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I've been trying to automate a Debian install on bare metal with preseed, but I'm stumbling on not being able to partition the filesystem correctly.

What I want:

EFI Boot Swap Encrypted FDE with a root partition and a /var partition. Both on ext4

What I'm getting:

A partitioning error during install saying: this probably happened because there are too many (primary) partitions in the partition table

How am I trying

# The disk to partition
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/nvme0n1

LVM with LUKS


d-i partman-auto/method string crypto
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase string inscure
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase-again string insecure
d-i partman-crypto/weak_passphrase boolean true
d-i partman-crypto/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
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
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string crypt
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select root-crypto
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string 

      root-crypto :: 

              538 538 1075 free \


$primary{ } \


                $iflabel{ gpt } \
                $reusemethod{ } \
                method{ efi } format{ } \
          . \
          256 512 512 ext2 \



$primary{ } \


                $defaultignore{ } \
                method{ format } format{ } \
                use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } \
                mountpoint{ /boot } \
          . \
          8192 16384 16386 linux-swap \
                $lvmok{ } \
                in_vg { crypt } \
                lv_name{ swap } \
                method{ swap } format{ } \
          . \
          16384 16385 32768 ext4 \
                $lvmok{ } lv_name{ root } \
                in_vg { crypt } \



$primary{ } \


                method{ format } format{ } \
                use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
                mountpoint{ /var } \
          . \
          32768 65536 131072 ext4 \
                $lvmok{ } lv_name{ root } \
                in_vg { crypt } \



$primary{ } $bootable{ } \


                method{ format } format{ } \
                use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
                mountpoint{ / } \
          . \




This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided


that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.


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


Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.


d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean false
d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label select gpt
d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt

I'm currently testing with a USB stick. Once I have a functioning preseed I'll move to network PXE.

Thanks for your help in advance.

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Well, just changed the mapper name on var and it's all good now. For reference:

# The disk to partition
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/nvme0n1

LVM with LUKS


d-i partman-auto/method string crypto
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase string inscure
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase-again string insecure
d-i partman-crypto/weak_passphrase boolean true
d-i partman-crypto/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
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
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string crypt
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select root-crypto
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string 

      root-crypto :: 

              538 538 1075 free 

                    $primary{ } 

                    $iflabel{ gpt } 

                    $reusemethod{ } 

                    method{ efi } format{ } 

              . 

              256 512 512 ext2 

                    $primary{ } 

                    $defaultignore{ } 

                    method{ format } format{ } 

                    use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } 

                    mountpoint{ /boot } 

              . 

              8192 16384 16386 linux-swap 

                    $lvmok{ } 

                    in_vg { crypt } 

                    lv_name{ swap } 

                    method{ swap } format{ } 

              . 

              16384 16385 32768 ext4 

                    $lvmok{ } lv_name{ var } 

                    in_vg { crypt } 

                    $primary{ } 

                    method{ format } format{ } 

                    use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } 

                    mountpoint{ /var } 

              . 

              32768 65536 131072 ext4 

                    $lvmok{ } lv_name{ root } 

                    in_vg { crypt } 

                    $primary{ } $bootable{ } 

                    method{ format } format{ } 

                    use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } 

                    mountpoint{ / } 

              . \


This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided


that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.


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


Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.


d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean false
d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label select gpt
d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt

Specifically changed to

$lvmok{ } lv_name{ var }

from

$lvmok{ } lv_name{ root }

As / already has root crytpo mapper name

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