preseed.txt

### Partitioning

d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string crypto

d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

# gpt partitioning
d-i partman-basicfilesystem/choose_label	string	gpt
d-i partman-basicfilesystem/default_label	string	gpt
d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label	string	gpt
d-i partman-partitioning/default_label	string	gpt
d-i partman/choose_label	string	gpt
d-i partman/default_label	string	gpt
partman-partitioning partman-partitioning/choose_label	string	gpt
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string crypt

d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max

# if I add this line, it all falls apart
#d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string crypt

d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
      boot-crypto ::                                          \
              100 100 100 free                                \
                      $iflabel{ gpt }                         \
                      $reusemethod{  }                        \
                      $defaultignore{  }                      \
                      method{ efi }                           \
                      format{  }                              \
              .                                               \
              300 300 300 ext4                                \
                      $defaultignore{  }                      \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
              .                                               \
              3000 3000 -1 ext4                               \
                      $lvmok{ }           	              \
                      lv_name{ root }                         \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
              .
# if, in the last partition entry in the recipe, I add the folling, it all falls apart:
#      in_vg{ crypt }
# wondering: could it be because the default is name crypt?

# accept the partitioning and write to disk
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true

# problem: the crypt type is not set using above recipe
# we need to set it via:
partman-crypto partman-crypto/crypto_type select dm-crypt

# for safety
partman-crypto partman-crypto/confirm boolean true
partman-crypto partman-crypto/mainmenu select

# not sure which one we should be using, d-i or partman-crypto
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase password 12345678
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase-again password 12345678
partman-crypto partman-crypto/passphrase password 12345678
partman-crypto partman-crypto/passphrase-again password 12345678
partman-crypto partman-crypto/weak_passphrase boolean true



d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_new_label boolean true

# because we did not set up a swap
partman-basicfilesystems        partman-basicfilesystems/no_swap        boolean false