| twb | joshk: you know that you don't need to add the preseed file to the iso to simply USE it, right? | 01:02 |
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| twb | You can just say file=http://foo/bar | 01:03 |
| icebird | hi | 07:56 |
| ebel | I'm customising the install cd to include extra packages, but it won't all fit on one CD. How can I split it into 2 CDs and have a 'insert disc 2' step in the installer? | 13:26 |
| twb | ebel: why not just use a DVD? | 13:53 |
| ebel | twb, because I need to use this to install ubuntu on hundreds of second hand PCs that have been donated and I can't rely on a DVD drive | 13:54 |
| twb | ebel: these are in a controlled environment? | 13:55 |
| ebel | twb, pretty much. | 13:55 |
| twb | Probably easiest to use network install -- they have NICs? | 13:56 |
| ebel | Yeah we're doing a network install aswell. | 13:56 |
| ebel | In fact some of the machines don't have cd drives, and cd drives break a lot. | 13:56 |
| ebel | However we also need to be able to send out the discs so people can reinsatll. | 13:57 |
| ebel | This is for a charity that sends second hand computers to schools in Africa. | 13:57 |
| twb | Ah, OK | 13:57 |
| ebel | So we're going to use a network install to install here, but we also need to have discs that can reinstall all the stuff. | 13:58 |
| twb | Well, you could just have a second CD which is just a file:/// apt repo | 13:58 |
| ebel | I was thinking about apt-cdrom yesterday | 13:58 |
| twb | But I'm not sure how you'd tell apt-cdrom to use it as an extra entry in sources.list | 13:58 |
| ebel | But wouldn't you need to log in after the installation to install the extra software? | 13:59 |
| ebel | i.e. I'd like if all the software was installed by the installer. | 14:00 |
| ebel | In one go. | 14:00 |
| twb | Right. | 14:00 |
| twb | I don't know how to do that, I'm afraid. | 14:01 |
| ebel | I think debian-cd/simple-cdd can make several CDs | 14:01 |
| ebel | But all that stuff is kinda complicated and debian specific. | 14:01 |
| ebel | thanks anyway twb | 14:03 |
| twb | Well, the alternate CD uses d-i still | 14:04 |
| ebel | Oh I should have mentioned that we're using dapper. | 14:05 |
| ebel | So we're using all that preseed/d-i/non-gui installer. | 14:05 |
| ebel | We're using dapper because (a) long term support and (b) these are second hand machines so dapper'll probably run better on them. | 14:06 |
| twb | Shrug | 14:06 |
| ebel | Actually we're basing it off edubuntu (cause it's going out to schools), and that had the non-gui installer for ages. | 14:06 |
| joshk | twb: that would require distributing vmware workstation with a web server | 22:13 |
| joshk | which i guess isn't incredibly terrible but it's kinda janky. | 22:13 |
| twb | It already comes with a DHCPd | 22:14 |
| joshk | true | 22:32 |
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