[01:02] <twb> joshk: you know that you don't need to add the preseed file to the iso to simply USE it, right?
[01:03] <twb> You can just say file=http://foo/bar
[07:56] <icebird> hi
[13:26] <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?
[13:53] <twb> ebel: why not just use a DVD?
[13:54] <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
[13:55] <twb> ebel: these are in a controlled environment?
[13:55] <ebel> twb, pretty much.
[13:56] <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.
[13:57] <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
[13:58] <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
[13:59] <ebel> But wouldn't you need to log in after the installation to install the extra software?
[14:00] <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.
[14:01] <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.
[14:03] <ebel> thanks anyway twb
[14:04] <twb> Well, the alternate CD uses d-i still
[14:05] <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.
[14:06] <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.
[22:13] <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.
[22:14] <twb> It already comes with a DHCPd
[22:32] <joshk> true