#### Contents of the preconfiguration file ### Localization # Locale sets language and country. d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US # Keyboard selection. # Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection. d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false #d-i console-setup/modelcode string pc105 d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us # To select a variant of the selected layout (if you leave this out, the # basic form of the layout will be used): #d-i console-setup/variantcode string dvorak ### 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 # To pick a particular interface instead: # d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1 # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for # it, this might be useful. #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60 # If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and # the static network configuration below. #d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true # If you want the preconfiguration file to work on systems both with and # without a dhcp server, uncomment these lines and the static network # configuration below. #d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note #d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually # Static network configuration. #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1 #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42 #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1 #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true # 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 ### Mirror settings # d-i mirror/country string enter information manually # d-i mirror/http/hostname string us.archive.ubuntu.com # d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu # cfk d-i mirror/protocol string http d-i mirror/country string manual d-i mirror/http/hostname string us.archive.ubuntu.com d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu # proxy (empty string = no proxy) d-i mirror/http/proxy string http://g2a.personnelware.com:8000/ # http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/OperatingSquid#How_can_I_purge_an_object_from_my_cache.3F # -r Force cache to reload URL. # squidclient -p 8000 -m PURGE http://www.miscreant.com` # squidclient -p 8000 -m PURGE http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/main/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages.gz` # Suite to install. #d-i mirror/suite string intrepid # Suite to use for loading installer components (optional). #d-i mirror/udeb/suite string intrepid ### Partitioning # If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space. # Note: this must be preseeded with a localized (translated) value. #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \ # select Use the largest continuous free space ### cfk ### # d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda ### # d-i partman-auto/method string regular # You can choose from any of the predefined partitioning recipes. # Note: this must be preseeded with a localized (translated) value. # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select home # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select multi # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select small_disk # 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 /hd-media/recipe # If not, you can put an entire recipe the preconfiguration file in one # (logical) line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable # swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition: # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation. # d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ # boot-root :: \ # 100 200 200 ext3 \ # $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ # method{ format } format{ } \ # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ # mountpoint{ /boot } \ # . \ # 50000 5000 40000 ext3 \ # method{ format } format{ } \ # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ # mountpoint{ / } \ # . \ # 64 200 400 linux-swap \ # method{ swap } format{ } \ # . ### cfk ### # d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true ### # d-i partman/choose_partition \ select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk ### d-i partman/confirm boolean true ### Clock and time zone setup # Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC. d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true # You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of # /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values. d-i time/zone string US/Central ### Apt setup # You can choose to install restricted and universe software, or to install # software from the backports repository. # cfk d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true d-i apt-setup/multiverse boolean true # d-i apt-setup/backports boolean true # Uncomment this to avoid adding security sources, or # add a hostname to use a different server than security.ubuntu.com. # d-i apt-setup/security_host string # d-i apt-setup/security_host string cp600:3142/security.ubuntu.com # d-i apt-setup/security_host string cp333:9999/ubuntu-security # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available #d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http://local.server/ubuntu feisty main #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server # 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 boolean true ### ubuntu debugging stuff d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http://ddebs.ubuntu.com natty main restricted universe multiverse d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string ubuntu debugging stuff d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x428D7C015E0577F2 ### cfk - ppa d-i apt-setup/local1/repository string http://ppa.launchpad.net/carlfk/ppa/ubuntu natty main d-i apt-setup/local1/comment string Carls PPA d-i apt-setup/local1/source boolean true d-i apt-setup/local1/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2EB11AEDA224C43C ### cfk - not melt - but stuff # d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http://ppa.launchpad.net/intuitivenipple/video-editors/ubuntu karmic main # d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string intuitivenipple PPA # d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true # d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x727D031129047922 ### cfk - melt # d-i apt-setup/local1/repository string http://ppa.launchpad.net/sunab/sunab2/ubuntu lucid main # d-i apt-setup/local1/comment string mlt PPA # d-i apt-setup/local1/source boolean true # d-i apt-setup/local1/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB5115B98AA836CA8 ### cfk - theora # d-i apt-setup/local2/repository string http://ppa.launchpad.net/theora/ppa/ubuntu lucid main # d-i apt-setup/local2/comment string theora PPA # d-i apt-setup/local2/source boolean true # d-i apt-setup/local2/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x51464F3A7DD2460F ### cfk - ffmpeg # d-i apt-setup/local3/repository string http://ppa.launchpad.net/freshmedia/ppa/ubuntu karmic main # d-i apt-setup/local3/comment string ffmpeg PPA # d-i apt-setup/local3/source boolean true # d-i apt-setup/local3/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBB5F483440B62BF8 # Enable deb-src lines #d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true # URL to the public key of the local repository #d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key ### Account setup # Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to # use sudo). The default is false; preseed this to true if you want to set # a root password. #d-i passwd/root-login boolean false # Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account. #d-i passwd/make-user boolean false # Root password, either in clear text #d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme #d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme # or encrypted using an MD5 hash. #d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [MD5 hash] ### cfk # To create a normal user account. #d-i passwd/user-fullname string Ubuntu User ### d-i passwd/user-fullname string Joe User ### d-i passwd/username string juser # Normal user's password, either in clear text # d-i passwd/user-password password foo # d-i passwd/user-password-again password foo # or encrypted using an MD5 hash. ### d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6$khprmotoVWYLZY2W$Gj5Y6p4R.LsXQdL2xf6umhInzZ9GCG6USXB0XIl86m5.IbqSOPXJ0mxVUE7y5kGFE/arHgExAxoz0kEULiplZ. d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video juser adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sudo # sambashare # Set to true if you want an encrypted private directory for the first user. ## d-i user-setup/encrypted-private boolean false d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false d-i pkgsel/update-policy string none ### 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 ### 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 # 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 if finds some other OS # too, 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/bootdev string (hd0,0) #d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false #d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false ### Package selection # cfk (passed from pxe boot parameters) #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ubuntu-standard, ubuntu-desktop #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ubuntu-standard, lamp-server #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ubuntu-standard, kubuntu-desktop ### extra packages # cfk ### d-i pkgsel/include string screen openssh-server nfs-common bpython git-core subversion git-svn build-essential xclip curl python-setuptools mercurial libqt4-dev installation-guide-i386 gdb libc-dbg kerneloops vim python-wxversion libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libxv-dev cmake libavcodec-dev libasound2-dev autotools-dev libltdl7-dev m4 kexec-tools tftp iotop iftop ffmpeg bpython ipython ack-grep libavcodec-dev libavcodec52 python-virtualenv squid-deb-proxy-client kino imagemagick mplayer vlc dvgrab dvsink dvsource dvswitch ffmpeg2theora git automake autoconf libtool intltool g++ yasm swig libmp3lame-dev libgavl-dev libsamplerate-dev libxml2-dev ladspa-sdk libjack-dev libsox-dev libsdl-dev libgtk2.0-dev libqt4-dev libexif-dev libtheora-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev python-dev sox gconf-editor liboil-dev sshfs # linux-image-3.0-0-generic # 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 ### Finishing up the first stage install # 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 ### 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 glibc/disable-screensaver boolean true libpam-modules/disable-screensaver boolean true #### Advanced options ### Shell commands # 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 # cfk - get early script from shaz, run it. d-i preseed/early_command string cd /tmp && wget http://shaz.personnelware.com/early_command.sh && chmod u+x early_command.sh && ./early_command.sh # This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is # still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it # directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install # packages and run commands in the target system. #d-i preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh d-i shared/default-x-display-manager lightdm ## gdm ### cfk - get late script from shaz, run it. d-i preseed/late_command string cd /tmp && wget http://shaz.personnelware.com/late_command.sh && chmod u+x late_command.sh && ./late_command.sh