# Use LVM for partitioning d-i partman-auto/method string lvm # If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned # contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a # warning. Preseed this away d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true # And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions. d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true # Really, please don't prompt me! d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true # partitioning # Physical partitions: # 1. BIOS boot partition: 1 MB See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#GUID_Partition_Table_.28GPT.29_specific_instructions # 2. Boot partition: 250 MB # 2. LVM, with the following logical volumes # - Root partition: 250 GB (256000 MB), ext4. # - Swap: 100% of RAM # - Data partition: remaining space, XFS d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-root :: \ 1 1 1 free method{ biosgrub } . \ 250 250 250 ext2 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } \ mountpoint{ /boot } \ . \ 100% 2048 100% linux-swap \ lv_name{ swap } \ method{ swap } format{ } \ $lvmok{ } \ . \ 256000 256000 256000 ext4 \ lv_name{ root } \ method{ lvm } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ / } \ $lvmok{ } \ . \ 1024 1024 -1 xfs \ lv_name{ data } \ method{ lvm } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ /data } \ $lvmok{ } \ . # 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