Re: [PATCH] expand-on-first-boot: Add support for devicemapper

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 21.04.22 19:43, Henning Schild wrote:
> I learned yesterday about systemd-repart
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-repart.service.html
> 
> We should look at this and how mkosi puts/uses it for debian.
> 

+ systemd-growfs, yes, these are possibly alternative building blocks
for such a service. Quickly scanned mkosi but couldn't find the require
glue yet, unfortunately.

> Not a review, just a generic remark that there might be more powerful
> and ready to use tools out there. At some point i will play with this
> and see if it can replace expand-on-first-boot, i bet we will soon hear
> the first btrfs stories ... and maybe luks.
> 
> I know people do that with isar and their own funny scripting which can
> not be found upstream.

We would surely want to switch here, but we need the right pattern
first. A script or a cascade of dependent and accordingly configured
services will remain, though.

Jan

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