[01:26] <EntropyWorks> trying to netboot 12.10  and its missing the mlx4_en module for networking
[01:27] <EntropyWorks> plus once I remade the initrd.gz it fails again, can't find my disks.
[09:27] <shadeslayer> hey, is there a documented way to generate .disk/info ?
[09:27] <shadeslayer> or is there documentation for how the string should look
[09:37] <shadeslayer> oh nvm, it's from lsb-release
[11:17] <soren> I have a preseed that includes "d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true", but I still get the "Unable to automatically remove LVM data" prompt.
[11:18] <soren> If I'm using an expert_recipe. Could that be the cause?
[11:18] <soren> s/^If //
[11:19] <xnox> soren: can you reproduce this with quantal CD or not?
[11:19] <xnox> soren: wait. Better - which cd are you using?
[11:20] <soren> Sorry, should have mentioned that. This is with Precise.
[11:21] <xnox> hmmm.... well I have fixed bug 154086 in partman-auto-lvm because I have assumed that it will be impossible to be triggered with pure partman-lvm.
[11:21] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 154086 in partman-auto-lvm (Debian) "Installing to HDD with previous ubuntu fails to create fresh LVM claiming group already in use" [Unknown,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/154086
[11:23] <soren> xnox: I do have that version of partman-auto-lvm. :-/
[11:25] <xnox> I am reading the source code and trying to figure out the codepath you are hitting.
[11:29] <soren> xnox: Hm.
[11:29] <soren> It seems I can work around it by passing all disks in partman-auto/disk
[11:30] <xnox> soren: yes.
[11:30] <xnox> soren: see https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/partman-lvm/ubuntu/view/head:/lib/lvm-remove.sh#L1
[11:30] <soren> xnox: Either that or have an early command that just goes ahead and nukes all the pvs and vgs and whatever.
[11:30] <soren> xnox: Yeah, that's what I'm looking at, too.
[11:31] <xnox> so it looks like it's a safety check: if VG is spanning more than the disks you asked to be partitioned, it bails out since changes affect more disks that you asked to touch.
[11:31] <soren> Right.
[11:31] <soren> But what I want is just to start from scratch. Nuke everything and reinstall.
[11:31] <soren> Even in that means just installing onto one disk even if it used to span two.
[11:31] <xnox> true.
[11:32] <soren> I think I'll do the early_command thing.
[11:33]  * soren wonders if lvm is available by then, but I guess it would have to be.
[11:35] <xnox> soren: there is partman/early_command I believe which is run after d-i initialisation but before partman. Let me double check the correct command name.
[11:36] <xnox> soren: yeah "d-i partman/early_command string $nuke_all" at that point you should have partman-lvm already.
[11:36] <xnox> you may need to modprobe device-mapper.
[11:46] <xnox> soren: can you still open a bug against partman-lvm e.g. "cannot destroy & reinstall however I like"
[11:53] <soren> xnox: Yeah, will do.
[11:53] <soren> xnox: Thanks.
[11:53] <soren> xnox: And yes, the partman/early_command was what I meant. I'll know in a few seconds if it worked.
[11:54] <xnox> soren: ack & cool =))))
[11:59] <soren> Yup, seems to have done the trick.
[12:00] <xnox> \o/
[12:06] <soren> xnox: bug 1087230
[12:06] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 1087230 in partman-lvm (Ubuntu) "Too hard to just reinstall and partition any way I please" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1087230
[18:36] <EntropyWorks> curious why the netboot installer for 12.10 ended up putting 12.04.1 on the server I finally got to booting
[18:38] <cjwatson> Logs?
[18:38] <cjwatson> (/var/log/installer/syslog)
[18:44] <EntropyWorks> gathering logs now... will have a pastebin in a bit
[18:45] <cjwatson> We only need that one file
[18:48] <EntropyWorks> false alarm... looks like someone updated a file from an old preseed.cfg that still had "d-i mirror/udeb/suite string precise" and "d-i mirror/suite string precise" that would do it..
[18:48] <cjwatson> Right
[18:49] <EntropyWorks> I do have a question about the netboot installer linux and initrd.gz I need to add a bunch of kernel modules to get it to work.
[19:45] <EntropyWorks> btw this is my fixes for the quantal netboot initrd.gz http://goo.gl/PfOZd
[19:56] <infinity> EntropyWorks: Sounds like perhaps that driver might be missing from nic-modules.udeb
[19:56] <infinity> EntropyWorks: I'd recommend filing a kernel bug and following up with #ubuntu-kernel.
[20:03] <EntropyWorks> infinity: ok