[01:26] trying to netboot 12.10 and its missing the mlx4_en module for networking [01:27] plus once I remade the initrd.gz it fails again, can't find my disks. [09:27] hey, is there a documented way to generate .disk/info ? [09:27] or is there documentation for how the string should look [09:37] oh nvm, it's from lsb-release [11:17] 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] If I'm using an expert_recipe. Could that be the cause? [11:18] s/^If // [11:19] soren: can you reproduce this with quantal CD or not? [11:19] soren: wait. Better - which cd are you using? [11:20] Sorry, should have mentioned that. This is with Precise. [11:21] 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] 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] xnox: I do have that version of partman-auto-lvm. :-/ [11:25] I am reading the source code and trying to figure out the codepath you are hitting. [11:29] xnox: Hm. [11:29] It seems I can work around it by passing all disks in partman-auto/disk [11:30] soren: yes. [11:30] soren: see https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/partman-lvm/ubuntu/view/head:/lib/lvm-remove.sh#L1 [11:30] xnox: Either that or have an early command that just goes ahead and nukes all the pvs and vgs and whatever. [11:30] xnox: Yeah, that's what I'm looking at, too. [11:31] 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] Right. [11:31] But what I want is just to start from scratch. Nuke everything and reinstall. [11:31] Even in that means just installing onto one disk even if it used to span two. [11:31] true. [11:32] 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] 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] soren: yeah "d-i partman/early_command string $nuke_all" at that point you should have partman-lvm already. [11:36] you may need to modprobe device-mapper. [11:46] soren: can you still open a bug against partman-lvm e.g. "cannot destroy & reinstall however I like" [11:53] xnox: Yeah, will do. [11:53] xnox: Thanks. [11:53] xnox: And yes, the partman/early_command was what I meant. I'll know in a few seconds if it worked. [11:54] soren: ack & cool =)))) [11:59] Yup, seems to have done the trick. [12:00] \o/ [12:06] xnox: bug 1087230 [12:06] 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] curious why the netboot installer for 12.10 ended up putting 12.04.1 on the server I finally got to booting [18:38] Logs? [18:38] (/var/log/installer/syslog) [18:44] gathering logs now... will have a pastebin in a bit [18:45] We only need that one file [18:48] 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] Right [18:49] 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] btw this is my fixes for the quantal netboot initrd.gz http://goo.gl/PfOZd [19:56] EntropyWorks: Sounds like perhaps that driver might be missing from nic-modules.udeb [19:56] EntropyWorks: I'd recommend filing a kernel bug and following up with #ubuntu-kernel. [20:03] infinity: ok === You're now known as ubuntulog