Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: "Logical Volume Manager not available"
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Chris Hiestand <chiestand@salk.edu> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:48 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
>>> I've had a stable, working, preseed configuration with no changes
>>> other than downloading the latest stable debian releases (netboot
>>> images). Suddenly partman has stopped working in my preseed:
>>
>> If you swap back in the previous netboot image does that restore the
>> working behavior? If so then that would be a strong indicator of a
>> bug in the latest files. It would warrant a bug report in that case.
>
> So I restored an old version from tape and I have the same problem. I can think of 3 categorical reasons what's going on:
>
> 1. One of the retrieved udebs is causing the problem, like maybe md-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di - this seems somewhat unlikely
> 2. A configuration option has changed and suddenly my configuration has been rendered bad - this seems very unlikely
> 3. This only effects me and I'm totally missing how this is my fault; a definite possibility.
>
>>> Did the new kernel release drop LVM support, despite being required
>>> by preseed partman? Is anyone else having this problem?
>>
>> Since I am using a Stable netboot I am not updating it until Wheezy.
>> So I can't confirm or deny the problem here. But I did have other
>> comments.
>
> Would you mind running a test install and seeing if things are still working for you? If you have a chance anyway.
>
> I've now also reproduced the problem with the 32-bit kernel as well.
I haven't done a stable or a pressed install since August so I
downloaded "debian-6.0.4-i386-netinst.iso" and created a basic install
without a hitch.
I used the following partitioning "commands":
# Method
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
# Device(s)
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
# Mount style
d-i partman/mount_style select uuid
# Partition alignment
d-i partman/alignment string optimal
# Partition default filesystem
d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4
# Clear LVM configuration
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm_span boolean true
# Clear MDRAID configuration
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
# Confirm LVM configuration
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# Confirm MDRAID configuration
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# Confirm regular configuration
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# Confirm partition table configuration
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
# Recipe
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
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