[Bug 1308281] Re: can't answer partman-auto/init_automatically_partition via preseed

[Perry Neben]

Solved my problem.  There were two partman-
auto/init_automatically_partition lines in the default
file://cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-server.seed preseed file (not in my initrd),
I commented them out and now it works.  I assume you could just remove
this preseed file from the isolinux.cfg/txt.cfg kernel params and
incorporate any needed lines into your initrd preseed.cfg.

# Suggest LVM by default.
d-i    partman-auto/init_automatically_partition       string some_device_lvm
d-i    partman-auto/init_automatically_partition       seen false


** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  can't answer partman-auto/init_automatically_partition via preseed

Status in “partman-auto” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I'm using preseed, installed with initrd, to automatically install
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 server on the remaining free space of a disk that has
  an existing partition (only one disk, just want it to use the
  remaining free space, using all other defaults).  I've gotten all of
  the questions answered with my preseed.cfg, save partman-
  auto/init_automatically_partition.  I obviously want to select
  biggest_free (d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select
  biggest_free), but it always stops and asks for the partitioning
  method selection.  If I add "d-i partman-auto/method string regular"
  to my preseed.cfg, it will erase the existing partition and use the
  whole disk, but the install will complete automatically without
  stopping.

  Here are the relevant partman portions of my preseed.cfg:

  d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free
  #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select Guided - use the largest continuous free space
  #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select 50biggest_free__________/var/lib/partman/devices/=dev=sda//8590983168-21474836479
  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

  I've also tried the above two commented out lines individually (the
  second coming from the DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 output, see attached).

  Here somebody got it to work by removing the partman-auto/method line, which I've commented out:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1269334

  Same here:
  http://jurjenbokma.com/ApprenticesNotes/not_setting_regular_in_preseed.html

  But both of these are from 2009, so maybe it has regressed?  I don't
  see any obvious changes to the partman-auto source since then, but I
  haven't dug too deeply.

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