[ale] Need help with an Ubuntu ks.cfg

[Ted W]

On Jun 20, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Brian MacLeod wrote:
> On 6/20/12 9:05 AM, Ted W wrote:
>> I'm trying to automate the installation of my Ubuntu workstation
>> images using kickstart but I seem to be missing something because
>> when I boot off of the ISO I've created it only boots to the
>> initramfs prompt and won't go any further. I'm not using PXE boot
>> for this, I simply wanted to automate the process of answering the
>> install questions automagically and using a local mirror for
>> packages instead of having to update manually after installation
>> completes. Any help figuring out where I've gone wrong would be
>> greatly appreciated. This is my first kickstart file under Ubuntu.
>> 
>> My ks.cfg file is below:
> 
> 
> Not that this helps, but thank you for making me aware that this layer
> exists in Ubuntu land.  I was originally going to say "wha???" until I
> found the KickstartCompatibility page [1].
> 
> 
> That looks like a valid kickstart, and what you appear to be
> describing is a hang or hidden dialog after initramfs.  If that is the
> case, what is the call you are making to invoke the kickstart, because
> that seems like it might be more of the problem than the kickstart itself.
> 
> Brian
> 
> [1] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility
> 
> 
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By "invoke kickstart" I presume you mean how I'm calling the ks.cfg file? What I've done is changed the "append" line in /isolinux/txt.cfg to the following:

	append ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg vga=normal initrd=/casper/initrd.lz install --

However, after examining that line again compared to the other lines I've tried the following as well

	append ks=/cdrom/ks.cfg vga=normal initrd=/casper/initrd.lz install --

as well as

	append ks=/ks.cfg vga=normal initrd=/casper/initrd.lz install --

None of these seem to help. I've also removed the "vga=normal" segment because it was throwing an error right before the initramfs prompt would come up.
-- 
Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
Registered GNU/Linux user #413569



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