| xnox | ubiquity gets a list of potential boot-device installation targets from "grub-mkdevicemap --no-floppy -m -" but that does not know about nvme devices. | 15:16 |
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| xnox | and hence defaults to (hd0) | 15:16 |
| cjwatson | should be fixed in grub-mkdevicemap | 15:16 |
| xnox | furthermore "/dev/nmve0n1p1" is an option to install grub to, but that fails to pass correct arguments to efibootmgr e.g. it should pass "-d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1" not "-d /dev/nmve0n1p1" | 15:17 |
| xnox | efibootmanager wants the device + optional partition number (defaults to first one) | 15:18 |
| xnox | instead of like first partition of the partition -> which makes efibootmanager confused, arguably it's an efibootmanager bug. | 15:18 |
| xnox | i'll open a new bug about grub-mkdevicemap. | 15:19 |
| xnox | cjwatson: sent patch for above to BTS. | 16:50 |
| cjwatson | thanks, looks sane enough, will queue up | 16:52 |
| xnox | ubuntu bug number is https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/grub2/+bug/1275162 | 16:53 |
| ubot2 | Launchpad bug 1275162 in grub2 (Ubuntu) "incorrect efibootmgr command is set by update-grub under OVMF" [High,In progress] | 16:53 |
| xnox | once it's in utopic, i'll test it off produced images, and then will be asking you to SRU that into trusty as well. | 16:54 |
| cjwatson | should be fine, I have another bug queued up for SRU anyway, just running out of steam for today | 16:55 |
| xnox | no rush =) those devices are not out on the market yet anyway. | 16:57 |
| pmatulis | is it possible to preseed using media instead of a HTTP repository? | 18:21 |
| CarlFK | pmatulis: yes.. sec... | 18:22 |
| CarlFK | pmatulis: http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.automated-installation.html 12.3.2.1. Using a Preseed File | 18:26 |
| pmatulis | CarlFK: i'm not talking about the location of the preseed file but the location of the software itself | 18:29 |
| pmatulis | i believe you can mount an ISO and provide access via NFS. is there any other way? | 18:30 |
| pmatulis | maybe section 12.3.3 of that doc is what i need | 18:36 |
| CarlFK | pmatulis: I am pretty sure you can preseed the existing install CD | 18:37 |
| xnox | pmatulis: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LocalNet#A_variation:_Booting_the_.22Live_CD.22_image | 18:37 |
| xnox | pmatulis: that's essentially pxe-netbooting into ubiquity/live-cd which is hosted on an nfs server. | 18:38 |
| pmatulis | xnox: right ok, the NFS solution | 18:38 |
| pmatulis | xnox: i wonder if that still works. looks outdated | 18:40 |
| xnox | i know that it did work with 12.04.3 images | 18:41 |
| pmatulis | xnox: and it does not mentionn preseed, looks just like an alternative to using a local cd to install a desktop | 18:43 |
| xnox | pmatulis: you specify the pressed file as you'd do for any other installation - via kernel cmdline argument to either file or url or pressed all options you want on kernel cmdline.... | 18:46 |
| xnox | pmatulis: what are you requirements you are trying to achieve? | 18:47 |
| pmatulis | xnox: "unattended server installation using preseed and an ISO" | 18:50 |
| xnox | pmatulis: and the ISO is physical cd / usb stick you plugin or do you pxe boot it? | 18:52 |
| xnox | pmatulis: remaster iso to include your custom preseed and install however you like. | 18:52 |
| pmatulis | xnox: exactly, that is one option i knew about. i thought there might be another | 18:53 |
| xnox | pmatulis: pressed can be autofetch from disk/usb as well i believe. but that means plugging in two things. | 18:58 |
| xnox | i thought one could also make a custom initrd, yet boot everything else stock, but that one is fuzzy and possibly was completely non-standard. | 18:58 |
| pmatulis | xnox: the preseed location is not a biggie. it's everything else i'm concerned about. basically i want to be independent of the internet as well as not having to maintain a local mirror | 19:00 |
| pmatulis | i thought i could use an official ISO but apparently not | 19:01 |
| xnox | pmatulis: yes you can... | 19:01 |
| xnox | pmatulis: use official iso, boot with pressed parameters pointing either to e.g. pressed file off usb stick or just specify the options you want on the command line... | 19:02 |
| xnox | pmatulis: you can even blast the iso to the hard-drive, change pressed and boot that. Sure you'll be left with a used partition - which you can either pretend to be "recovery" or wipe&resize or make it swap post-install. | 19:06 |
| xnox | that's how we installed panda's and ac100s. | 19:07 |
| pmatulis | xnox: i've done my installs (kvm) using virt-install (pointing to the netboot files with --location) or with pxe (pointing to a local netboot kernel and initrd) | 19:10 |
| pmatulis | xnox: how do i point to a local iso (ideally using virt-install) and still be able to preseed | 19:11 |
| xnox | virt-install --cdrom path-to.iso --boot url=http://192.168.122.1/my-localhost.pressed ? | 19:14 |
| xnox | plus other options for disk-size et.al. | 19:14 |
| xnox | or just use cloud image -> it's trivially bootable into vm and customizable via cloud-init. i believe there is a wrapper to do exactly that in the archive. | 19:15 |
| pmatulis | xnox: now i'm getting some super annoying permissions problem when trying to read the ISO... | 20:19 |
| pmatulis | xnox: the --boot does not accept 'url=' | 20:40 |
| pmatulis | ERROR Unknown options ['url'] | 20:41 |
| pmatulis | --boot is for post-install kernel options, according to the man page | 20:41 |
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