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Bug#878722: Preseeding: Unable to correct partitioning manually if preseed fails

Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

If preseeding the debian-9.2-amd64-netinst installer, it's not possible to
correct a failed automatic partitioning.
Installation only claims that there's no root file system chosen and I should
correct it but I can't get past that screen, even when rescanning harddisks.

Preseed.cfg regarding partitioning:
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string crypto
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string crypt



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for strecth)
### Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string de_DE.UTF-8
d-i debian-installer/language string de
d-i debian-installer/country string DE

# Keyboard selection.
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select de
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string de
d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string

### Network configuration
# if more than one interfaces, skip displaying a list
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto

# link detection timeout, default 3
d-i netcfg/link_detection_timeout string 5

# for slow networks, set dhcp timeout to 60 seconds, default 3
d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 10

# any hostname and domain assigned by dhcp or reverse dns takes precedence
# over values set here
# uncomment me after test phase
# d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
# d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain

# disable annoying wep/wpa key dialog, we dont want installation over air
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

# enable non-free firmware for wifi adapter
d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true

### Mirror settings
## Change URL to local mirror
## TODO: howto set two or more mirrors with puppet
# ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de == http.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string ftp2.de.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

### Accounts setup
# Skip creation of root account, Admin Station Account will be able to use sudo
d-i passwd/root-login boolean false

# Create a normal user account for administration purposes
# Everything needs to be entered manually

### Clock and time zone setup
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string Europe/Berlin

# Use ntp
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true

### Partitioning
## The system have only one disk and the installer will default to using that

# If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.
# This is only honoured if partman-auto/method (below) is not set.
#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free

# Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only
# one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device
# name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/sda
# and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc).
# For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk:
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
# In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use.
# The presently available methods are:
# - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture
# - lvm:     use LVM to partition the disk
# - crypto:  use LVM within an encrypted partition
d-i partman-auto/method string crypto

# If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned
# contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a
# warning. This can be preseeded away...
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
# The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array:
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
# And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions.
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home:   separate /home partition
# - multi:  separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic

# Or provide a recipe of your own...
# If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can
# just point at it.
#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe

# 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
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

# When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false

## ?
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string crypt

### Base system installation

### Apt setup
d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true

## Controlling how partitions are mounted
# The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to
# use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before
# falling back to UUIDs.
#d-i partman/mount_style select uuid

### Base system installation
# Configure APT to not install recommended packages by default. Use of this
# option can result in an incomplete system and should only be used by very
# experienced users.
#d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false

# The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no
# kernel is to be installed.
#d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-686

### Apt setup
# You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
# Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror.
#d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
# Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
# Values shown below are the normal defaults.
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates, backports
#d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org

# Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
#d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
#       http://local.server/debian stable main
#d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server
# Enable deb-src lines
#d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
# sources.list line will be left commented out
#d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key

# By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated
# using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that
# authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.
#d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true

# Uncomment this to add multiarch configuration for i386
#d-i apt-setup/multiarch string i386

### Package selection
# Install gnome as default
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, desktop
tasksel tasksel/desktop multiselect gnome

## Additional packages to install
d-i pkgsel/include string git-review vagrant build-essential ansible vim pidgin mumble virtualbox

# Upgrade packages after debootstrap.
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select safe-upgrade

# Dont report back what software is istalled 
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false

### Boot loader installation
# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
# if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true

### Finishing up the installation
# During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles
# (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next
# line to prevent this.
#d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true

# Avoid the last message about the install being complete.
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note

# Prevent Installer from ejecting the cd, we have usb sticks or images
d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false

# Shutdown Installer when finished, we must remove USB Media or Image manually
# Halt ohne Poweroff macht keinen Sinn
d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true


#### Advanced options
### Running custom commands during the installation
# d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks
# for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a
# preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from
# trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful,
# here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,
# automatically.

# This first command is run as early as possible, just after
# preseeding is read.
#d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install some-udeb
# This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be
# useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state
# of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs).
#d-i partman/early_command \
#       string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$(list-devices disk | head -n1)"
# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
# still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it
# directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install
# packages and run commands in the target system.
#d-i preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh
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