Questions relating to preseeding (which provides a way to automatically answer questions asked during the installation process).
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How do I setup a fine grained preseed with tasksel set to manual?
I am trying to preseed a netboot install of Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) x64.
Work Setup
My preseed configuration works fine as long as tasksel is not set to manual. For example:
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d-i ...
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root file system not found in prseed partition
I am using following partition recipe for my partition on ubuntu 12.04 precise.
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
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Ubuntu 12.10 iso image customization
I'm trying to create my own iso image based on Ubuntu 12.10 and I've got several questions.
1) How can I add user using preseed? I tried to do it this way, but I still have to enter the password in ...
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Recipe for Ubuntu 12.04 Preseeding
I have a simple recipe that fails with the error:
"The automatic partitioning recipe contains the definition of a volume group that does not contain any physical volume. Please check the automatic ...
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Full disk encryption with preseed but without LVM?
My use case is the following: I would like to create a preseed file for the Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS installer that automatically partitions the target hard disk into three primary partitions:
boot ...
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Could i change name of sda5_crypt into crypt_sda5 in preseed?
I am trying to play with preseeding stuff, and stuck in one thing. When i use
d-i partman-auto/method string crypto (with lvm)
By default, i got three file in /dev/mapper that is my_vg-root, ...
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installation under vmware gets into installation loop
I'm instlling Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VMware servers.
I use preseed to automate the installation.
The problem I have is that once the CD-ROM image is attached to the virtual machine, and the BIOS is ...
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How do I remove the 'Write the Changes to the Disks?' question during preseed?
I am pretty new to Ubuntu and Linux. I have spent a lot of time trying to get an unattended install up and running for my Headless Server.
As it stands I have everything almost there but when ...
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Is it possible to use the conditional arguments in a preseed?
I am trying to create a preseed.cfg that is usable for a CD based installation and a network based installation. I figured the easiest way to do this would be to use a bash conditional "if". As part ...
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Ubuntu preseed - disable i386/multiarch
I'm installing servers with pre-seeding but our local mirror only has amd64 packages. Yet, installer tries to fetch sources for i386 packages as well and basically strolls on it for a while during ...
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How can I configure preseed to use a drive ONLY if it exists?
Some of the machines that I'm provisioning have a separate /dev/sdb to be used for /home, and some only have a single disk.
Is there a way I can set up preseed so that if /dev/sdb exists, it uses ...
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Doing an unattended PXE installation from a local NFS volume?
I'm trying to configure unattended Ubuntu Desktop (12.10) installations booting from PXE. I've got it working, but since I had to use the initrd.gz and kernel from the mini iso, it appears only to be ...
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How to modify Ubuntu Precise .iso preseed?
I'm trying to modify the installation sequence of Ubuntu Precise. I need add a repository package inside de iso.
I make my own apt repository mirror and add my own packages with reprepro includedeb. ...
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How do I automate the installation of acroread?
I would like to install acroread via script without interaction. Is there a way to pre-accept the license agreement?
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How can I preseed package installation without a network connection?
I am working to create an unattended offline installation of the Ubuntu Server 12.04.
I have everything preseeded so far, but I still can't figure out how to install other packages without requiring ...
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How do I preseed multiple partitions on one disk; /tmp /data /usr swap?
trying to get preseeding on 12.04 64bit with what should be a basic setup to work:
/dev/sda - the only drive beeing used
/ - rootfs - 100GB
/boot - 1GB
/tmp - 10GB
/data - should take all available ...
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How to enable lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso to PXE network install the graphical desktop?
I have successfully used lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso to PXE network install a server. But so far, I have not been able to get the desktop login installed regardless what I put in in the preseed ...
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How to preseed 12.10 desktop when the ubuntu-desktop package is missing?
I have been trying to use a preseed file to do PXE booting of a 12.10 desktop. Upon the first boot, I was greeted by a terminal with login prompt. Surprised, I checked the /var/log/installer/syslog ...
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A question about the cobbler-ubuntu-import bash script
I have been testing the latest cobbler for PXE booting Ubuntu 12.04.1-server-x86_64 and 12.10-server-x86_64 using a Scentific Linux 6.3 host to run the cobbler server. With the former, I got ...
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Preseed create two empty partitions (“do not use”) with partman
I have a question about preseeding. I need to create a simple partition table like this:
/ 10 G EXT3 primary
swap 8 G SWAP primary
100G "Do not use" primary (to be ...
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Continue with out a default route? [duplicate]
I am doing a complete unattended install of Ubuntu 12.04. I am doing static network configuration. Here is content for Static network configuration from the preseed file.
d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp ...
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Ubuntu installation PopUp Error
I have created a unattended ubuntu installation using preseed file.
And i want to pop up the error message in Ubuntu installation. If CPU itself doesn't support virtualization for KVM.
Is there ...
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Detect processor during preseed post-install script
Is it possible to detect the processor, such as by uname -p, from within a preseed post-install script? uname -p returns unknown, and in-target uname -p returns nothing.
I ask because I need to fetch ...
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Creating custom tasksel recipes for preseed.
I am trying to work on Automation installation. As for that i create a preseed on Ubuntu 12.04. And lucky its working perfect. But i want it more smarter. Like in pre-install script i mentioned ...
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How to use existing partition in preseeded installation?
I have a machine with 4 partitions:
sda1 - root
sda2 - swap
sda3 - tmp
sda4 - documents
When I run the installation I don't want to repartition the disk. Now I read on ...
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Preseeding: Can't access cdrom?
At work we often need to install Ubuntu Server and several extra packages while offline. To make this faster, I'm creating a custom Ubuntu Server install via preseeding (following this documentation: ...
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Can't automate user creation with preseeding
I'm creating KVM guest with following virt-install options and preseed.cfg, and always user creation dialog "[!!] Set up users and passwords" is shown.
How do I automate that section with preseeding?
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Can an apt proxy affect the use of dpkg?
I have been doing Ubuntu deployment using a preseed.cfg. After becoming comfortable with the packages being installed it was time to reduce download time and internet traffic by creating a mirror. I ...
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PXE Linux kernel line for Preseed
I want to setup a Preseed for my Edubuntu 12.04 on my PXE Server, running PXE Linux
but I can't seem to figure out how to add the Preseed.
LABEL Install edUbutnu Junior 12.04 x86
MENU LABEL ...
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Hash Sum Mismatch using preseed (Ubuntu Server 12.04)
My install through Preseed fails at around 80% on Select and Install Software.
In VT-4, I can see Hash Sum mismatch errors.
This may be because I am going through a firewall which is caching files.
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Automated installation using preseeding from url failed (from within VirtualBox)
I'm trying to do automated installation using preseeding from url, but it failed.
Basically, I'm following
Ubuntu Server Quick Install, No Questions Asked!
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Preseeding “netcfg/wireless_essid_again string (blank)” not skipping wireless setup questions? Works manually
I am trying to setup an automated install. One question I can't seem to preseed is the "netcfg/wireless_essid_again". The question asks to either enter an essid again, or enter blank to continue ...
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Ubuntu-installer fails preseed configuration file
I try to install Ubuntu 12.04 over network unattended. I installed a DHCP server (Dnsmasq), a TFTP server (tftpd-hpa), I got the netboot.tar.gz archive with the pxelinux.0 file, the pxelinux.cfg ...
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preseeded installation keeps asking for confirmation while creating RAID-Partitions on certain hardware-platform
I am aware of the partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite thing, that was the solution to most of this problems in the past.
The thing is, that the preseed-file works for almost all hardware-platforms I ...
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preseed-file with apt-proxy/approx
i'm using approx as a apt proxy in our network. It's still working. Now I try to install 12.04 using a preseed file. This ist the section for the mirror:
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i ...
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set installer background / not able to run early_command in custom preseed file
I have a custom preseed file for a Precise Live CD (which is well loaded on boot, I checked syslog for that).
My initial problem is that when booting in install mode (default behavior for a Live ...
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Which debconf preseed option to auto reboot after installation?
Another pressed config to find here .. auto reboot after installation
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Which debconf preseed option to install GRUB automatically to MBR?
NOTE: I'm using preseed here , this step should be done automatically from preseed config
This is the final step before finishing installation , install grub to MBR:
I'm not sure which debconf ...
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Disable confirmation for LVM in preseed file?
I'm not sure which debconf option should I use to bypass this disk change confirmation:
And does the order of debconf commands matters ?
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How do I modify this preseed snippet to partition my hard drive?
I'm attempting to create my first Ubuntu Server 10.04-4 LTS x64 preseed file and I'm afraid I can't figure out the hard drive partitioning aspect:
I have a 2TB hard disk that I need configured as ...
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How do I configure a preseed to skip the language support question?
I'm attempting to create a preseed configuration file for automating the install of
Ubuntu Server 10.04-4 LTS x64 via a bootable USB thumb drive and I've hit a major snag in the process. The ...
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How do I preseed Postfix's mailname?
I don't want postfix to ask for its mailname i just want it to use its fqdn name.
This is my preseed file
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How do I get prompted for a hostname in a preseed?
I want my automated install to ask me for a hostname.
This is my preseed file and this is my pxe startup conf
LABEL auto64-1110
MENU LABEL ^C Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit auto install met proxy
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How do I configure two NICs in ubuntu-server preseed? [closed]
I have a script that installs ubuntu server to a new virtual box instance via PXE and preseeding. So far it is working great, I can run a complete install and come out with a fresh machine with one ...
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Preseed late_command not running
I must be missing something obvious. I've taken over the development of a customised Ubuntu installation, which uses the 11.04 Desktop Live ISO with a customised preseed file to make the installation ...
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“No root filesystem” error when preseeding
I am trying to perform automatic installation of Ubuntu server (11.10).
My partitioning recipe is here:
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i ...
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How do I stop the installer putting invalid entries in my /etc/hosts file?
I have a number of Hardy hosts that seem to get an invalid hostname placed in their /etc/hosts during the installation process.
There's a line in /etc/hosts on a freshly built, unmodified host that ...
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Unable to install, “no root file system is defined” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“No root file system defined” error while installing ubuntu
I am trying to feed the pressed to ubiquity while installing Xubuntu 11.10 .
Following is what I ...
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How do I preseed a disk to 50% / and /tmp?
I need to install ubuntu server 10.04 by preseed file and part disk into 50% for / and rest for /tmp. I tried this:
# Partitioning
# use first hard drive SCSI/SATA:
d-i partman-auto/disk string ...
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Static IP value set in orchestra not being applied on installation [closed]
I have orchestra setup to make install through the network.
on my kickstart file I have this
# Static network configuration.
d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 10.1.1.249
d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress ...
