BIOS/UEFI Partition Tables Template

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Good day,

I am trying to put together a custom partition template that will work for both the BIOS and UEFI provisions. Everything is working great when using the Kickstart default partition template and the – autopart key does its job. Is there a @host variable that I can use to get the PXE loader (Operating System) to work my way from there? Could not find anything useful https://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/TemplateWriting here…

Thankyou,

Have a great day…

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Our documentation on templating possibilities are weak, there are plans to work on that.

The @host variable contains host/managed.rb Rails model, only few selected methods are available to you but when you turn off Safe Mode you can use anything. The pxe loader is available via @host.pxe_loader as a string, that should work in safemode if not file an issue and we will whitelist it.

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Thankyou, Lukáš… That is exactly what I was looking for… Worked out great…

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Common partition table for both BIOS and UEFI is something people ask from time to time. If you come up with something useful, please share your template here:

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<%#
kind: ptable
name: BIOS UEFI Partition Tables Template
model: Ptable
oses:
-CentOS
%>

<% pxe_loader = (@host.pxe_loader).downcase %>

zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
<% if (pxe_loader.include? ‘uefi’) -%>
part /boot/efi --fstype=“efi” --ondisk=sda --size=200 --fsoptions=“umask=0077,shortname=winnt”
part /boot --fstype=“ext4” --ondisk=sda --size=1024
part pv.01 --fstype=“lvmpv” --ondisk=sda --size=1024 --grow
volgroup centos --pesize=4096 pv.01
logvol swap --fstype=“swap” --size=4096 --name=swap --vgname=centos
logvol / --fstype=“ext4” --percent=30 --name=root --vgname=centos
logvol /home --fstype=“ext4” --percent=50 --name=home --vgname=centos
<% elsif (pxe_loader.include? ‘bios’) -%>
part /boot --fstype=“ext4” --ondisk=sda --size=1024
part pv.01 --fstype=“lvmpv” --ondisk=sda --size=1024 --grow
volgroup centos --pesize=4096 pv.01
logvol swap --fstype=“swap” --size=4096 --name=swap --vgname=centos
logvol / --fstype=“ext4” --percent=30 --name=root --vgname=centos
logvol /home --fstype=“ext4” --percent=50 --name=home --vgname=centos
<% else -%>
autopart <%= host_param(‘autopart_options’) %>
<% end -%>

Nothing special, but works for me. I have uploaded this template to GitHub also.

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