Re: Ubuntu iso

On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 2:50 PM Michael Hudson-Doyle < michael.hud...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 07:14, Jerry Geis wrote: > >> I am remastering the DVD. No issues there. >> >> Is there a way to remove the /pool directory on the ISO? >> W

Re: Ubuntu iso

tall Ubuntu over a network. It > includes the minimal set of packages needed to start and the rest of the > packages are downloaded over the network.* > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 10:14 Jerry Geis wrote: > >> I am remastering the DVD. No issues there. >> >> Is there a

Ubuntu iso

I am remastering the DVD. No issues there. Is there a way to remove the /pool directory on the ISO? When I do that, remaster, and use the iso to boot, I get errors - about not finding packages. I "desire" to install "everything" over the internet- I want to remove the /pool directory to save spa

Mini iso

Hello - I found the mini iso today. https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mini-iso/daily-live/current/ I was excited - I downloaded - set my VM for 2G ram - tried install, it failed. I set my VM for 4G it failed I set my VM for 8G it failed. Each time I was trying to install 22.04.3 server. I "need

Issue installing - different python

So in UEFI and autoinstall - it fails with storage: storage: layout: name: direct Python for the installer is 3.6 - but python for the post install is 3.8 ? Why are they different ? I think python is the issue on the installer - how can I get updated python on my install so it will wor

Install error on 20.04 LTS

I am getting the below issue when installing with autoinstall. 2021-01-20 15:03:14,014 DEBUG subiquitycore.controller.filesystem:171 self.ai_data = {'layout': {'name': 'direct'}} 2021-01-20 15:03:14,015 ERROR root:39 finish: subiquity/Filesystem/apply_autoinstall_config/convert_autoinstall_config:

Re: autoinstall 20.04 with grub

he Ubuntu Server installer > on https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/server/17 > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 6:04 PM Jerry Geis wrote: > > > > I have a current system (grub boot) that I want to replace (its not > ubuntu but centos). > > So there is no USB and n

autoinstall 20.04 with grub

I have a current system (grub boot) that I want to replace (its not ubuntu but centos). So there is no USB and no CD. I am trying to find what to put on the grub linux kernel line to boot up and install everything over teh network. I have autoinstall working from the USB - but I need it working

autoinstall cloud trying to load from cdrom

I am doing a GRUB - entry to replace existing linux. append initrd=/initrd.ubuntu.20.04 autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s= https://myserver.com/autoinstall/ splash fsck.mode=skip I have the user-data file there... and meta-data file there also. The error I see is its saying trying to mount /dev/sr0

Boot ubuntu cloud install

Hi - so I am looking at cloud install for ubuntu... The current system is CentOS 7. So I need to make a grub menu entry and set the default to be my cloud install so it boots and re-installs ubuntu over the top of CentOS 7. so I mount the live-server (20.04) CD, copy off the vmlinuz and initrd fr

Re: autoinstall network question

Thanks - I never new the --- had that behavior. Jerry On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 5:55 PM Michael Hudson-Doyle < michael.hud...@canonical.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 02:23, Jerry Geis wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 7:42 AM Jerry Gei

Re: autoinstall late-commands

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:06 AM Rafael David Tinoco < rafaeldtin...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, at 11:41 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:25 AM Robie Basak > wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 09:23:23AM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: > &

Re: autoinstall late-commands

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:25 AM Robie Basak wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 09:23:23AM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: > > What is wrong with the two lines ??? Especially that we dont even get to > > to the autoinstall and break in "late-commands"... It kicks out > autoins

autoinstall late-commands

So I have a working autoinstall file. I simply add these two lines to late-commands: - echo Section Now installing netplan to NetworkManager - echo -e "network:\n version: 2\n renderer: NetworkManager\n" /target/etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml I re-generate my files...and the autoi

Re: autoinstall network question

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 7:42 AM Jerry Geis wrote: > On my boot line for append I have biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 (using 20.04 > LTS). > append initrd=/casper/initrd debian-installer/local=en_US autoinstall > ds=nocloud;s=/cdrom/ quiet splash biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 -

Autoinstall late-commands

I have 1 late command: late-commands: - echo 1 > /root/testing After install this file is not present. I would rather not do echo > /targer/root/testing... Is chroot /target not available in late-commands ? How do I execute command(s) in late-commands as a "normal" situation ? Jerry -- Ub

autoinstall network question

On my boot line for append I have biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 (using 20.04 LTS). append initrd=/casper/initrd debian-installer/local=en_US autoinstall ds=nocloud;s=/cdrom/ quiet splash biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 --- After the auto install I have no network. network: network:

Autoinstall crashing - error means nothing to me.

Hi All, I have tried several attempts to user-data file for autoinstall. This is the latest - this is the error: 2021-01-13 19:41:13,845 INFO subiquity:135 Starting Subiquity revision 1966 2021-01-13 19:41:13,845 INFO subiquity:136 Arguments passed: ['/snap/subiquity/1966/usr/bin/subiquity'] 2021-

Auto install example does not work

The example on this page did not work for me. https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstall Anyone have an example file that if you select al lthe default values on a by-hand install ? Then I can te tweak from there. autoinstall-editor seems NON-existant. Thanks Jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-discu

Conditionals in autoinstall file

How do I have conditionals in the autoinstall file ? For example in kickstart it is just based on sh or bash for the %post section. How do I do the same thing in the early-commands or even the late-commands ? I want to test if a kernel command line value is present and if so go do something. How d

autoinstall

This is my autoinstall - it errors with FAIL and backtrace. Nothing on the screen is of any meaning to me to tell me why. IS there a reason anyone can see ? Thanks, #cloud-config autoinstall: version: 1 early-commands: - echo a - sleep 1 - echo a locale: en_US refresh-installer

Re: devices on 20.04 LTS

Thanks Timo. Jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Autoinstall not working 20.04 LTS

I have this for my "launch" line which I see on screen and select. I am using live-server label LSI-M menu label ^Install Ubuntu 20.04 LSI AutoInstall kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd debian-installer/local=en_US autoinstall ds=nocloud;s=/cdrom/autoinstall_mediacontroller

devices on 20.04 LTS

When I run these commands: lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 605 (rev 03) ubuntu-drivers devices Nothing shows for devices. This should be an Intel driver for X. Why is it not showing ? How do I ensure the Intel X11 driver is loaded ? I dont see

pulseaudio no audio

logged in as me on the desktop I can play audio no problems. When I run a program as root with su (so as that user) - but run it as a another user (me) I get no audio su myuser -c "export DISPLAY=:0.0; totem movie.mov" No sound... How can I get sound this way ? Thanks, Jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-d

autoinstall question

This document : The obvious data file we have to add to the ISO is our autoconfigure file. However, it has to be set up in a directory for itself and a companion file, and each has to be called special names. Let's say that the directory within the ISO that we're going to use for this is called /c

Trying autoinstall

So I have this file: #cloud-config autoinstall: version: 1 early-commands: - echo a - sleep 1 - echo a locale: en_US refresh-installer: update: no user-data: timezone: America/New_York debconf-selections: eek network: network: version: 2 ethernets:

Re: Kickstart how to detect disks 20.04 LTS

Correct. I am trying to determine the correct disk vda/sda/nvme and then the size. blockdev --getsz /dev/vda in the %pre section did nothing. Perhaps something is not available yet at boot for this to work. Jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify se

Re: Kickstart how to detect disks 20.04 LTS

doesnt seem blockdev --getsz /dev/vda is available at %pre time either. jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Kickstart how to detect disks 20.04 LTS

Thank you - however this does not seem to be true. I am a long time CentOS user - and this document seems good for CentOS. However- just something like "editors" that are supposed to be available it says Vi. It is not available on Ubunutu duing install only nano. However - looks like blockdev

Re: Ubuntu 20.04 kickstart

Thanks - I started with autoinstall. I could not get it to recognize anything for autoinstall. Wasnt till I switched to legacy and kickstart that I made progress. Jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubu

Kickstart how to detect disks 20.04 LTS

How do you "detect" disks in the %pre section of kickstart ??? I have tried fdisk - command not available I tried ln busybox to fdisk and it says applet not available. I tried dmesg | grep vda and dmesg | grep sda - seems as linux has not yet detected teh disk during the pre section... So how do

20.04 LTS kickstart --asprimary

I have 4 partitions in my %pre section. Each one I have --asprimary however kickstart is making a sda5 partition instead of sda4. is there a reason why ? Something like this: echo "bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=$HD1SHORT " > /tmp/partition-information echo "clearpart --all --initl

20.04 LTS legacy kickstart pre section

How can I get fdisk (or equivalent) available in %pre section of kickstart ? I am trying to get the total size of the disk. Is there another command available besides fdisk ? Thanks, Jerry -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Ubuntu 20.04 kickstart

I had to change to legacy CD as live and desktop did not seem to support kickstart. Can this be re-considered. With the CentOS 8 issues happening - more people might be looking at switching - and kickstart is something they use? Seems as though kickstart was getting fazed out. Thanks Jerry --