autoinstall 20.04 with grub

[Jerry Geis]

Will do - thank you.

Jerry

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:41 PM Dimitri John Ledkov <
dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com> wrote:

> This mailing list is not appropriate for your questions.
>
> This mailing list is for developing the next release of Ubuntu itself.
> Not support or discussions around the stable series.
>
> Please join discourse.ubuntu.com to discuss Ubuntu Server installation
> options in the server topic - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/server/17
>
> There you will find this thread for example
> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/netbooting-the-live-server-installer/14510
>
> That has step by step guide on booting Ubuntu Server installer over
> the network. Specifically the initrd needs to know how to bring up
> network, i.e. "ip=dhcp" kernel cmdline option, and where to find the
> matching ISO for the kernel/initrd pair one is trying to launch the
> installer from i.e.
> "url=http://releases.ubuntu.com/focal/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso
> "
> if one is booting amd64 with the 20.04.1 media and got the
> vmlinuz/initrd pair from it.
>
> Please continue further discussions about the Ubuntu Server installer
> on https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/server/17
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 6:04 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a current system (grub boot) that I want to replace (its not
> ubuntu but centos).
> > So there  is no USB and no CD.
> >
> > I am trying to find what to put on the grub linux kernel line to boot up
> and install everything over teh network.
> >
> > I have autoinstall working from the USB - but I need it working from
> "network" only.
> >
> > I tried this:
> > append  initrd=/casper/initrd debian-installer/language=en
> fsck.mode=skip splash autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=
> https://myip/autoinstall/
> >
> > but it did not work.  it tries to find the cd at /dev/sr0 and never does
> of course.
> >
> > Is there something else I need to specify on the line ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jerry
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>
> Dimitri.
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