# Modified from Hardy's example-preseed.txt. # This is mildly parsed by the install script. # Locale and keyboard are set by PXELINUX via kernel options. ############################################################################## ############################################################################## # Stuff which looks bogus for custom installs is current split out up here # for later separation. d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none ### Network configuration # netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it # skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface. d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto ############################################################################## ############################################################################## # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. # d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname # d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. # d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts. # d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish ### Partitioning # Use the whole disk. Any disk. # The presently available methods are: "regular", "lvm" and "crypto" d-i partman-auto/method string lvm # Stomp old LVM config. d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true # Don't confirm writing LVM. d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true # ...and for overwriting the same thing from a previous install: d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true # You can choose from any of the predefined partitioning recipes. # atomic: All files in one partition (recommended for new users) # home: Separate /home partition # multi: Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions # small_disk (alpha architecture only): # Small-disk (< 1GB) partitioning scheme # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic # Or provide a recipe of your own... # The recipe format is documented in the file devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt. # If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can # just point at it. d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /debathena-jaunty/lvm-cluster-machine.partman # This is completely undocumented. Sigh. d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string athena # As reported in Trac #253 d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size max # Don't punt for no-method filesystems. Another undocumented option. d-i partman-basicmethods/method_only boolean false # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above. d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true ### Base system installation # Select the initramfs generator used to generate the initrd for 2.6 kernels. #d-i base-installer/kernel/linux/initramfs-generators string yaird # The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no # kernel is to be installed. d-i base-installer/kernel/image linux-generic ### Account setup # No user account; root account with standard password: d-i passwd/make-user boolean false d-i passwd/root-login boolean true d-i passwd/root-password password profroot d-i passwd/root-password-again password profroot # Normal user's password, either in clear text #d-i passwd/user-password password insecure #d-i passwd/user-password-again password insecure # or encrypted using an MD5 hash. #d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [MD5 hash] # Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default. #d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010 # The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To # override that, use this. #d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video ### Apt setup # You can choose to install restricted and universe software, or to install # software from the backports repository. d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true d-i apt-setup/backports boolean true # Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror. #d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false # Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used. # Values shown below are the normal defaults. #d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security #d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com #d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu d-i apt-setup/country string US # Actual mirror host now taken care of (semi-secretly) by the installer script. # d-i apt-setup/hostname string ubuntu.media.mit.edu d-i apt-setup/directory string /ubuntu d-i apt-setup/country US # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available #d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \ # http://local.server/ubuntu hardy main #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server # Enable deb-src lines #d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true # URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or # apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the # sources.list line will be left commented out #d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key # By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated # using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that # authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended. #d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true ### Package selection tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ubuntu-desktop #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, lamp-server #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, kubuntu-desktop # Individual additional packages to install #d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential # Language pack selection #d-i pkgsel/language-packs multiselect de, en, zh # Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have # installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back, # but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most # popular and include it on CDs. #popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false ### Boot loader installation # Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed # instead, uncomment this: #d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true # To also skip installing lilo, and install no bootloader, uncomment this # too: #d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true # This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR # if no other operating system is detected on the machine. d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true # This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other # OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS. d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true # Alternatively, if you want to install to a location other than the mbr, # uncomment and edit these lines: #d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false #d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,0) # To install grub to multiple disks: #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,0) (hd1,0) (hd2,0) # On systems where unauthorized users have access at boot time, you may want # to set a GRUB password, either in clear text #d-i grub-installer/password password insecure #d-i grub-installer/password-again password insecure # or encrypted using an MD5 hash. #d-i grub-installer/password-crypted password [MD5 hash] ### Finishing up the installation # Avoid that last message about the install being complete. d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note # This will prevent the installer from ejecting the CD during the reboot, # which is useful in some situations. #d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false # This is how to make the installer shutdown when finished, but not # reboot into the installed system. #d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true ### X configuration # X can detect the right driver for some cards, but if you're preseeding, # you override whatever it chooses. Still, vesa will work most places. #xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/device/driver select vesa # A caveat with mouse autodetection is that if it fails, X will retry it # over and over. So if it's preseeded to be done, there is a possibility of # an infinite loop if the mouse is not autodetected. #xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse boolean true # Monitor autodetection is recommended. xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true # Uncomment if you have an LCD display. #xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/lcd boolean true # X has three configuration paths for the monitor. Here's how to preseed # the "medium" path, which is always available. The "simple" path may not # be available, and the "advanced" path asks too many questions. xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method select medium xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz ### Preseeding other packages # Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong # during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may # be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every # possible question that could be asked during an install, do an # installation, and then run these commands: # debconf-get-selections --installer > file # debconf-get-selections >> file #### Advanced options ### Running custom commands during the installation # d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks # for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a # preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from # trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful, # here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer, # automatically. # This first command is run as early as possible, just after # preseeding is read. #d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install some-udeb