preseed recipe for multiple drives
Hi,
I having trouble making a preseed for multiple drives. We have some
hardware raid with multiple volumes and different storage mediums.
For some reason the SSDs Volume that are meant to storage of a database
are the only ones that allow the server to boot.
So we want to install a bunch of servers with the following layout
/dev/sda1 1000MB /boot SSDs Volume
/dev/sda2 rest /db SSDs Volume
/dev/sdb1 2TB / Spindle volume
/dev/sdc1 12TB /dbbackup Spindle volume
We are using Debian Wheezy installer.
Sadly I read that the expert recipes in partman-auto do not handle
multiple drives
https://cptyesterday.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/notes-on-using-expert_recipe-in-debianubuntu-preseed-files/
I know that post it is old, but is this still the case for the expert
receipts?. I see no reference to device{} in the code, it is on
partman-auto-lvm for example.
Funny enough if I run a manual install I can perform that layout easily,
but debconf-get-selections (--installer) after that does not give a way
to extract a preseed of settings for the partitions.
(This is came for a similart test)
# This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount
points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount
point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to
initialize its partition table.
# Choices: Guided partitioning, Configure software RAID, Configure the
Logical Volume Manager, Configure encrypted volumes, , SCSI1 (0\,0\,0)
(sda) - 80.0 GB ATA WDC WD800AAJS-00, |
${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}#1${!TAB}primary${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}1.0
GB${!TAB}B${!TAB}f${!TAB}ext3${!TAB}${!TAB}/boot${!TAB}, |
${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}#2${!TAB}primary${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGG
HT}1.0 GB${!TAB}${!TAB}f${!TAB}swap${!TAB}${!TAB}swap${!TAB}, |
${!TAB}${!TAB}pri/log${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}78.0
GB${!TAB}${!TAB}${!TAB}FREE SPACE${!TAB}${!TAB}${!TAB}, SCSI2 (0\,0\,,
0) (sdb) - 80.0 GB ATA WDC WD800AAJS-00, |
${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}#1${!TAB}primary${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}80.0
GB${!TAB}${!TAB}f${!TAB}ext4${!TAB}${!TAB}/${!TAB}, SCSI3 (0\,0\,0) (sdc))
- 80.0 GB ATA ST380815AS, |
${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}#1${!TAB}primary${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}80.0
GB${!TAB}${!TAB}f${!TAB}ext4${!TAB}${!TAB}/mnt/sdc1${!TAB}, SCSI4
(0\,0\,0) (sdd) - 80..
0 GB ATA ST380815AS, |
${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}#1${!TAB}primary${!TAB}${!ALIGN=RIGHT}80.0
GB${!TAB}${!TAB}f${!TAB}ext4${!TAB}${!TAB}/mnt/sdd1${!TAB}, , Undo
changes to partitions, Finn
ish partitioning and write changes to disk
partman-base partman/choose_partition select
90finish__________finish
Is there a way to hack away this?
Should we submit a feature request bug?
I am looking at some alternatives like fai too that work differently.
Regards.
Juan.-
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