own ubuntu meta-distribution / installer problems

[(``-_-´´) -- Fernando]

Do you mean something like APTOnCD?
http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/

On 3/13/07, Tim Eighty <alleighty at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm am trying to create my own meta-distrib out of ubuntu.
> The reason for this is that i have to modify the default packing list as
> ubuntu-standard is way to large for my needs and I will also have to include
> my own (aditional+modified) packages for our oem setup.
>
> So i am trying to create my own packing-list as i believe that modifying
> ubuntu-standard is not a good idea at all (as the risk of beeing overwritten
> with the next update ist too high and then the customer installation gets
> poisoned).
>
> Ok, i have my own ftp server running, created my own packing list (lets say
> myubuntu-standard) and set up a preseeding file. I also used the mini.iso
> (feisty) for the network-install as a starting point and modified it for my
> needs.
> After doing a hundreds of installations i found most of the d-i options but
> still can't get the installer to use myubuntu-standard. It continues using
> ubuntu-standard regardless what i am telling. I tried to set:
>
> tasksel tasksel/first multiselect myubuntu-standard
> tasksel tasksel/tasks multiselect myubuntu-standard
> d-i     pkgsel/install-pattern  string ~t^myubuntu-standard$
>
> anything without success. Still goes on installing ubuntu-standard. :(
> So is there any recommended way for creating a meta-distribution or defining
> own default packages?
>
>
> Another problem with the installer:
> I created my own partman-auto/expert_recipe looking like this (derived from
> the preseed example):
> d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string my-hd ::           \
>               400 10000 1000000000 ext3                       \
>                       $primary{ } $bootable{ }                \
>                       method{ format } format{ }              \
>                       use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \
>                       mountpoint{ / }                         \
>                .
> so there should only be on partition for everything, no swap.
> 1st problem: it always creates an extended partition for the / (root). How can
> I prevent this?
> 2nd prob: It continues asking "You did not define a swap partition. Do you
> want to go back?"
> If i preseed this with
> partman-basicfilesystems partman-basicfilesystems/no_swap boolean false
> but then the installer hangs in an endless loop. And i did not find any other
> preseed-options that have to do with swap. Any idea whats going wrong?
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
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