Partman lvm doesn't keep data

[BrandonS]

Hi,

In preseeding lvm configurations with recipe files, I've found that you cannot specify:
method{ keep } on a partition when installing. When using this specification, all it does is go into a loop on the "Starting up the Partitioner" screen.

Interestingly enough, I've found that during this loop, if I chvt 2 and run fsck.ext3 /dev/mapper/vg00-local it fixes some errors and is then able to continue with setting up the VG while keeping the data.

Output from fsck:
fsck.ext3 -y /dev/mapper/vg00-local
e2fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
fsck.ext3: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
/dev/mapper/vg00-local was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
Free blocks count wrong for group #30 (32254, counted=16194).
Fix? yes

Free blocks count wrong for group #924 (32254, counted=32253).
Fix? yes

Free blocks count wrong (31901196, counted=31885135).
Fix? yes

Free inodes count wrong for group #30 (8192, counted=8048).
Fix? yes

Directories count wrong for group #30 (0, counted=4).
Fix? yes

Free inodes count wrong for group #924 (8192, counted=8191).
Fix? yes

Directories count wrong for group #924 (0, counted=1).
Fix? yes

Free inodes count wrong (8118261, counted=8118116).
Fix? yes

/dev/mapper/vg00-local: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/mapper/vg00-local: 156/8118272 files (0.6% non-contiguous), 573617/32458752 blocks

Same behavior in Jaunty and Intrepid, have not tried Karmic yet.

This happens every time. I've found that by putting a script into /lib/partman/finish.d/15fsck-local to fsck the drive when using this recipe works just fine with keeping the data.

Recipe used to configure the drive initially:
1000 1000 1000 ext3
      $primary{ }
      $bootable{ }
      $defaultignore{ }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /boot } .

5000 100000 -1 lvm
      $defaultignore{ }
      device{ /dev/sda }
      vg_name{ vg00 }
      method{ lvm } .

5000 10000 10000 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ root }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ / } .

3000 10000 4000 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ var }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /var } .

2048 10000 2048 linux-swap
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ swap }
      method{ swap }
      format{ } .

1000 10000 -1 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ local }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /local } .

5000 10000 10000 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ cache }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /usr/vice/cache } .

Recipe to keep the /local partition:
1000 1000 1000 ext3
      $primary{ }
      $bootable{ }
      $defaultignore{ }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /boot } .

5000 100000 -1 lvm
      $defaultignore{ }
      device{ /dev/sda }
      vg_name{ vg00 }
      method{ lvm } .

5000 10000 10000 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ root }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ / } .

3000 10000 4000 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ var }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /var } .

2048 10000 2048 linux-swap
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ swap }
      method{ swap }
      format{ } .

1000 10000 -1 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ local }
      method{ keep }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /local } .

5000 10000 10000 ext3
      $lvmok{ }
      in_vg{ vg00 }
      lv_name{ cache }
      method{ format }
      format{ }
      use_filesystem{ }
      filesystem{ ext3 }
      mountpoint{ /usr/vice/cache } .

I also get prompted each time by a dialog about whether or not I want to write the changes to disks. I have not found a value yet that I can pressed this away with.