be used for testing purposes. The
partition scheme is as follows:
sda1 256M ext3 /boot
sda2 20G blank #Test-Primary
sda3 extended
sda5 LVM VG0
VG0/Root 10G ext4 /
VG0/Swap 4G swap
VG0/Test-LVM 20G blank #Test-LVM
My recipe is this:
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
panda-pool :: \
100 150 256 ext3 \
$primary{ } $bootable{ } \
method{ format } format { } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } \
label{ BOOT } \
. \
5000 160 20000 ext4 \
$lvmignore{ } \
$primary{ } \
method{ keep } \
. \
10000 250 12000 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ Root } \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
4000 512 4100 linux-swap \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ swap } \
method{ swap } format{ } \
. \
5000 10000 1000000000 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
method{ keep } \
. \
.
The problem is, netboot will prompt me with an alert saying "No file system is
specified for partition #1 of LVM VG eilt0, LV keep_1."
If I add "use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ " to the blank lvm
partition, then it complains about not being formatted. If I change the
method to format it, then it wants a mountpoint. The idea is to leave
it unmounted so that it can be used for testing different filesystems,
filesystem encryption, etc. Having to go through all this defeats the
purpose.
The base documentation at http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=d-i
/debian-installer.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/devel/partman-auto-
recipe.txt;hb=HEAD indicates this should be possible, although the
documentation is very sparse. Other google searches show examples where
users have created udeb packages to replace partman entirely. This is
also not an option.
** Affects: partman-auto-lvm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Unable to create blank lvm volume in preseed install
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