server installation is not reading the preseed file

[Dan Sheffner]

Asif,

Are you trying to boot off PXE boot?  I actually wrote a small wiki entry
for lucid 64 bit.

https://www.frackingtubes.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_preseed.cfg_installs_off_PXE_Boot

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have this isolinux.cfg file but my installation is not reading the
> preseed.cfg file from my custom cd image.
>
> I built it using this method
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization
>
> # cat /opt/image/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
> serial 0
> console 0
> prompt 1
> default install
> label install
>  menu label ^Install Ubuntu Server
>  kernel /install/vmlinuz
>  append  preseed/file=/cdrom/preseed.cfg initrd=/install/initrd.gz --
> console=ttyS0,9600n8
>
>
> # cat /opt/image/preseed.cfg file looks like this
>
> d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
> d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
> d-i     netcfg/disable_dhcp     boolean true
> d-i     netcfg/get_nameservers  string  192.168.3.65
> d-i     netcfg/get_ipaddress    string  192.168.0.28
> d-i     netcfg/get_netmask      string  255.255.255.0
> d-i     netcfg/get_gateway      string  192.168.0.1
> d-i     netcfg/confirm_static   boolean true
> d-i     mirror/http/proxy       string
> d-i     netcfg/choose_interface select eth0
> d-i     netcfg/wireless_wep     string
> d-i     netcfg/get_hostname     string host.example.net
> d-i     netcfg/get_domain       string example.net
> d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
> d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console
> d-i network-console/password password secret
> d-i network-console/password-again password secret
>
> But my installation still asked me about all these.
>
> I am trying to install ubuntu lucid 64bit server
>
>
> content of the cd image
>
> /opt/images# ls
> README.diskdefines  dists  isolinux    pics  preseed      ubuntu
> cdromupgrade        doc    install              md5sum.txt  pool
>  preseed.cfg
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> --
> Asif Iqbal
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>
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