Automated installers - custom package selections - kickstart

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 05:37:46PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 03:50:07PM +0200, Andy Rabagliati wrote:
> >   What I need is a replacement for kickstart, the dandy redhat
> >   python-based installer.
> >
> >   Really, I just need to install a list of packages on top of a
> >   Base install, and run a monster 100K shell script that sets up
> >   configuration and preloads an LDAP directory.
> > 
> >   I like the look of the ubuntu minimal install, and for political
> >   reasons am investigating a shift from whitebox linux to something
> >   debian-based.
> > 
> >   Is the Ubuntu installer scriptable in this fashion ?
> 
> You can do this today, but it requires some depth of knowledge about how the
> installer works.

That's with the Hoary installer, not Warty. The required changes for
preseeding did not make it into Warty.

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]