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