[ale] Need help with an Ubuntu ks.cfg

[Sergio Chaves]

I do not know anything about kickstart or its config file but is the plain
"cdrom" the actual device? Not /dev/cdrom or /dev/scd1, etc.?

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Ted W <ted at techmachine.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to automate the installation of my Ubuntu workstation images
> using kickstart but I seem to be missing something because when I boot off
> of the ISO I've created it only boots to the initramfs prompt and won't go
> any further. I'm not using PXE boot for this, I simply wanted to automate
> the process of answering the install questions automagically and using a
> local mirror for packages instead of having to update manually after
> installation completes. Any help figuring out where I've gone wrong would
> be greatly appreciated. This is my first kickstart file under Ubuntu.
>
> My ks.cfg file is below:
>
> install
> reboot
> text
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> url --url http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu/
> keyboard us
>  root --disabled
> user adminuser --fullname "Admin User" --iscrypted
> MY3ncryptedP at sswordLOLOLOL
> authconfig --enabledsahdow --enabledmd5
> timezone --utc America/New_York
> bootloader --location=mbr --append="quiet" --md5pass MY at ws0megrubp@55!
>  %packages
> @ openssh-server
> @ print-server
> @ ubuntu-desktop
> libnss-ldapd
> libpam-ldapd
> nss-updatedb
> libnss-db
> libpam-ccreds
> nslcd
> nscd
> %pre
> %post
>
> --
> Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
> Registered GNU/Linux user #413569
>
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