Small lvm root partition

[micressor]

I'd like to have a small lvm root partition. It would be easier to create additional data partitions.

[ssinyagin]

feel free to submit a change, or sponsor my time to implement it :)

[ssinyagin]

the installer asks a question. can you suppress it?

┌───────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├────────────────────────┐
   │                                                                       │
   │ Before the Logical Volume Manager can be configured, the current      │
   │ partitioning scheme has to be written to disk. These changes cannot   │
   │ be undone.                                                            │
   │                                                                       │
   │ After the Logical Volume Manager is configured, no additional changes │
   │ to the partitioning scheme of disks containing physical volumes are   │
   │ allowed during the installation. Please decide if you are satisfied   │
   │ with the current partitioning scheme before continuing.               │
   │                                                                       │
   │ The partition tables of the following devices are changed:            │
   │    SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda)                                                │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?                         │
   │                                                                       │
   │     <Yes>                                                    <No>     │
   │                                                                       │

[ssinyagin]

and another one

 ┌───────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├────────────────────────┐
   │                                                                       │
   │ You have not selected any partitions for use as swap space. Enabling  │
   │ swap space is recommended so that the system can make better use of   │
   │ the available physical memory, and so that it behaves better when     │
   │ physical memory is scarce. You may experience installation problems   │
   │ if you do not have enough physical memory.                            │
   │                                                                       │
   │ If you do not go back to the partitioning menu and assign a swap      │
   │ partition, the installation will continue without swap space.         │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Do you want to return to the partitioning menu?                       │
   │                                                                       │
   │     <Go Back>                                       <Yes>    <No>     │

[ssinyagin]

I'm going to revert your commit for now, and I will remove the 32-bit profile.

[ssinyagin]

sorry, this was with an SD card inserted, and it failed at installing GRUB. Now re-testing it again with msata

[ssinyagin]

on a subsequent install, it also asks:

   ┌───────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├────────────────────────┐
   │                                                                       │
   │ The selected device already contains the following LVM logical        │
   │ volumes, volume groups and physical volumes which are about to be     │
   │ removed:                                                              │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Logical volume(s) to be removed: root, var                            │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Volume group(s) to be removed: apu-vg                                 │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Physical volume(s) to be removed: /dev/sda5                           │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Note that this will also permanently erase any data currently on the  │
   │ logical volumes.                                                      │
   │                                                                       │
   │ Remove existing logical volume data?                                  │
   │                                                                       │
   │     <Go Back>                                       <Yes>    <No>     │
   │                                                                       │

[ssinyagin]

I'm closing this issue. if someone needs LVM, it's quite easy to modify the preseed file to ones' needs. But we can't make something that suits everyone.

[ssinyagin]

hi, I created a profile "manual" which allows you to do whatever partitioning you like. Also see the ./build script and updated README

[micressor]

A very good idea. Thanks.

[ssinyagin]

I've got now an APU with two SATA disks on my desk, and I realized I forgot how noisy the disks are :)