debian 6 preseeding keeps asking "Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?"
At http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en it says
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
instead of
d-i partman/choose_partition \
select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
And also adds:
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
Other hints:
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Ubuntu Kickstart installation using LVM waits for input similar question for Ubuntu, solved with
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9626883 says that "The preseed line that 'selects finish' needs to be in a certain order in your preseed, the example-preseed does not follow this."
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto-raid/+bug/591909 relevant bug which again suggests
d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
plus more
My 2 cents with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS variation. It seems to be necessary to also add
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
Without the last two lines, the installation worked unattended on some VirtualBox VMs, while it didn't on others! The VMs were identically configured and – you guessed it! – running on the same machine. Both new and the ones with existing partitions were tried. Of course, I've tried everything else before I tried to re-run a "successfully tested" ISO.
Here is how I got my automatic partitioning working, thanks to S19N:
### Partitioning
# Specify a disk to partition. The device name
# can be given in either devfs or traditional non-devfs format.
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", "lvm" and "crypto"
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
# 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-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
# http://cptyesterday.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/notes-on-using-expert_recipe-in-debianubuntu-preseed-files/
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select boot-root
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string vg00
# You can put an entire recipe into the preconfiguration file in one
# (logical) line.
# This creates
# a 128MB ext2 formatted partitin mounted at /boot
# the rest will be used as a physical volume. Furthermore,
# a 10GB ext4 formated LV mounted at /, and
# a 10GB ext4 formated LV mounted at /var
# will be created
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
boot-root :: \
128 50 128 ext2 \
$primary{ } $bootable{ } \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } \
. \
10000 50 10000 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ root } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
2048 90 2048 linux-swap \
method{ swap } format{ } \
. \
10000 50 10000 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ var } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /var } \
.
# Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9626883
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
#d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.
d-i partman/choose_partition \
select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true