From 28aad1febdd67f72a2655a58348e7f768574da4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helmut Grohne Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:48:45 +0100 Subject: use sparse logical volumes for g-i These are snapshots of the zero target and thus automatically zeroed, so we do not have to overwrite them avoiding the IO load altogether. --- bin/g-i-installation.sh | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/g-i-installation.sh b/bin/g-i-installation.sh index eace45b3..76078ba4 100755 --- a/bin/g-i-installation.sh +++ b/bin/g-i-installation.sh @@ -184,17 +184,8 @@ show_preseed() { bootstrap_system() { cd $WORKSPACE echo "Creating throw-away logical volume with ${DISKSIZE_IN_GB} GiB now." - sudo lvcreate -L${DISKSIZE_IN_GB}G -n $NAME $VG - # FIXME: the following will become unneeded / simpler once wheezy is not tested anymore - RELEASE="$(echo $NAME | cut -d "_" -f2)" - if [ "$RELEASE" != "jessie" ] ; then - echo "Workaround to remove swap signature from previous installs, see #757818" - bs=8192 - let count="1024*1024*1024*${DISKSIZE_IN_GB}/$bs" - time sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$LV bs=$bs count=$count || true - else - echo "Release $RELEASE detected, where #757818 should be fixed, thus not applying workaround..." - fi + # FIXME: the --virtualsize option will not be needed once wheezy is not tested anymore + sudo lvcreate --virtualsize ${DISKSIZE_IN_GB}G -L${DISKSIZE_IN_GB}G -n $NAME $VG echo "Creating raw disk image with ${DISKSIZE_IN_GB} GiB now." sudo qemu-img create -f raw $LV ${DISKSIZE_IN_GB}G echo "Doing g-i installation test for $NAME now." -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2