preseed.cfg

#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for &releasename;)
### Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us

### Network configuration
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string ubuntu
d-i netcfg/get_domain string

### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string 10.0.1.3:4001
d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

### Clock and time zone setup
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean false

### Partitioning
d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true

### Base system installation

### Account setup
d-i passwd/user-fullname string Developer
d-i passwd/username string developer
d-i passwd/user-password password secret
d-i passwd/user-password-again password secret

### Apt setup
d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true
d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true
d-i apt-setup/backports boolean false
d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security
d-i apt-setup/security_host string 10.0.1.3:4001
d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu

### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none

### Boot loader installation
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true

### Finishing up the installation
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
# d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true

### X configuration

### Preseeding other packages
user-setup-udeb user-setup/encrypted-private boolean false

#### Advanced options
### Running custom commands during the installation

pxelinux.cfg

menu hshift 13
menu width 49
menu margin 8

menu title Installer boot menu
default install
label install
	menu label ^Install
	kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
	append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz auto url=http://10.0.1.3:4000/preseed.cfg locale=en_US console-setup/ask_detect=false console-setup/layoutcode=us netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 hostname=ubuntu -- quiet
	
prompt 0
timeout 0

Rakefile

QEMU_IMG = '/Applications/Q.app/Contents/MacOS/qemu-img'
QEMU     = '/Applications/Q.app/Contents/MacOS/i386-softmmu.app/Contents/MacOS/i386-softmmu'

directory 'tmp'

file '/tmp/ubuntu-cdrom' do
  sh 'hdiutil attach vendor/ubuntu-8.10-server-i386.iso -mountpoint /tmp/ubuntu-cdrom'
end

file 'tmp/netboot' => ['config/preseed.cfg', 'config/pxelinux.cfg', 'tmp', '/tmp/ubuntu-cdrom'] do
  sh 'cp -r /tmp/ubuntu-cdrom/install/netboot tmp/'
  sh 'chmod -R u+w tmp/netboot'
  sh 'cp config/preseed.cfg  tmp/netboot/'
  sh 'cp config/pxelinux.cfg tmp/netboot/pxelinux.cfg/default'
end

directory 'vm'

def webrick(directory, port)
  require 'webrick'
  server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => port, :DocumentRoot => directory)
  thread = Thread.new { server.start }
  trap('INT') { server.shutdown }
end

file 'vm/base.img' => ['tmp/netboot', '/tmp/ubuntu-cdrom', 'vm'] do
  webrick('config', 4000)
  webrick('/tmp/ubuntu-cdrom', 4001)
  sh "#{QEMU_IMG} create -f qcow2 vm/base.img 1G"
  sh "#{QEMU} -m 256M -boot n -tftp tmp/netboot -bootp /pxelinux.0 -no-reboot vm/base.img "
end

file 'vm/system.img' do
  sh 'cp vm/base.img vm/system.img'
end

# NOTE we can boot this without graphics and ssh into it!
task :boot => 'vm/system.img' do
  sh "#{QEMU} -m 256M vm/system.img -redir tcp:2222::22"
end