[10:03] <ub4b> i'm looking for some docs to correctly preseed tasksel, most examples show 'tasksel tasksel/first multiselect' (I want sshd and samba to be included, should the value be the Task: field from the Packages file ?
[10:04] <thom> ub4b: d-i     pkgsel/include          string openssh-server samba
[10:04] <thom> will just install those packages
[10:10] <ub4b> thom: that works because they are also metapackages, but I want to make my own Tasks by defining extraoverrides using apt-ftparchive, how should I preseed these custom Tasks ?
[10:16] <ubuntu>   i want to format my Hardy to install Gutsy.how should i start.currently i am on Gutsy live cd!
[10:17] <thom> ub4b: oh, no idea, sorry
[10:32] <CIA-1> partman-partitioning: cjwatson * r675 ubuntu/ (debian/changelog lib/resize.sh):
[10:32] <CIA-1> partman-partitioning: Substitute RAWMINSIZE, RAWCURSIZE, and RAWMAXSIZE variables on
[10:32] <CIA-1> partman-partitioning: partman-partitioning/new_size, so that ubiquity can set accurate bounds
[10:32] <CIA-1> partman-partitioning: on resize widgets.
[10:32] <cjwatson> ub4b: 'tasksel tasksel/first multiselect taskname taskname ...' should work fine, with taskname being a Task field, yes
[10:33] <cjwatson> ub4b: though I think you might need to tell tasksel about the new tasks too (see its source package)
[10:33] <cjwatson> might be easier to generate a metapackage and put it in pkgsel/include
[10:33] <cjwatson> a task is certainly *possible* though
[10:34] <CIA-1> partman-partitioning: cjwatson * r676 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 59ubuntu2
[10:47]  * evand is somewhat confused by that last change.  Partman already fed boundary information to ubiquity for this and it was working, no?
[10:47] <CIA-1> ubiquity: cjwatson * r2681 ubiquity/ (4 files in 3 dirs):
[10:47] <CIA-1> ubiquity: Make use of RAWMINSIZE, RAWCURSIZE, and RAWMAXSIZE variables from
[10:47] <CIA-1> ubiquity: partman-partitioning 59ubuntu2 to set accurate bounds on the resize
[10:47] <CIA-1> ubiquity: widget.
[10:48] <cjwatson> evand: it wasn't accurate enough, unfortunately - I ran into this myself. It was basically a rounding error
[10:48] <cjwatson> partman just fed "5.6 GB" or whatever
[10:48] <cjwatson> it's much better if it feeds in the actual number of bytes, and then you don't have to worry about rounding
[10:49] <cjwatson> (I think for 8.10 though; if there's an 8.04 issue, maybe just tweak the rounding to be more conservative at whichever bound was wrong)
[13:43] <evand> cjwatson: ah, that makes sense.  I don't think it's 8.04 worthy either.  I fixed the endless "too small size" dialog bug before the release, so even if they escape the actual bounds they'll just get a message
[14:09] <evand> cjwatson: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/syslinux/+bug/234005
[15:10] <tmmoyer> is there any way to force the alternate/server installer to use the packages on the CD and not go to the Internet unless the package is not provided by the CD?