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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