http://mirror.dc15.debconf.org/other/debian-stretch-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso

wget http://fai-project.org/download/misc/fai-kvm


Create a VM with 4 disks and boot the CD:
fai-kvm -UV -n -d 4 cd debian-stretch-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso
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Test results
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#1 - sid, guided partitioning, all in one partition (no LVM/LUKS)
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OK with host-only dracut config



#2 sid, gpt partition tables, 2 disks, manual partitioning, raid1 /dev/md0 -> /boot, /dev/md1 -> crypt -> lvm2 -> /, swap
/dev/mapper/vg0-root -> /
/dev/mapper/vg0-swap -> swap



#3 jessie, single partition, btrfs
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OK with host-only config
OK with generic config



#4 - stretch + sid's dracut, LVM + LUKS, all in one partition
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(installed Jessie + upgraded, since d-i stretch alpha{1,2} have a broken
partman-cryptsetup.)

OK with host-only dracut config

#5 stretch, guided partitioning, LVM with separate /boot (d-i), ext4
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OK with host-only config
OK with generic config


(from newbies)
#6 stretch, guided, partitions on the first virtual disk, no raid (/, swap, /tmp, /var, /boot)
OK

(from newbies)
#7 stretch, manual, raid 5 with 3 active disks and 1 spare. The resulting MD is an ext4 containing /. keyboard layout spanish (es)
OK

# 8 Debian Jessie, suspend to disk (hibernate)
using dracut 040 does not work
dracut 043-2 OK, systemctl hibernate or echo disk > /sys/power/state, both works




Misc. notes
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rd.debug gives a lot of output when the initrd starts, all output is written to /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt

man dracut.cmdline will show all kernel cmdline option you may add to your boot loader (e.g. grub)

the debug module of dracut will add additional commands to the initrd