[00:49] 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] cjwatson: did you look at that d-i branch I linked you for the bzr->git conversion? [01:49] oh, except you did tell me to move it and I still haven't [01:51] cj: anything I can help with with re: the installer? [02:29] cyphermox: oh, hey! sorry for the delay [02:29] cyphermox: I'd love to know how to augment the fstab of the target [02:30] or what to do about maas-* not taking any preseed arguments and requiring a bunch of post-installation set-up [02:31] I guess I could submit a patch to the maas-* packages to accept arguments via preseed rather than requiring sacrificial rites [02:33] or ways to reduce the build time of the initrd... [02:33] or if there is a target that will build *just* the initrd rather than all of the rest of the stuff... [02:33] 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] if there's a better way to do this, that would be super. [02:34] 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] as well as scripts which are specified for the preseed/early_command, partman/early_command and preseed/late_command [02:36] and also something like an /etc/skel, but for the whole filesystem rather than /home/${USER} [23:44] Hi, I'm looking for some help automating the liveCD installer [23:45] 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] The farthest I can get is for ubiquity to start automatically, but I can't get past the Welcome page. [23:47] 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] 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] 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] CarlFK: However, if you could give me a hand with my netboot one, that would also be awesome! =) [23:49] car [23:50] CarlFK: I also can't get past the first screen on that one either...haha [23:50] I [23:50] https://github.com/CarlFK/veyepar/blob/master/setup/nodes/pxe/README.txt [23:51] 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] you are at home right? [23:52] setting up a dhcp server on someone elses lan is poor form ;) [23:53] 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] IT dept runs a PFSense Firewall and Server. [23:54] They gave me a sandbox on the other side to see if I could get it to work [23:54] I can successfully pxe boot right now [23:54] it's been a while sense I verified that setup.sh script works. package names have changed ... [23:54] it's the preseeding I'm failing at [23:55] you can try to move my config over to your setup manually [23:57] looking through your script, I think I'm good intal the swap shaz thing line 85... [23:57] *until [23:58] 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] DOes that script install? it just looks liek setup [23:59] what script?