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| bahamat | OK, so I know the ubuntu auto installer isn't preseed. But is there a way to prepopulate debconf options? | 21:10 |
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| bahamat | Without having to install debconf-utils. LIke, I know I can just install debconf-utils and `echo "foo" | debconf-set-selections ; dpkg-reconfigure foo` but that seems like a pretty obtuse way of going about it. | 21:12 |
| dbungert | bahamat: yes - https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstall has an example, heading debconf-selections | 21:13 |
| bahamat | awesome, thanks. | 21:13 |
| znf | bahamat, basically it's a clusterfuck, and the new preseed/autoinstall way is pretty bad | 22:41 |
| znf | who doesn't love booting 1.4GB ISO over PXE | 22:41 |
| bahamat | I mean, it has the advantage of having a similar interface to cloud-init. And I liked that I could drop a yaml file on my raspberry-pi SD card to pre-configure it. | 22:43 |
| bahamat | But yeah, I would really love for there to be a mini installer like debian's net iso that's only like 50M or whatever. | 22:43 |
| ravage | https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mini-iso/daily-live/current/ | 22:45 |
| ravage | So it will be available for 22.04 at least | 22:45 |
| ravage | 24.04 I mean | 22:46 |
| znf | 24.04 is probably the one I skip | 22:47 |
| znf | as I usually replace/upgrade every ~4 years | 22:47 |
| znf | not backporting that to 22.04 is a mistake | 22:47 |
| ravage | It is | 22:47 |
| ravage | But that's what we get | 22:48 |
| znf | not to mention subiquity still sucks majorly | 22:48 |
| znf | whoever made that UI for manual configuration of the network cards must have never heard of a CIDR | 22:49 |
| ravage | I replaced my pxe install for 22.04 with a bash Script | 22:49 |
| ravage | Will give the installer a new try next year | 22:49 |
| znf | like, who asks for SUBNET first | 22:49 |
| znf | in CIDR format | 22:50 |
| znf | but then you ask for IP address | 22:50 |
| znf | ???!! | 22:50 |
| ravage | That is an odd choice | 22:50 |
| znf | How did that make any sense | 22:50 |
| znf | I've talked with a lot of people with 10-15+ linux experience under their belt and everyone was insanely confused by that | 22:50 |
| bahamat | ravage: nice! I'll definitely be looking forward to that. | 22:50 |
| znf | don't get your hopes up, last time I checked that mini.iso bootstraps the larger one | 22:51 |
| znf | ie: you're still download like 1.4GB for the installer, but at least you're not doing it over the initial PXE stuff | 22:51 |
| ravage | Nobody really cares about 1.4gb on a server setup | 22:52 |
| ravage | Usually has gigabit | 22:53 |
| ravage | also if you can define a location where to get it via http that allows for the installation without actual Internet again | 22:53 |
| ravage | Used that a few times already | 22:53 |
| znf | I'm aware of that, and I already do it | 22:54 |
| znf | Still not optimal | 22:54 |
| ravage | Still time for improvements. As I said I will give it another go next year | 22:55 |
| znf | And I have installed servers in remote locations with very poor network connectivity before, wasn't pleasant to do that with 22.04 | 22:55 |
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