Re: Debian Stretch preseed and disk partitionning

[Andre Rodier <andre@rodier.me>]

On 06/10/2017 14:02, Andre Rodier wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am working on Debian preseed, and I am happy so far.
>
> However, there is one preseed I cannot answer automatically
>
> Is the order of the d-i directives are important?
>
> Here the question I cannot pass:
>
> https://snag.gy/qz9BiI.jpg
>
> And here my directives:
>
> --8<------------------------------------------------------------------
> d-i partman/confirm_nochanges boolean true
> d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
> d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
> di- partman-md/confirm_nochanges boolean true
>
> # 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
>
> # 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 
> /cdrom/simple-cdd/partman.conf
>
> # Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has 
> only
> d-i partman-auto/method string raid
>
> d-i partman-auto/method string raid
>
> # Use the first two disks
> d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/vdb /dev/vdc
>
> ## Partitioning using RAID
> d-i partman-auto-raid/recipe string     \
>         1 2 0 ext3 /boot                \
>                 /dev/vdb1#/dev/vdc1     \
>         .                               \
>         1 2 0 lvm -                     \
>                 /dev/vdb2#/dev/vdc2     \
>         .
>
> # 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/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
> d-i partman/confirm boolean true
> d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
> d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
>
>
> # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.
> d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
> --8<------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks for your help and advices,
>
> André

Hello again,

I have solved the issue using these values:

---8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Partman installer
partman-base partman/confirm boolean true
partman-base partman/confirm_nochanges boolean true
partman-base partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
---8<----------------------------------------------------------------------

---8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm_nochanges boolean true

# The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array:
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm_nochanges boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
partman-md partman-md/confirm boolean true
partman-md partman-md/confirm_nochanges boolean true

# And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions.
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nochanges boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
partman-lvm partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
partman-lvm partman-lvm/confirm_nochanges boolean true
---8<----------------------------------------------------------------------


I hope it can help someone...