4.1 Possible Installer BUG

[iptgeek]

Unless I'm reading the hdsize option wrong (only use this size leave the rest unpartioned) then this isn't the behaviour I would expect.

I'm planning to install on an SSD and leave enough room for 2 ceph journal partitions.
Size is 200GB - no matter what I set the hdsize option to it always creates sda3 as the largest remaining amount

I specified a HDSIZE of 60 and this is what it does:

`-sda3 8:3 0 199.9G 0 part

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk
sda 8:0 0 200G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 1007K 0 part
|-sda2 8:2 0 127M 0 part
`-sda3 8:3 0 199.9G 0 part
|-pve-root 252:0 0 10G 0 lvm /
|-pve-swap 252:1 0 4G 0 lvm [SWAP]
`-pve-data 252:2 0 38.5G 0 lvm /var/lib/vz

Which means I have no space left to create my journals.
I've played with all other sizes and no matter what - sda3 is always 199.9G with various different LVM sizes below.

I would expect if I specify 170 as hdsize something similar to above but with sda3 being 169.9G

Am I reading this parameter wrong? I would prefer to use the installer and not have to go jessie -- pve route.

Thanks
Brian

 

[ghusson]

Hello, variables used by the installer script are detailed here : https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Debugging_Installation
They are reported on the installer GUI.
I think you should use hdsize.
Please try and keep in touch ?

 

[iptgeek]

Same behaviour with the 3.x installers (just never noticed).
i guess I am reading the installers intentions incorrectly.

so its ye olde pmagic iso to the rescue...

 

[SwampRabbit]

Have you tried enter numbers in "MaxVZ" and "MinFree" under "Options" after you select your hard drive during the installer?

 

[dietmar]

I can confirm the issue - will be fixed in next major release (4.2).

 

[dietmar]

You can find necessary changes here:

https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-installer.git;a=summary

 

[udo]

Thanks Dietmar!

I've got a bit of installing to do this month (wiping and installing 4 rather than upgrading) - is there anything I can do to patch the installer right now?

Brian

Hi Brian,
you can easy shrink the partition sda3 (shrink mean remove and create again a smaller one; reboot; pvresize /dev/sda3).

Udo