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preseed command string fail with newline character using virt-install initrd-inject
I am creating a new virtual machine using libvirt's virt-install command. The command pulls a local preseed file from the hypervisor using initrd-inject:
virt-install \
--autostart \
--name vm1 \
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Ubuntu Preseed not using local mirror
I have a full ubuntu mirror located on the server
http://leelah.home.ianwilson.org/ubuntu/
In my preseed.cfg file, I have the following d-i config for selecting my country mirror:
d-i ...
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Install package to use with early_command in Ubuntu preseed file
I'm trying to make api calls during an ubuntu install using curl, but it always returns the error code 127 which means the command does not exist, this is what it looks like:
d-i ...
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preseeding locales in debian
I am trying to use debconf to preseed the values for the locales package in Debian squeeze, so that I can reconfigure it non-interactively to, e.g., generate all locales. I extract the right selection ...
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How do I preseed a simple RAID5 setup on Ubuntu Server? [closed]
I have three 2TB drives in the machine; I want a RAID5 of ~4TB capacity, and 100GB or so of swap space. No LVM, no encryption, no fanciness. This is easy to do using the interactive installer, but I'm ...
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Debian: preseed partitioning results in deadlock
I'm using this code in my preseed.cfg for debian testing (wheezy):
#Partman
partman-auto partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select 50some_device__________regular
partman-auto ...
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Run preseed commands as specific user / switching users
Beside the usual setup where I create a normal user foo, I want to run a few
d-i preseed/late_command commands as that foo user.
My initial thought was to simply call those commands with sudo, e.g:
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Install a KVM guest with LVM partitioning on an LVM partitioned host using virt-install fails, volume group already exists
our setup consists of a ubuntu 10.04 kvm host server with LVM, on top of which we install the ubuntu 10.04 virtual machines via virt-install and preseed. Each VM has a dedicated logical volume which ...
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Ubiquity automatic install stops at keyboard layout chooser
I am trying to automate an Ubuntu (12.04.1 64-bit) installation using Ubiquity and preseed on a desktop live CD. It almost works fine. I edited the txt.cfg and added
label unattended
menu label ...
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Is it possible to use preseed/url with authentication?
We are using a preseed.cfg via preseed/url to automate system deployment/configuration. The preseed files are kept in source control (Subversion). This makes them readily available via HTTP, with ...
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debian 6 preseeding keeps asking “Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?”
I try to use an expert recipe configuring lvm for debian 6.0.5 netinstall. I don't want to be asked any questions, but it keeps asking me "Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?"
Here is part ...
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preseeding debian netinstall does not get preseed file via http
I am trying to do a preconfigured netinstall of debian 6, using preseeding. I have setup a tftp server, which serves kernel and initrd, however the parameters specifying the preseed file seam not to ...
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Ubuntu installer over PXE doesn't see network adapters => can't download preseed
I'm booting one virtualbox VM from another virtualbox VM (with cobbler) over PXE. Both machines have 2 adapters: 1) external network and 2) host-only network.
The "client" VM successfully boots into ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 - Automated install from USB via preseeding
I'm trying to do an automated install of Ubuntu 11.10 a box that has no keyboard, mouse or video. I'using a USB live drive created through Ubuntu's startup disk creator and testing on a VM for now.
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Why does this preseed for gitolite fail?
I'm installing gitolite on a Debian Squeeze box with the following preseed:
gitolite gitolite/gituser string git
gitolite gitolite/adminkey string ssh-rsa AAAAB3ECT
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Specifying preseed for debian installer inside the initrd as a kernel argument
I'm setting up an installer using both PXE and USB, and it works well, however I need to add a few different options to the boot menu to use different preseed files. This is for different situations, ...
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Ubuntu preseed install fails: VFS: Cannot open root device “(null)” or unknown-block
I'm attempting to do an Ubuntu 11.10 server install using a preseed file for the first time.
I created my preseed file by starting with the example file and just uncommenting/choosing what seemed ...
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Ensure USB disk is never sda, even when booting from it
Some Background...
I think this should be a general linux kernel (or kernel module) related question, though I'm facing the issue while preseeding debian for an automated installation.
Every time I ...
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How to use/debug Debian preseed with SSL using Startssl Certs
preseeding work perfect for me using:
auto url=http://mydomain.com/preseed.cfg
but as soon as i use a https connection, it doesn't work any more.
auto url=https://mydomain.com/preseed.cfg
with ...
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Warnings about partition tables on /dev/md? during preseed installation. (Debian Lenny)
I'm setting up an environment to install many Lenny machines at once and I need to avoid any dialog with the process, corner cases aside. One thing that consistently troubles me is that after my ...
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When seeding a Windows DFS replication copy, do you need to copy security?
I may need to rebuild a 1TB Windows 2008 DFS replication folder between our UK and USA sites. It's good practise to seed the other copy before starting replication so that the bulk of the data doesn't ...
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Ubuntu 10.10 / Debian preseed keyboard origin seed
Using a preseed file for Ubuntu 10.10 alternate, I am unable to skip pass the "Origin of keyboard" question. Any ideas why? My preseed file is as below
Reference link here
#### Contents of the ...
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How can I install a system with apt-get without ncurses configuration screens?
I wrote a BASH script for doing an unattendend install on an ARM based Debian system. One of the packages being installed is samba.
I added
apt-get -y install samba
into my setup routine, but ...
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Mount.cifs not supported during pxe install, but working after reboot. Why?
I'm having trouble adding to AD on pxe-unattended install.
The problem is on mount.cifs, a script wich gives me the following error on pxe boot install, works 2 minutes later, after the reboot.
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Ubuntu Kickstart installation using LVM waits for input
I have a PXE Boot Setup for installing CentOS 5 and Ubuntu 10.04 via Kickstart. I use LVM and installing CentOS without any user interaction works but Ubuntu always asks to "confirm to write changes ...
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How do you install Ubuntu Server with a custom kernel?
I'm installing Ubuntu Server in a machine that has certain RAID controller not supported by the default kernel. A patch for the kernel has to be downloaded and compiled as a module for this to work.
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PXE boot and DHCP server configuration Failing Auto Installation
I have a ISC DHCP Server installed on Ubuntu 9.10 . I have managed to successfully boot a PXE client , obtain a DHCP address and load the initrd.gz file. But I am facing a vague problem when the ...
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DFS-R pre-populated target folders STILL overwrite. How to avoid that?
I have 2 servers that I'm testing with, before I do this in live environment. Server 2003 R2, fully patched.
I have 20 gig of data on server1 and I want to replicate that to a folder on server2. If ...
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Debian preseed late_command is not executed
On /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat i says this:
Name: preseed/late_command
Template: preseed/late_command
Value: wget ...
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How to get HTTP preseed to work correctly on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid)?
Installation media: ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
I tried a lot of different boot parameters, but either the installer ignored the preseed configuration, or it boot itself directly as LiveCD.
An ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 preseed unattended install results in faulty partition table
I'm currently trying to set up an unattended installation of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) through preseeding. But whenever I try to create a custom partition scheme, the Debian installer (which Ubuntu is ...
