bootlive-cdpreseedsystem-installation
I've downloaded Ubuntu Desktop Live media and was unable to preseed installation changing boot args to:
boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz net.ifnames=0 auto-install/enable=true debconf/priority=critical interface=auto preseed/url=http://10.0.0.2/ubuntu-16.04/preseed.cfg
Live CD booted and downloaded preseed file, but keeps asking all questions for installation.
I've found this:
http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.automated-installation.html
Which gives me:
sudo apt-get install debconf-utils
sudo debconf-get-selections --installer
the later will dump the answered question in preseed's format, still a lot of garbage in the output. But the answer seems here.
execute it without root level to see the path of answer file, for me:
/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat
Some link(s) I've found, not enough reputation to post more ;)
At the bottom of this page you will find most of the main links to become a preseed master.
I was able to figure out all of my issues except for preseeding the Edubuntu-specific questions, so I am going to resort to an Ubuntu vanilla install with the following customizations. I will be installing the Edubuntu packages and setting more things up with bash scripts that I will run from SSH.
keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us and console-setup/ask_detect=false boot parametersubiquity ubiquity/success_command string in-target apt-get -y purge packageubiquity ubiquity/success_command string in-target apt-get -y install openssh-server;ubiquity ubiquity/success_command string (see EBA.seed below)isolinux/isolinux.cfg
# D-I config version 2.0 include menu.cfg default vesamenu.c32 prompt 0 timeout 50 ui gfxboot bootlogo
isolinux/txt.cfg
default unattended-EBA-install label unattended-EBA-install menu label ^Install for EBA unattended kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi append file=/cdrom/preseed/EBA.seed keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us and console-setup/ask_detect=false boot=casper automatic-ubiquity noprompt initrd=/casper/initrd.lz -- label live menu label ^Try Ubuntu without installing kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi append file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- label live-install menu label ^Install Ubuntu kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi append file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- label check menu label ^Check disc for defects kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi append boot=casper integrity-check initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- label memtest menu label Test ^memory kernel /install/mt86plus label hd menu label ^Boot from first hard disk localboot 0x80
preseed/EBA.seed
#### Custom Preseed for EBA
### by Kevin
### Ubuntu/Edubuntu 14.04
##################################################################################
### General
###################
# Preseed empty to avoid the summary page
ubiquity ubiquity/summary string empty
# reboot automatically, add 'noprompt' to the kernel command line
ubiquity ubiquity/reboot boolean true
### Localization
####################
# Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
# Keyboard selection
# Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection.
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
ubiquity languagechooser/language-name select English
ubiquity countrychooser/shortlist select US
ubiquity localechooser/supported-locales en_US.UTF-8
ubiquity console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
### Network configuration
#############################
# Disable network configuration entirely. This is useful for cdrom
# installations on non-networked devices where the network questions,
# warning and long timeouts are a nuisance.
d-i netcfg/enable boolean false
# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
#d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
# The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
#d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish
# If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can
# configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or
# change to false to disable asking.
d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
### Mirror settings
# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
#d-i mirror/country string manual
#d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
#d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/http/proxy string http://proxy:8002
### Account setup
####################
# To create a normal user account.
d-i passwd/user-fullname string EBA Tech
d-i passwd/username string eba
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password ****
### Clock and time zone setup
# Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC.
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
# You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of
# /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values.
d-i time/zone string US/Eastern
# Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
# NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here.
#d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.example.com
### Partitioning
#####################
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home: separate /home partition
# - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
### Base system installation
################################
### Apt setup
# You can choose to install restricted and universe software, or to install
# software from the backports repository.
#d-i apt-setup/backports boolean true
d-i apt-setup/extras boolean true
d-i apt-setup/multiverse boolean true
d-i apt-setup/partner boolean true
d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true
d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true
# Use non-free packages
ubiquity ubiquity/use_nonfree boolean true
# Policy for applying updates. May be "none" (no automatic updates),
# "unattended-upgrades" (install security updates automatically), or
# "landscape" (manage system with Landscape).
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades
### Boot loader installation
# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
# if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
### More Fun!
#############################
#ubiquity ubiquity/edubuntu-addon_fallback_install booolean false
#ubiquity ubiquity/edubuntu-addon_ltsp_install booolean false
#ubiquity ubiquity/edubuntu-addon_ltsp_interface select eth0
#ubiquity ubiquity/install/generate-blacklist multiselect ubuntu-edu-preschool ubuntu-edu-primary ubuntu-edu-tertiary
# Install/remove packages, set hostname, install wifi drivers
ubiquity ubiquity/success_command string \
in-target apt-get -y install openssh-server; \
in-target apt-get -y purge unity-scope-imdb unity-scope-musicstores unity-scope-zotero unity-scope-click-autopilot \
unity-scope-deviantart unity-scope-gallica unity-scope-gdocs unity-scope-github unity-scope-googlenews \
unity-scope-launchpad unity-scope-mediascanner unity-scope-onlinemusic unity-scope-openweathermap \
unity-scope-soundcloud unity-scope-sshsearch unity-scope-yahoostock unity-lens-photos unity-lens-video \
unity-scope-audacious unity-scope-chromiumbookmarks unity-scope-clementine unity-scope-click unity-scope-colourlovers \
unity-scope-gdrive unity-scope-gmusicbrowser unity-scope-gourmet unity-scope-guayadeque unity-scope-mediascanner2 \
unity-scope-musique unity-scope-openclipart unity-scope-texdoc unity-scope-tomboy unity-scope-video-remote \
unity-scope-virtualbox unity-scope-yelp unity-webapps-service account-plugin-ubuntuone ubuntu-purchase-service \
deja-dup indicator-messages empathy gwibber thunderbird transmission-gtk pidgin; \
if [ "$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag)" != "" ]; then \
in-target hostname $(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag) ;\
in-target sed -i "1s/.*/$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag)/" /etc/hostname ; \
in-target sed -i "2s/.*/127.0.1.1\t$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag)/" /etc/hosts; \
else \
in-target hostname $(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name) ;\
in-target sed -i "1s/.*/$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name)/" /etc/hostname ;\
in-target sed -i "2s/.*/127.0.1.1\t$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name)/" /etc/hosts; \
fi; \
if [ lspci -d 14e4:4315 ]; then \
in-target apt-get -qq install firmware-b43-installer || in-target apt-get -qq install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer; \
fi;
Best Answer
It old, but it may worth consider... Try using alternate ISO, it says here (https://serverfault.com/questions/143296/how-to-get-http-preseed-to-work-correctly-on-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid) that preseed don't work with desktop iso
I succeed with server ISO with this boot line : ESC + F6 + ESC, then edit boot line with :
Edit : Work better with what in bold
install auto=true priority=critical url=http://IP/path/to/file/filename initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet ---
The reason why preseed appear to not working with Desktop ISO seems related to ubuntu installer which for desktop is now Ubiquity
Ref.: Preseeding does not work properly in Ubuntu 14.04
Ubiquity links: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubiquity https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbiquityAutomation
So you may search about that to figure out how to preseed Desktop ISO properly.