I have the following recipe for a preseed install (truncated for readability):
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
boot-root :: \
1 1 1 free \
$iflabel{ gpt } \
$reusemethod{ } \
method{ biosgrub } \
. \
512 512 1074 ext2 \
$defaultignore{ } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext2 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } \
. \
2147 800 -1 $default_filesystem \
$lvmok{ } \
lvm_name { root } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
$default_filesystem{ } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
100% 512 100% linux-swap \
$lvmok{ } \
in_vg{ vg_01 } \
method{ swap } \
format{ } \
. \
100 10000 -1 $default_filesystem \
$defaultignore{ } \
method{ lvm } \
device{ /dev/sdb } \
vg_name{ vg_01 } \
[...]
.
This makes almost what I want, the only issue is that partman-auto creates the Physical Volume inside a partition of /dev/sdb (i.e pvcreate /dev/sdb1).
What I really want is partman-auto to create the PV on the whole device (i.e pvcreate /dev/sdb).
The reason why I want to do this is simple: easy online (hot) extend. (This is for a virtual environment).
I have tried multiple solutions but none of them seems to be working like removing the PV from my recipe and adding to my preseed file:
d-i partman/early_command \
string dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1; pvcreate -ffy /dev/sdb; vgcreate -fy vg_01 /dev/sdb
But this make the installer either fail or hang asking me what partition layout I want.
Please help me if you know how to accomplish what I want or even if you know that it's impossible with preseed only at this time.
Thank you.
