Hello Everyone Some time ago I asked for help about automating Ubuntu Desktop Installation. In the meantime I finished the Setup and it works great.
Now i published the full preseed file including the scripts I use to configure the system for the User. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Enterprise/WorkstationAutoinstallPreseed I removed some specifics, but I kept much possibly useful information and details. Greetings from Switzerland, Philipp Gassmann Am 04.01.2013 09:40, schrieb Philipp Gassmann: > Hello everyone > > I'm looking for a nice way to set up Ubuntu Desktop on Notebooks for our > Company. > > Till now we've been using Fedora and automated installation over PXE > with Cobbler and Kickstart. > > We want encryption for /home /tmp /swap. We used full disk encryption > with LVM an luks/cryptsetup. > > Fedora uses Anaconda and Kickstart files that make it easy to automate > the full installation process, including disk encryption, package > installation and post-scripts. > We're using a custom firstboot script to set up the user and add his > password to cryptsetup. > > I was looking for ways to integrate Ubuntu Desktop Staging into our > existing Cobbler PXE Setup (on CentOS) but I could only find fragments > and not much on 12.04. A lot of the information is incomplete or > outdated (11.10 or earlier) > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Netboot > http://michaeldehaan.net/post/39496835943/experiences-with-cobbler-deploying-ubuntu-precise > > Does Ubuntu save the answers / preseed file when installing manually? > Couldn't find the information on the installed system or during > installation. Fedora generates a kickstart file you can then reuse to > set up other systems. > > What do you use/recommend for desktop installation? > > It would be great if some more detailed information could be found on > the Enterprise Ubuntu Wiki. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Enterprise/Needs > > Our needs: > > - Fully automated > - Network Boot (PXE) > - Integration in current Cobbler Setup > - Encrypted Disk > - Custom package selection > - Script to set up printers etc. > - Firstboot User setup (OEM-Install option?) > > Thank you > > Philipp Gassmann > > Puzzle ITC GmbH > http://www.puzzle.ch > > Telefon +41 31 370 22 00 > Direkt +41 31 370 22 13 > Fax +41 31 370 22 01 > > Werfen Sie einen Blick in unseren Blog: > http://www.puzzle.ch/blog > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-ubuntu Post to : enterprise-ubuntu@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-ubuntu More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
