[08:00] <twb> Is the isolinux.conf used on install media stored in VCS?
[08:01] <twb> I want to check what "rescue" and "expert" expand to, because I always forget.
[08:01] <twb> (This is for d-i, not ubiquity.)
[08:03]  * twb heads over to svn.d.o
[08:04] <cjwatson> lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/debian-cd/ubuntu
[08:04] <twb> ty
[08:04] <cjwatson> hmm, or not
[08:04] <cjwatson> lp:~ubuntu-cdimage/debian-cd/ubuntu
[08:04] <cjwatson> isolinux.cfg is generated though. look in tools/boot/karmic/
[08:06] <twb> Ugh, I'm dumb.  There's probably a copy of pxelinux.cfg with that info, where I get my initrd.gz from.
[08:08] <twb> Yep, [...]/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
[08:08] <twb> rescue --> rescue/enable=true and expert --> priority=low
[08:10] <cjwatson> yes
[08:14] <twb> cjwatson: btw, since you're around... will 10.04's d-i include the ability to fetch the preseed file over TFTP?
[08:15] <twb> IIRC that was fixed in Debian's d-i recently
[11:40] <cjwatson> twb: I see no reason why it shouldn't
[11:41] <twb> OK, I wasn't sure how often you re-synced and such
[11:41] <twb> Or how soon you freeze :-)
[11:42] <cjwatson> wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule
[11:43] <cjwatson> as for how often we resync, "occasionally"
[11:43] <cjwatson> however - we've already got debian-installer-utils 1.72, which has the relevant change
[11:43] <cjwatson> so yes, 10.04 will have that
[11:53] <twb> Sorry, I was being lazy.  I thought you'd know off the top of your head -- otherwise I'd have dug up the details.
[11:54]  * twb forgets that proper hackers look after more than one project
[14:07] <acemo> how can i create gpt disks during the installation of ubuntu-server 9.10?
[14:08] <cjwatson> I think you need to use expert mode unless you're in a situation where gpt is mandatory (really big disk, or EFI)
[14:09] <acemo> am using 5x 500gb disks ..
[14:09] <cjwatson> really big => over 2TB
[14:09] <acemo> how do i enter the expert mode?
[14:09] <cjwatson> there's an option on the F6 menu at the CD bootloader
[14:10] <twb> How big is really big?
[14:10] <twb> Oh, you said
[14:10] <acemo> 5x 500gb is 2.5tb so seems really big to me :>
[14:10] <cjwatson> acemo: per-disk
[14:11] <acemo> cjwatson: am using software raid, so it counts as 1 disk?
[14:11] <cjwatson> but when you use software RAID, you typically RAID *partitions* together, not the whole disk
[14:11] <cjwatson> the partition table on each individual disk only needs to be able to express each RAID physical volume
[14:12] <cjwatson> so you should not need GPT in your situation, although it wouldn't hurt (except insofar as using expert mode is generally painful)
[14:14] <acemo> cjwatson: how would i go making 2x 10gb partitions and 1x 20gb partition and 1 partition of "the rest"?
[14:14] <acemo> using raid 5.. it actually comes down to 2tb exactly as total..
[14:14] <cjwatson> the 2tb limit is not relevant for you.
[14:15] <acemo> some how when trying to make the last partition it just doesn't lets me
[14:15] <cjwatson> just create partitions of the size you want on each disk, mark them RAID physical volumes, and select "configure RAID" to put them together
[14:15] <cjwatson> "just doesn't let me" => more detail please
[14:16] <acemo> cjwatson: gimme a minute.. my collegue just rebooted the system..
[14:37] <acemo> ok it seems we screwed up something with lvm aswell.. so we couldn't remove some partitions anymore.. Had to recreate trough guided installer the partitions and delete them.. almost done.. on last hard disk now.
[14:37] <acemo> thanks for your patience cjwatson
[14:38] <cjwatson> ok, good
[14:38] <acemo> finally, 5 empty hard disks :)
[14:39] <acemo> so.. i make on each hard disk 2 partitions of 2.5gb, 1 of 4gb and 1 of 491.1gb and set them as raid? (resulting in 2x 10gb, 1x 20gb and 1x lots of gb partitions)
[14:41] <cjwatson> yes. I thought I'd managed to make this easier in karmic but I missed a bit, so I hope it'll be easier in lucid
[14:41] <cjwatson> in karmic, you can get away without setting them as raid - you can just go into "configure raid" and select the partitions you want, and it'll take care of it
[14:42] <cjwatson> in lucid, it should be possible to tell it to create partitions of the same size on each of several disks, in one operation
[14:43] <soren> Ooh! Shiny!
[14:43] <acemo> cjwatson: That sounds great.
[14:44] <cjwatson> this was just an oversight, it's not all that hard to add now
[14:44] <acemo> ok, all partitions are created.
[14:44] <acemo> configure raid.. accepted the write changes thing
[14:44] <acemo> create md device
[14:44] <acemo> type: raid 5
[14:45] <acemo> number of active devices: 5
[14:45] <acemo> number of spare devices 0
[14:45] <acemo> active devices: sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1, sde1
[14:45] <acemo> (which are all 2.5gb)
[14:46] <acemo> did same for the rest..
[14:47] <acemo> and i see only 3 raid5 devices.
[14:48] <acemo> when trying to create the raid 5 for devices sda7-sde7 all of size: 491106mb it does not gives any message of success or failure, just doesn't creates it.
[14:49] <cjwatson> I'll need logs
[14:50] <acemo> which logs and how can i access them?
[14:50] <cjwatson> /var/log/syslog, /var/log/partman. go back to the main menu and select "save debug logs".
[14:51] <cjwatson> (I think you'll need to file a bug, I'm behind on writing design docs for lucid ...)
[14:58] <acemo> im not sure if i can actually send you the partman log.. it seems to be 13mb
[15:01] <acemo> ohh only 214kb packed with 7zip =)