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Bug#924290: [rfc] information about EFI partitions



Hi,

"McIntyre, Vincent (CASS, Marsfield)" <Vincent.Mcintyre@csiro.au> 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
>  </screen></informalexample>


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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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