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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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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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Debian 11 preseed gpt+swraid+lvm missing partition

I'm trying to get complete unattended installation of Debian bullseye. I need 3 mirrored gpt partitions: 1M for grub code 1G for /boot rest for lvm containing swap and rootfs The problem is that portman miss /boot partition creating just two…
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Ignore the warning less of swap partition while preseed loading

I have the automatisation debian preseed script. Here is partition rules with sharps for swap in my preseed file: !d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-crypto :: \ …
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How would I configure grub to skip the menu or set a timeout?

I was able to successfully configure PXE and pressed to get an entirely automated install running except for 1 issue: The GRUB menu pauses indefinitely until the user selects an option. I've got my grub configured with only a single menu option…
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Preseed partitioning

I search to automatize my partitioning on Ubuntu but I fail to have my partition like this diagram below and I don't understand all parameters I need in the preseed…
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Struggling with turning on the Project Quota in preseed (ext4, debian 11)

I'm trying to turn on the Project Quota on all my ext4 partitions during preseeded Debian 11 installation I've started with recipe like this below, with options/prjquota{ prjquota } oprtion, but this - unlikely to e.g. options/grpquota{ grpquota } -…
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Enabling verbose output during debian preseed installation, namely during software installation

During a Debian pre-seed automated installation onto a VM, the output is particularly... well, quiet. There's no transparency into the progress of things, or to even see the Aptitude output during the software installation process - just basic,…
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Debian installer won't exit after preseeded installation

I'm doing a preseeded installation that involves displaying debconf INFO messages right inside the debian installer. At the end of the late_command, I'm expecting the system to eject the installation cdrom, and reboot my instance. The problem is…
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How can I add a kernel argument to a debian preseed file?

I've been using Debian preseed files for a while now doing netinstalls of Debian and Ubuntu. Ubuntu 20.04 has a weird video problem even on the text terminal. After install, sometimes you can't see anything. The host is working over the network…
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