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The hostname is assigned by the dhcp server. Comments in the example preseed file note that the dhcp assigned name will take precedence. If there is no way to change this behavior, the hostname can be changed from the System->Preferences menu after installation. This might be incorporated into a post-install script. | The hostname is assigned by the dhcp server. Comments in the example preseed file note that the dhcp assigned name will take precedence. If there is no way to change this behavior, the hostname can be changed from the System->Preferences menu after installation. This might be incorporated into a post-install script. | ||
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| + | ''Net install with preseed''<br> | ||
| + | I modified ''preseed.cfg'' to take care of the login name, password re-enter, and the partitioning scheme. The other items that ask for user response are resisting solution. I found a related foruim post that has some suggestions that sound promising, but the target platforms were x86, so they might not work for powerpc: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=434405 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=434405] | ||
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| + | There are some other example ''preseed.cfg'' files out there along with some other info, having varying degrees of applicability: | ||
| + | *http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2007/04/17/unattended-debian-installations-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-preseedcfg/ | ||
| + | *http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/example-preseed.txt | ||
| + | *http://dotfiles.org/~voyeg3r/preseed.cfg | ||
| + | *http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-unattended-ubuntu-network-install-preseed-p5 | ||
| + | *http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed | ||
Revision as of 23:00, 12 November 2007
07Nov07
Net install with preseed
Vagrant reworked the ppc net boot/install directories. I added a preseed.cfg file to initrd.img, replaced the existing copy, and tried a net install with promising results.
Some settings still asked for user response:
- oem login name
- password re-enter
- partition scheme Guided
- confirm disk to partition
- country with mirror
- mirror url
The hostname is assigned by the dhcp server. Comments in the example preseed file note that the dhcp assigned name will take precedence. If there is no way to change this behavior, the hostname can be changed from the System->Preferences menu after installation. This might be incorporated into a post-install script.
12Nov07
Net install with preseed
I modified preseed.cfg to take care of the login name, password re-enter, and the partitioning scheme. The other items that ask for user response are resisting solution. I found a related foruim post that has some suggestions that sound promising, but the target platforms were x86, so they might not work for powerpc: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=434405
There are some other example preseed.cfg files out there along with some other info, having varying degrees of applicability:
- http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2007/04/17/unattended-debian-installations-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-preseedcfg/
- http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/example-preseed.txt
- http://dotfiles.org/~voyeg3r/preseed.cfg
- http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-unattended-ubuntu-network-install-preseed-p5
- http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed