Issue install 20.04 with autoinstall

[Tom H]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 1:33 AM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com>
wrote:


> So - If I use the "standard"
>
>  storage:
>   layout:
>    name: direct
>
> And use the live-server 20.04 CD - and hit F6 and enter my
> "autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=https://XXX/pathToAutoinstall
> This works - You example storage works also... So that is great.

Good! You're welcome.


> However - what I was trying to do is "remotely" update an OLD
> linux install and replace with 20.04. so to do that I was trying
> edit the /etc/grub.d/40_custom and the menu item autoinstall
> ds=nocloud-net;s=https://XXX/pathToAutoinstall ip=dhcp
> url=pathToLiveServer set the /etc/default/grub to the id of my
> 40_custom and run the grub - update for the old system. This boots
> and starts - but I get that silly grub_device message.
>
> What am I not doing correctly to "remotely" update an old linux
> box.

As I said in my earlier reply today, you're going to have to run some
pre-installation LVM commands in order to create a 2nd LV within the
CentOS VG (to keep it simple), and use that LV as Ubuntu's root
volume.