32-bit Xenial PXEboot install w/ preseed.cfg ignores expert_recipe string
I'm trying to create 3 ext4 partitions, and no swap partition. I am expecting the partitions to be /dev/mmcblk0p1, /dev/mmcblk0p2, and /dev/mmcblk0p3.
I have this in preseed.cfg:
However, when the new system is up and running, fdisk -l shows me this:Code:# Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only # one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device # name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/sda # and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc). # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk: #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/mmcblk0 # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use. # The presently available methods are: # - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture # - lvm: use LVM to partition the disk # - crypto: use LVM within an encrypted partition d-i partman-auto/method string regular d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ root :: \ 12800 100 12800 ext4 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ } method{ format } \ format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ / } \ . \ 12800 100 12800 ext4 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ } method {format} \ format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ /alt-root } \ . \ 6452 100 6452 ext4 \ $primary{ } method {format} format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ /repo } \ . d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select root partman-basicfilesystems partman-basicfilesystems/no_swap boolean false # 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/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true ## Controlling how partitions are mounted # The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to # use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before # falling back to UUIDs. d-i partman/mount_style select traditional grub-installer grub-installer/force-efi-extra-removable boolean false
I don't see what is wrong with what I've done in preseed.cfg.Code:Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/mmcblk0p1 * 2048 53219327 53217280 25.4G 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk0p2 53221374 61077503 7856130 3.8G 5 Extended /dev/mmcblk0p5 53221376 61077503 7856128 3.8G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
John
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Re: 32-bit Xenial PXEboot install w/ preseed.cfg ignores expert_recipe string
Hopefully this will help somebody else down the line.
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