[Bug 1803667] Re: new requirement for Automatic Installation

[ Christian Ehrhardt ]

Hi Yuhua,
I think we need understand more what the actual request is about.
In general we are open to improve the installation paths and do so often, but in this case it is yet unclear what you actually request.

I'll start with a few questions that come to my mind (surely incomplete) and subscribe a few people that deal with install/deployment more often to get the discussion started.
Please help us sorting out what this is about exactly to then finally allow us to give you an answer if we are interested to do so.

Questions:
1. what format the answers you read from the disk? Is it a file, if so what does it contain, examples if possible?
2. Actually - is it you "vmware software" that reads these files from this disk to then do something with it? Or is it the "Distribution boot/installer" that reads this file to auto-configure and deploy?
3. What do you mean with "the other CD/DVD with OEMDRV label"?
   Is that a real Disk/ISO or just a small virtual disk that holds configuration for the 
   installation?
   (Sounds like cloud-init user data, but could as well be something totally else ?!?)
4. What are the different types you refer to for desktop/server/live-server today (I assume preseeds and such)?
5. can you list examples or if possible the full spec of values that you want to define through those mechanisms?

If we could clarify most of that before the call in ~two weeks from now
we could try bringing the right people together there.

** Changed in: base-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  new requirement for Automatic Installation

Status in base-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Some linux distributions(such as SLES and redhat) support to scan the
  other CD/DVD with OEMDRV label to get the answers file automatically
  for automatic installation and there is no need to change offical ISO.

  But for ubuntu, it's much more complicated and it's different to
  customize different types of ISOs(ubuntu 18.04-desktop.iso ubuntu
  18.04-server.iso, ubuntu 18.04-live-server.iso).

  Would ubuntu have any plan to support this way to install OS
  automatically like SLES/redhat ?

  Thanks.

  Best regards
  Yuhua Zou

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