Ubuntu partitioning problem with preseed

[Andy Kannberg]

OK, I've solved the problem....
Appears that if you put the recipe on one line, without the escaping "\" ,
the installer nicely partitions the disk.



2009/6/30 Andy Kannberg <andy.kannberg at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install a HP ProLiant DL380 with Ubuntu via a preseed config
> file. All goes well, except for the partitioning part.
> The server makes use of Smartarray.
>
> the partitioning part in the preseed file is shown below:
>
> d-i partman-auto/method string regular
> d-i partman-auto/disk /dev/cciss/c0d0
> d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
> d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
>                    boot-root ::                                         \
>                         2048 50 2048 ext3                               \
>                         $primary{ }                                     \
>                         method{ format } format{ }                      \
>                         use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }            \
>                         mountpoint{ / }                                 \
>                         .                                               \
>                         2048 50 2048 linux-swap                         \
>                         $primary{ } method{ swap } format{ }            \
>                         .                                               \
>                         4096 50 4096 ext3                               \
>                         method{ format } format{ }                      \
>                         use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }            \
>                         mountpoint{ /usr }                              \
>                         .                                               \
>                         4096 50 4096 ext3                               \
>                         method{ format } format{ }                      \
>                         use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }            \
>                         mountpoint{ /var }                              \
>                         .                                               \
>                         2048 50 2048 ext3                               \
>                         method{ format } format{ }                      \
>                         use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }            \
>                         mountpoint{ /tmp }                              \
>                         .                                               \
>                         4096 50 1000000000 ext3                         \
>                         method{ format } format{ }                      \
>                         use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }            \
>                         mountpoint{ /data }                             \
>                         .
> d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
> d-i partman/choose_partition \
>        select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
> d-i partman/confirm boolean true
>
> The installer doesn't show an error, so I don't know where or what is going
> wrong.
> Can anyone shed a light on this ?
>
>
> cheers,
> Andy
>
>
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