attempt LVM?

9-genericcloud-base.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- imagename: output.qcow
+- imagename: Rocky-9-GenericCloud-Base
   elements: [vm, block-device-gpt, rocky-genericcloud]
   arch: ppc64le
   debug-trace: 1

9-genericcloud-lvm.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- imagename: Rocky-9-GenericCloud-LVM
+  elements: [vm, block-device-gpt, rocky-genericcloud]
+  arch: ppc64le
+  environment:
+    DIB_ARCHITECTURE: ppc64le
+    DIB_YUM_DNF_CONTENTDIR: stg/rocky
+    FS_TYPE: xfs
+    DIB_BLOCK_DEVICE_CONFIG: file://./bootloader/lvm.conf

bootloader/lvm.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+    - local_loop:
+        name: image0
+
+    - partitioning:
+        base: image0
+        label: gpt
+        partitions:
+          - name: ESP
+            type: 'EF00'
+            size: 550MiB
+            mkfs:
+              type: vfat
+              mount:
+                mount_point: /boot/efi
+                fstab:
+                  options: "defaults"
+                  fsck-passno: 2
+          - name: BSP
+            type: 'EF02'
+            size: 8MiB
+          - name: root
+            flags: [ boot ]
+            size: 40G
+    - lvm:
+        name: lvm
+        base: [ root ]
+        pvs:
+            - name: pv
+              base: root
+              options: [ "--force" ]
+        vgs:
+            - name: vg_root
+              base: [ "pv" ]
+              options: [ "--force" ]
+        lvs:
+            - name: lv_root
+              base: vg_root
+              extents: 100%VG
+    - mkfs:
+        name: fs_root
+        base: lv_root
+        type: xfs
+        label: "img-rootfs"
+        mount:
+            mount_point: /
+            fstab:
+                options: "rw,relatime"
+                fsck-passno: 1