[02:52] <pabs3> infinity, cjwatson: any thoughts on my question about segfaults in netcfg?
 I noticed that with "d-i netcfg/enable boolean false" in preseeding, netcfg from the Ubuntu precise 12.04.1 segfaults. is this a known bug? any suggested workaround?
 er s/segfaults/alternate installer segfaults/
 this is in an i386 vm with virt-install & kvm
 found a workaround; set static network with bogus addresses in the 127.x range
[07:56] <FourDollars> Hi, I use Ubuntu 12.04 netboot by a customazied preseed.cfg. I am wondering why the settings of preseed.cfg are not propagated into the root filesystem under /target ? How can I provide the preseed.cfg for the root filesystem under /target ?
[07:57] <cjwatson> FourDollars: Anything whose owner (the first field) isn't "d-i" is copied into the target system
[07:58] <cjwatson> So use d-i to preseed the installer, and other owners - typically the package owning the templates in question - to preseed the installed system.  This is explained in the installation guide
[08:00] <FourDollars> cjwatson: I see. Thank you.
[08:07] <FourDollars> cjwatson: Does 'grub-pc' use "ubiquity grub-installer/bootdev" or something else to specify the boot loader location to install?
[08:09] <FourDollars> Or grub-pc/install_devices ?
[08:20]  * FourDollars is trying 'grub-pc grub-pc/install_devices multiselect /dev/sda'.
[09:22] <cjwatson> FourDollars: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/i386/preseed-contents.html
[09:23] <cjwatson> I don't recommend preseeding grub-pc/install_devices directly during initial system installation, even though that is the final destination; grub-installer handles that itself.  Use 'd-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda' as per the guide (ignoring the way it uses GRUB Legacy-style "(hd0,0)" naming).
[09:24] <cjwatson> (Please note I'm on holiday today; further replies will be arbitrarily delayed ...)
[09:24] <FourDollars> cjwatson: thanks a lot.
[09:24] <FourDollars> cjwatson: I see.
[09:26] <FourDollars> cjwatson: I have tried 'd-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0)' but it doesn't work. I will try 'd-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda' to see the result.
[09:26] <FourDollars> cjwatson: Have a good time. :)
[09:27] <cjwatson> Indeed, I'm not sure I'd expect (hd0) to work any more.
[09:27] <cjwatson> I've tried to excise references to that style but may not have got them all.