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Ubuntu 16.04 Preseed
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| 1) Format a USB stick as mbr w/ bootable/primary/active fat32 partition and install syslinux onto it | |
| 2) Copy these files onto the USB stick | |
| http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/initrd.gz | |
| http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/vmlinuz | |
| http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04.0/ubuntu-16.04-server-amd64.iso | |
| ^ important part is to get the 16.04.0 iso when using dists/xenial/main initrd & vmlinuz OR to use the latest iso when from dists/xenial-updates/main | |
| ^ fwiw an apt-get upgrade is performed at the end of installation via preseed | |
| 4) Create syslinux.cfg on the USB stick | |
| default install | |
| label install | |
| menu default | |
| menu label ^Install | |
| kernel vmlinuz | |
| append vga=788 initrd=initrd.gz net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 auto-install/enable=true debconf/priority=critical netcfg/choose_interface=auto preseed/file=/hd-media/preseed.cfg | |
| 5) Create preseed.cfg on the USB stick – exercise left to reader |
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| # regional setting | |
| d-i debian-installer/language string en_US:en | |
| d-i debian-installer/country string US | |
| d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US | |
| d-i debian-installer/quiet boolean false | |
| d-i debian-installer/splash boolean false | |
| d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8 | |
| d-i pkgsel/language-packs multiselect en | |
| d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false | |
| # keyboard selection | |
| d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false | |
| d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105 | |
| d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us | |
| d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string intl | |
| d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us(intl) | |
| d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us | |
| d-i debconf/language string en_US:en | |
| # network settings | |
| d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto | |
| d-i netcfg/get_hostname string server | |
| d-i netcfg/get_domain string local | |
| d-i netcfg/hostname string server.local | |
| d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 5 | |
| d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 5 | |
| # mirror settings | |
| d-i mirror/country string US | |
| d-i mirror/http/mirror string us.archive.ubuntu.com | |
| d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu | |
| # clock and timezone settings | |
| d-i time/zone string America/New_York | |
| d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true | |
| d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true | |
| # user account setup | |
| # credentials: root/root | |
| d-i passwd/make-user boolean false | |
| d-i passwd/root-login boolean true | |
| d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $6$MEyO2nI7q0tgBbd4$Zg/y4Sc149VWuq9yMhzgt54PLu7wMfZL.iC605RrIh15TB5AWDOWQ62Ok63PrtNSAp9fZL6mNJAthLQvsm41Y/ | |
| d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false | |
| d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true | |
| # configure apt | |
| d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true | |
| d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true | |
| d-i apt-setup/backports boolean true | |
| d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security | |
| d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com | |
| d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu | |
| tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ubuntu-server, openssh-server | |
| openssh-server openssh-server/permit-root-login boolean true | |
| d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none | |
| d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none | |
| d-i pkgsel/updatedb boolean true | |
| ### partitioning | |
| d-i partman/filter_mounted boolean false | |
| d-i partman/unmount_active boolean false | |
| d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda | |
| d-i partman-auto/method string lvm | |
| d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true | |
| d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string system | |
| d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ | |
| boot-root :: \ | |
| 1074 1 1074 ext2 \ | |
| $primary{ } \ | |
| $bootable{ } \ | |
| method{ format } \ | |
| format{ } \ | |
| use_filesystem{ } \ | |
| filesystem{ ext2 } \ | |
| mountpoint{ /boot } \ | |
| options/noatime{ noatime } \ | |
| . \ | |
| 100% 2 100% linux-swap \ | |
| lv_name{ swap } \ | |
| $lvmok{ } \ | |
| method{ swap } \ | |
| format{ } \ | |
| . \ | |
| 0 3 -1 ext4 \ | |
| lv_name{ root } \ | |
| $lvmok{ } \ | |
| method{ lvm } \ | |
| format{ } \ | |
| use_filesystem{ } \ | |
| filesystem{ ext4 } \ | |
| mountpoint{ / } \ | |
| options/noatime{ noatime } \ | |
| . | |
| d-i partman-basicmethods/method_only boolean false | |
| d-i partman/choose_partition select finish | |
| d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true | |
| d-i partman/confirm boolean true | |
| d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true | |
| d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true | |
| d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true | |
| d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true | |
| d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true | |
| d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true | |
| d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true | |
| # bootloader | |
| d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true | |
| d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true | |
| d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default | |
| d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 audit=0 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 | |
| # finish installation | |
| d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note | |
| d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean false | |
| d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean true | |
| d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean false | |
| d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean false |
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