Ubuntu automated installs

[Jimmy Stewpot]

Hi,

Jimmy Stewpot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am attempting to get the 7.10 to install using the kickstart method 
> and have some questions which I am hoping to get answers to.
> 
> - When I put in packages I get what appears to be the full 
> ubuntu-desktop install. Is there any way to get "the server" install 
> with no desktop environment using kickstart?
> 

I have included the skipx section in the kickstart configuration file. 
It still makes no difference to the end installed product.

> I have also attempted to to use the normal installer with a preseed 
> file, I however get problems where It goes through a keyboard "press one 
> of these keys" style menu system no matter what options I try and 
> specify in the preseed. I have been unable to fully automate it.
> 

I have managed to tweak the preseed configuration file so the install is 
almost entirely automated. I am now however having similar problems to 
the ones I listed above for kickstart. Here is my preseed configuration.


# Ubuntu archive mirror hostname:
d-i     mirror/country  string  GB
d-i     mirror/http/countries   select  GB
d-i     mirror/protocol select  http
d-i     mirror/http/hostname    string  gb.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i     mirror/http/directory   string  /ubuntu/
d-i     mirror/suite    select  gutsy
d-i     mirror/codename string  gutsy
# Ubuntu archive mirror:
d-i     mirror/http/mirror      select  gb.archive.ubuntu.com
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/non-free      boolean false
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/use_mirror    boolean true
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/restricted    boolean true
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/universe      boolean true
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/multiverse    boolean true
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/contrib       boolean false
apt-mirror-setup        apt-setup/backports     boolean true

# Disk Setup
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
partman-auto    partman-auto/init_automatically_partition       select 
Guided - use entire disk
partman-auto    partman-auto/automatically_partition    select
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i  partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write 
changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true


# Network Configuraiton
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select uk
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string Europe/London
d-i console-tools/archs select uk

d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password XXXX
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false

popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
d-i pkgsel/include screen scsiadd scsitools setserial slocate 
smartmontools snmpd sudo sysstat tcpdump tcpslice tmpreaper unzip vim 
xinetd zip perl rsync openssh-server ntpdate ntp-server openssh-client 
lsb-base lsb-release ethtool libs
tdc++5-3.3-dev debconf-utils



It seems even with this configuration file I will still get all of the x 
garbage I do not want installed. All I want to do is install a server, 
no x, gnome, firefox etc. Can anyone give me assistance with that?

> Any advice would be great.
> 





> Regards,
> 
> James
> 

Further to the other issues above, The above preseed file will always 
end up with a menu asking me to press certain keys, I am assuming that 
its trying to work out what the keymap is. I specify it in the preseed 
and on the appended kernel line. In each case I have no success with the 
completely automated install.