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Preseeding provides a way to set answers to questions asked during the installation process of a Debian operating system.

Preseeding provides a way to set answers to questions asked during the installation process of a Debian operating system, without having to manually enter the answers while the installation is running. This makes it possible to fully automate most types of installation and even offers some features not available during normal installations.

Preseeding methods:

  1. Adding the preseed file to the installer's initrd.gz

    Installation can be fully automated by adding a preseed file to the installer ISO's initrd.gz. The downside of this method is that net installer has to be generated whenever a preseed file is modified.

  2. Autoloading the preseeding file from a webserver via DHCP

    If you have control over the DHCP server on your network, this method allows fully automated installations.

  3. Loading the preseeding file from a webserver

    Type "auto url=http://webserver/path/preseed.cfg", replacing the URL with the address to your preseed configuration file

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Ubuntu 16.04. Netinstall kickstart fails

i'm trying to install a server via pxe with ubuntu 16.04. server. So what does fine is the PXE Boot label install (x86_64 - Ubuntu 16.04) menu label Installer (x86_64 - Ubuntu 16.04) kernel install/Ubuntu/16.04/linux append …
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Debian preseed.cfg formatting

I'm trying to customise a user profile from preseed.cfg and some commands are working and some not. There is much conflicting snippets across the internet so googling actually does more harm than good. For example these work: in-target apt install…
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PXE install of Debian Stretch to a host with two network devices

I know this issue has been addressed a lot on the internet, but I never could find an answer that applies to my situation. I'm installing a Debian machine (9.3) using a PXE install, and a preseed file. When I'm configuring the preseed file to ignore…
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Ubuntu preseed partman-auto with a ssd end a lvm on RAID

I'm trying to preseed an Ubuntu 16.04 on a SuperMicro server which has one 32 GiB SSD and two 1TB disks in RAID1 I configured in BIOS. My goal is to have this partitions: SSD: 2GB /boot 1 or 2GB swap 28GB / Raid: One lvm partition that fills the…
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Automated install using preesed - grub confirmation message issue

I am performing an automated install of a custom ubuntu 14.04 server using a combination of preseed and kickstart methods. Everything is fine except the annoying grub confirmation message as shown below: The kickstart file: #Generated by Kickstart…
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Debian/Installer Preseed Remove Post Install Kernel Options + Multi NIC Preseed Tip

In light of recent automation trends, I would like to be able to fully automate an install of Ubuntu. My my first problem was auto selection of the bootif with multiple NICs break Ubuntu/Debians preseed very badly. I ended up fixing that with the…
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Preeseding a debian stable install with a complex partitioning scheme - missing physical volume

My personal systems run on: An open /boot partition separately random key encrypted /tmp and swap partitions and a password encrypted btrfs lvm volume holding everything else. My latest project is to use preseeding of the debian installer and try…
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How do I preseed a pointopoint option in Debian?

How can I preseed a pointopoint connection for the Debian installer? The following option didn't work. d-i netcfg/get_pointopoint string 10.10.10.10 I need it because the default gateway for the new VM I create is outside the VMs Subnet.
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Foreman Unattended Installation

I am currently hard coding a preseed configuration to install foreman on a new machine together with Ubuntu 12.04. The intention is to be able to reproducably create a foreman installation which deploys openstack on brand new machines via PXE. I…
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Where does the preseed file go for Ubuntu server iso install?

I'm installing a bunch of Ubuntu Server VMs from ISO, and would like to edit the ISO to include a custom preseed. I have all the docs here: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/i386/preseed-using.html#preseed-loading However I'm a bit…
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Ubuntu Server Preseed issues (Partitioning)

I'm installing 14 Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 servers in an IBM Bladecenter.. I'm having trouble getting past the partitioner step with the preseed file I made. I think I'm having a problem here boot-root :: \ 40000 50 41000 ext4 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ }…
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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. Does anyone have an idea about what is happening…
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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 I use robocopy to make an exact copy of the…
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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 using) produces a faulty partition table. I've…
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Preseed web/PHP front end

Has anyone come across a front-end (web based PHP preferably) for generating preseed files for automated server installs? Seems like the backend config changes occasionally so I'm sure keeping it up to date is a pain. Even if just the expert_recipe…
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