[10:57] <Guest15643> can anyone help with preseeding with oem-config? Question 266541 on ubiquity launchpad.
[11:13] <Guest15643> I'm not sure if what I'm trying to do is recommended
[11:18] <Guest15643> install ubuntu precise server amd64 in oem-mode, install software, run oem-config-prepare, add preseed.cfg to initrd so that keyboard is not prompted user is not prompted and software is installed from hard drive on first boot , reboot, manually add automatic-oem-config and debug-oem-config to command line, preseeding doesn't appear to work
[11:20] <Guest15643> can anyone advise the format required for the preseed.cfg file? I've seen lines starting with oem-config, ubiquity and d-i. I've tried all three and can't get the preseed.cfg to work.
[16:09] <XenophonF> hey everyone - i'm trying to reverse engineer the ubuntu installation process because ubiquity doesn't support my desired installation scheme
[16:10] <XenophonF> my initial pass at this used debootstrap to install into a chroot  environment, mounted the various special file systems, and called "apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" to complete the install
[16:10] <XenophonF> however there are a few bugs in the resulting installation, so I'd like to get a clearer picture of what the official installer does behind the scenes
[16:11] <XenophonF> is this the right place to ask questions?
[16:32] <XenophonF> ah never mind - i'm going to install ubuntu desktop to usb flash drive instead, and then copy that to my encrypted zfs pool