I’m trying to use Ubuntu’s Preseed file to install ubuntu with RAID 1 with no LVM. Basically I want /dev/sda and /dev/sdb to be in RAID, no home and swap partition is needed. This is what I tried: d-i partman-auto/method string raid d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda /dev/sdb d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ multiraid :: \ 1000 … Read more
I’m currently trying to set up an unattended installation of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) through preseeding. But whenever I try to create a custom partition scheme, the Debian installer (which Ubuntu is using) produces a faulty partition table. I’ve taken the partition scheme described in the example preseed file: d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-root :: … Read more
I’m installing 14 Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 servers in an IBM Bladecenter.. I’m having trouble getting past the partitioner step with the preseed file I made. I think I’m having a problem here boot-root :: \ 40000 50 41000 ext4 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 … Read more
How can I preseed a pointopoint connection for the Debian installer? The following option didn’t work. d-i netcfg/get_pointopoint string 10.10.10.10 I need it because the default gateway for the new VM I create is outside the VMs Subnet. Answer I assume your purpose is to use something like a PPP or PPPoE connection? If you … Read more
In light of recent automation trends, I would like to be able to fully automate an install of Ubuntu. My my first problem was auto selection of the bootif with multiple NICs break Ubuntu/Debians preseed very badly. I ended up fixing that with the following kernel options. ksdevice=bootif netcfg/link_wait_timeout=10 netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 netcfg/choose_interface=auto auto-install/enable=true (Hope that part … Read more
I am performing an automated install of a custom ubuntu 14.04 server using a combination of preseed and kickstart methods. Everything is fine except the annoying grub confirmation message as shown below: The kickstart file: #Generated by Kickstart Configurator #platform=AMD64 or Intel EM64T #System language lang en_US #Language modules to install langsupport en_US #System keyboard … Read more
I’m trying to preseed an Ubuntu 16.04 on a SuperMicro server which has one 32 GiB SSD and two 1TB disks in RAID1 I configured in BIOS. My goal is to have this partitions: SSD: 2GB /boot 1 or 2GB swap 28GB / Raid: One lvm partition that fills the disk mounted in /opt This … Read more
I know this issue has been addressed a lot on the internet, but I never could find an answer that applies to my situation. I’m installing a Debian machine (9.3) using a PXE install, and a preseed file. When I’m configuring the preseed file to ignore missing firmware, the install continues fully unattended successfully. I … Read more
I’m trying to customise a user profile from preseed.cfg and some commands are working and some not. There is much conflicting snippets across the internet so googling actually does more harm than good. For example these work: in-target apt install -y –no-install-recommends …; \ in-target wget http://dx10.co.za/setup/dxt2.zip; \ And these do not: cd /target/home/$USER; \ … Read more
i’m trying to install a server via pxe with ubuntu 16.04. server. So what does fine is the PXE Boot label install (x86_64 – Ubuntu 16.04) menu label Installer (x86_64 – Ubuntu 16.04) kernel install/Ubuntu/16.04/linux append ks=http://insXXXX.XXXXXXX/kickstart/Ubuntu/16.04/release-XXXXXX.XXXXXXXXX.ks initrd=install/Ubuntu/16.04/initrd.gz i see in the log the the kickstart file is loaded but i fails on network setup. … Read more
