# Download packages from mirrors.mit.edu d-i mirror/country string manual d-i mirror/http/countries string manual d-i mirror/http/hostname string mirrors.mit.edu d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu/ d-i mirror/http/proxy string # Use time.mit.edu for NTP syncing d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string time.mit.edu # Guided partitioning with LVM d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/xvda d-i partman-auto/method string lvm # The atomic recipe in Bionic ignores the boot partition when using the # lvm method; our pygrub can't read /boot on LVM, so we get to provide # an entire recipe. This is the atomic recipe from Debian Buster, # modified to avoid name collision and to use Ubuntu's preferred sizes # and filesystem for /boot. d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-root :: \ \ 1 1 1 free \ $iflabel{ gpt } \ $reusemethod{ } \ method{ biosgrub } . \ \ 512 1024 768 ext4 \ $defaultignore{ } \ method{ format } \ format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } \ filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ /boot } . \ \ 900 10000 -1 $default_filesystem \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } \ format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } \ $default_filesystem{ } \ mountpoint{ / } . \ \ 100% 512 200% linux-swap \ $lvmok{ } \ $reusemethod{ } \ method{ swap } \ format{ } . \ d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true # Use the linux-virtual kernel d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-virtual # Create just a root account d-i passwd/root-login boolean true d-i passwd/root-password string fake_value d-i passwd/root-password-again string fake_value d-i passwd/make-user boolean false # Remove the root password so users can log in on the console # Our pygrub can't read grub2 configs, and grub-legacy isn't in # Ubuntu, but they've provided a tool to help d-i preseed/late_command string in-target passwd -d root; \ apt-install pv-grub-menu; \ echo "" >>/target/etc/default/grub ; \ echo "# Prevent update-menu-lst from prepending /boot to menu.lst kernels and initrds" >>/target/etc/default/grub ; \ echo "kernel_dir=" >>/target/etc/default/grub ; \ in-target sed -i -e 's/# groot=.*/# groot=(hd0,0)/' /boot/grub/menu.lst; \ in-target /usr/sbin/update-menu-lst # Avoid that last message about the install being complete. d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note