Questions tagged [automated-install]
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How to make my very own ubuntu minimal install?
I have made a complete application solution built on top of ubuntu.
Now that I have this ready; i'm looking to make my very own install of ubuntu (the smallest footprint possible with only the very bare minimal packages that my application…

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Scripted install of Sun Java JDK on Ubuntu 9.04
We are trying to script the install of the sun jdk on Ubuntu 9.04 and have it automatically accept the license agreement. I have seen something around the net about creating a file that the package looks for, but none of them were complete. Does…

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How to do an automated installation of Ubuntu on 100 Remote machines?
Help! I desperately need some advice / help...
I want an automated install (via CD or USB) of Ubuntu 10.04 ...on 100 remote machines located all over the country, using a Kickstart configuration file accessible from my web server.
How do I create…

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Error: XFS filesystem is not valid as a default fs type
Ultimate goal: Create an automated installation disk for CentOS, using a kickstart config file stored on an internal website.
What I've done: Created a script that
downloads an ISO
unpacks it
updates the isolinux.cfg file with my own menu…

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What do the 3 numbers mean in manual partitioning of HDD in Ubuntu preseed?
I see in official documentation this:
#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
# boot-root :: \
# 40 50 100 ext3 \
# …

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Automating install of several applications
I'm trying to discover a reliable way of bundling several applications that may use different installer software (InstallShield, MS installer Service, Wise, etc) and automating installation of them all in some fashion. I haven't seen any product out…
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Hard drive is not detected at early stage of unattended installation
I'm doing an unattended installation of Ubuntu-14.04-server with a USB drive and a preseed file on different type of servers (HP Proliant ML110, ML310, ML350). This preseed file contains multiple rules, including the configuration of partman-auto…

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Scripting out the installation of Team City agents
We have a reasonable-sized Team City installation and currently I am planning to add another 25 agents, 5 agents per machine. So far I was doing the installation manually:
Log into the server
Download and run agentInstaller.exe, add the agent…

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debian fully automatic install
I'm looking into booting up into FAI from a CD (I don't want to setup a PXE boot server).
Is it possible to have FAI boot from a CD and use the mac address to determine what to install without having to select from the dropdown?

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How to automate driver installation from .exe
I need to create an image which upon its first boot detects the graphics card type and installs the appropriate drivers before taking the next steps. This means I need to automate the installation process so that it happens without the user knowing,…

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Removing non-present hardware with Devcon?
I'm automating the removal of a USB printer from machines with Windows XP SP3.
To do this, I'm using Microsoft's Devcon Utility.
Running the command:
devcon findall…

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How to create a RHEL/CentOS boot media that automatically loads kickstart from the network?
I've build a local network where using DHCP, kickstart templating and local mirrors I can automate the installation of any RedHat-type operating system. It still requires me to go to the machine (or open a console if its a virtual machine), boot it…

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Is VMware's vmtar utility open-source?
So I've bumped up against some .vgz archives in VMware ESXi 4.1, which I've gathered to be specialized gzipped tar archives. This post has some info. These files can be manipulated using the /sbin/vmtar program in the ESXi scripted installer. I…

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Automate proftpd-basic install on ubuntu using apt-get
I'm trying to build a shell script to automate the installation of several packages onto an Ubuntu 10.04 server, and I'm having problems with proftpd-basic.
I'm using the command line
apt-get -qy install proftpd-basic >/tmp/install.log
For most…

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How to install an MSI package from a command prompt
We have several web sites that we deploy using an MSI package. One package per website.
This works fine manually:
we go into the control panel
uninstall the old version
then run the MSI, filling out some values, to install the new version
We…

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