Create partman LVM partitions on Debian with preseed
Example, how to write a template for Debian to create LVM partitions with partman. It is a bit tricky, as first we have to create boot partition, then virtual group, and further we are able to create partitions by assigning them to volume group.
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
root :: \
300 512 2048 ext4 \
method{ format } format{ } \
$primary{ } $bootable{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } \
. \
2048 20480 -1 xfs \
method{ lvm } \
device{ /dev/sda } \
vg_name{ vg00 } \
. \
512 1024 2048 linux-swap \
method{ swap } format{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
in_vg{ vg00 } \
lv_name{ swap } \
. \
10240 20480 20480 xfs \
method{ format } format{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ root } \
in_vg{ vg00 } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
10240 20480 20480 xfs \
method{ format } format{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ var } \
in_vg{ vg00 } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \
mountpoint{ /var } \
. \
10240 20480 20480 xfs \
method{ format } format{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ opt } \
in_vg{ vg00 } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \
mountpoint{ /opt } \
. \
10240 20480 -1 xfs \
method{ format } format{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ home } \
in_vg{ vg00 } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \
mountpoint{ /home } \
. \