[00:49] <cj> ended up doing this: bzr branch lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/debian-installer/xenial-proposed ; cd xenial-proposed ; git init ; bzr fast-export --plain . | git fast-import
[01:49] <cyphermox> cjwatson: did you look at that d-i branch I linked you for the bzr->git conversion?
[01:49] <cyphermox> oh, except you did tell me to move it and I still haven't
[01:51] <cyphermox> cj: anything I can help with with re: the installer?
[02:29] <cj> cyphermox: oh, hey!  sorry for the delay
[02:29] <cj> cyphermox: I'd love to know how to augment the fstab of the target
[02:30] <cj> or what to do about maas-* not taking any preseed arguments and requiring a bunch of post-installation set-up
[02:31] <cj> I guess I could submit a patch to the maas-* packages to accept arguments via preseed rather than requiring sacrificial rites
[02:33] <cj> or ways to reduce the build time of the initrd...
[02:33] <cj> or if there is a target that will build *just* the initrd rather than all of the rest of the stuff...
[02:33] <cj> I added a patch to take the contents of a directory and drop them in /var/lib/preseed for use during the installation
[02:33] <cj> if there's a better way to do this, that would be super.
[02:34] <cj> the files I drop in there are various preseed files, one for each type of system I intend to install from the installer
[02:36] <cj> as well as scripts which are specified for the preseed/early_command, partman/early_command and preseed/late_command
[02:36] <cj> and also something like an /etc/skel, but for the whole filesystem rather than /home/${USER}
[23:44] <AgeOfAsparagus> Hi, I'm looking for some help automating the liveCD installer
[23:45] <AgeOfAsparagus> I posted a question here that has some details: http://askubuntu.com/questions/778795/how-to-get-past-welcome-language-screen-when-automating-install
[23:46] <AgeOfAsparagus> The farthest I can get is for ubiquity to start automatically, but I can't get past the Welcome page.
[23:47] <CarlFK> AgeOfAsparagus: do you need the gui, or is the text based installer fine, given it sounds like you just want it to install and reboot into a new system?
[23:48] <AgeOfAsparagus> Well, I've got both on the go, I have a netboot image I'm trying, and I have the Live Installer/Ubiquity
[23:49] <AgeOfAsparagus> I was hoping to get Ubiquity working because it seemed more likely I'd be able to add Mint as an option, and I couldn't find any other images of Mint
[23:49] <AgeOfAsparagus> CarlFK: However, if you could give me a hand with my netboot one, that would also be awesome! =)
[23:49] <AgeOfAsparagus> car
[23:50] <AgeOfAsparagus> CarlFK: I also can't get past the first screen on that one either...haha
[23:50] <AgeOfAsparagus> I
[23:50] <CarlFK> https://github.com/CarlFK/veyepar/blob/master/setup/nodes/pxe/README.txt
[23:51] <AgeOfAsparagus> I'm hoping to start using Linux in my highschool classroom in September, but have minimal support from my IT department.  I'm pretty new to Linux, but learning fast...
[23:52] <CarlFK> you are at home right?
[23:52] <CarlFK> setting up a dhcp server on someone elses lan is poor form ;)
[23:53] <CarlFK> that said... I would start by using that to build a server as is, try to isolate it from the rest of your lan, plug in a 2nd box, pxe boot, see what happens
[23:53] <AgeOfAsparagus> IT dept runs a PFSense Firewall and Server.
[23:54] <AgeOfAsparagus> They gave me a sandbox on the other side to see if I could get it to work
[23:54] <AgeOfAsparagus> I can successfully pxe boot right now
[23:54] <CarlFK> it's been a while sense I verified that setup.sh script works.  package names have changed ...
[23:54] <AgeOfAsparagus> it's the preseeding I'm failing at
[23:55] <CarlFK> you can try to move my config over to your setup manually
[23:57] <AgeOfAsparagus> looking through your script, I think I'm good intal the swap shaz thing line 85...
[23:57] <AgeOfAsparagus> *until
[23:58] <CarlFK> shaz was the hostname of my first server... then I wanted to be able to build a 2nd one and realized I had shaz hardcoded all over the place
[23:59] <AgeOfAsparagus> DOes that script install? it just looks liek setup
[23:59] <CarlFK> what script?