Comments on: complex lvm on an alternative install of ubuntu (debian-installer) http://blog.loftninjas.org/2007/07/04/complex-lvm-on-an-alternative-install-of-ubuntu-debian-installer/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Glenn Aaldering http://blog.loftninjas.org/2007/07/04/complex-lvm-on-an-alternative-install-of-ubuntu-debian-installer/comment-page-1/#comment-6608 Glenn Aaldering Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:02:22 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=64#comment-6608 Epic. With this its possible to work around the braindead partman and use your own custom partitioning scheme. This will also work if you dont use LVM and just want to partition multiple disks like /dev/vda and /dev/vdb. But more important: with this you can use the whole raw block disk without partitions/partitioning. I finally came up with an install on /dev/vda instead of /dev/vda1 Thanks a lot! Epic. With this its possible to work around the braindead partman and use your own custom partitioning scheme.

This will also work if you dont use LVM and just want to partition multiple disks like /dev/vda and /dev/vdb. But more important: with this you can use the whole raw block disk without partitions/partitioning. I finally came up with an install on /dev/vda instead of /dev/vda1

Thanks a lot!

]]> By: btm http://blog.loftninjas.org/2007/07/04/complex-lvm-on-an-alternative-install-of-ubuntu-debian-installer/comment-page-1/#comment-126 btm Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:32:00 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=64#comment-126 I've got more code up now under this <a HREF="http://loftninjas.org/blog/2007/10/ubuntu-lvm-network-install-part-2.html" REL="nofollow">post</a> now. I realize looking that there are some bits that overlap. Anyways, feel free to post comment questions or email me.<br/><br/>I'd imagine something similar could be done with a cd install. Point at a preseed file from the syslinux bootloader on the cd should work, although i've never tried it. Keeping in mind that a few things run in different orders between a cd and net install. I don't remember anything that should bother you. <br/><br/>Standard shell script debugging can help. If you modify the preseed file so it's not an automatic headless install and modify the shell script so it gets put in place, you can pause the install and then run the script yourself to see how it all works out rather than spending the time building debugging in the d-i way. I’ve got more code up now under this post now. I realize looking that there are some bits that overlap. Anyways, feel free to post comment questions or email me.

I’d imagine something similar could be done with a cd install. Point at a preseed file from the syslinux bootloader on the cd should work, although i’ve never tried it. Keeping in mind that a few things run in different orders between a cd and net install. I don’t remember anything that should bother you.

Standard shell script debugging can help. If you modify the preseed file so it’s not an automatic headless install and modify the shell script so it gets put in place, you can pause the install and then run the script yourself to see how it all works out rather than spending the time building debugging in the d-i way.

]]> By: phillip http://blog.loftninjas.org/2007/07/04/complex-lvm-on-an-alternative-install-of-ubuntu-debian-installer/comment-page-1/#comment-125 phillip Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:54:00 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=64#comment-125 Nice, I've been looking for some way to override the brain-dead partman. Trying to use it a for a cd-install system though, adding raid under the lvms. no luck so far Nice, I’ve been looking for some way to override the brain-dead partman. Trying to use it a for a cd-install system though, adding raid under the lvms. no luck so far

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