[05:43] <mirkobuholzer> hi evand
[06:11] <evand> hi mirkobuholzer
[06:13] <mirkobuholzer> just wanted to do some testing with ubiquity automatic install. I saw that the command is now noninteractive, is there still the possebility to add an url for the preseeding file?
[06:14] <evand> can you elaborate on what you mean by "the command is now noninteractive"?
[06:15] <mirkobuholzer> no problem
[06:16] <mirkobuholzer> you once sent me some sample parameters for an early ubiquity automatic install. this looked like url=http://evalicious.com/evan.seed noninteractive
[06:18] <mirkobuholzer> I cant find the url parameter in the latest version of ubiquity
[06:21] <evand> mirkobuholzer: you don't pass this to ubiquity
[06:22] <evand> those are kernel cmdline arguments
[06:22] <evand> hit F6 at the isolinux CD bootloader
[06:22] <evand> and add them there, before the --
[06:23] <evand> mirkobuholzer: note you can also use 'automatic-ubiquity' in place of 'noninteractive' if you want a stripped down GUI while you install, rather then just text running across the screen.
[06:24] <mirkobuholzer> ohh I see
[06:25] <mirkobuholzer> thanks for the information this helps alot. so I could preseed before starting ubiquity with automatic-ubiquity to have the nice ubiquity ui without any questions.
[06:26] <evand> yes
[06:26] <mirkobuholzer> great!
[06:27] <evand> if you run into any problems with that or have any questions, feel free to ask me in here or at evand@ubuntu.com.
[06:27] <mirkobuholzer> thanks I will do some tests with different preseeding options. I still have you preseeding file as a template
[06:28] <evand> anytime
[06:28] <mirkobuholzer> thanks
[05:45] <jauchter> anyone here?
[05:47] <jauchter> have an issue getting the installer to start
[05:47] <jauchter> getting a invalid compression type err=1 error and system halts
[05:48] <jauchter> and when its uncompressing the kernel, its does so extremely slow... takes almost a minute showing progress in chunks
[06:02] <evand> check the CD for defects, try burning at a lower speed, check the md5sum of the ISO image
[06:05] <jauchter> did that
[06:05] <jauchter> no go
[06:05] <jauchter> running a memtest... 86 percent through, but I dont think thats the issue
[06:06] <jauchter> btw -  checking cd for defects throws the same issue
[06:06] <jauchter> burning at a lower speed... I guess I can try the next lower
[06:07] <jauchter> already went down one level
[06:07] <jauchter> md5 is good
[06:18] <jauchter> 36x, no luck
[06:18] <jauchter> same issues
[06:21] <jauchter> invalid compression format err=1
[06:50] <jauchter> so thats the only advice you can give?
[06:51] <jauchter> think im going to piggie back the drive on another machine and run the install