Ubuntu 14.04: automatic installation with kickstart file

Here is how to make an unattended installation ISO of Ubuntu 14.04 Server.

Reference

http://pricklytech.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/ubuntu-server-unattended-installation-custom-cd/

make automatic installation ISO

mount the ISO

# mount -o loop /home/hattori/ISO_files/ubuntu-14.04-server-amd64.iso /home/hattori/iso

copy files to /home/hattori/serveriso directory

# cp -rT /home/hattori/iso /home/hattori/serveriso # chmod -R 777 /home/hattori/serveriso/

configure language ( in my case, use japanese )

first search supported language from langlist file and configure language you want to use

# cd /home/hattori/serveriso/isolinux/ # grep ^ja langlist ja # echo ja > langlist # cat langlist ja

install system-config-kickstart to make a kickstart file.

# apt-get install system-config-kickstart

start.

error.

# system-config-kickstart Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/usr/share/system-config-kickstart/system-config-kickstart.py", line 92, in <module>    kickstartGui.kickstartGui(file)  File "/usr/share/system-config-kickstart/kickstartGui.py", line 131, in __init__    self.X_class = xconfig.xconfig(xml, self.kickstartData)  File "/usr/share/system-config-kickstart/xconfig.py", line 80, in __init__    self.fill_driver_list()  File "/usr/share/system-config-kickstart/xconfig.py", line 115, in fill_driver_list    raise RuntimeError, (_("Could not read video driver database")) RuntimeError: ビデオドライバーのデータベースを読み込むことができませんでした

Googling this, this seems to be a bug.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/system-config-kickstart-not-working-in-ubuntu-14-04-a-4175502357/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-kickstart/+bug/1236315

follow the instructions.

# apt-get remove hwdata -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:  localechooser-data Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it. The following packages will be REMOVED:  hwdata system-config-kickstart # wget ftp://mirror.ovh.net/mirrors/ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/hwdata/hwdata_0.234-1_all.deb # dpkg -i hwdata_0.234-1_all.deb # apt-get install system-config-kickstart -y

start. Okay.

# system-config-kickstart

make a kickstart file with GUI

Here is the ks.cfg I made.

# grep -v ^# /home/hattori/ks.cfg lang en_US langsupport en_US keyboard us mouse timezone America/New_York rootpw --iscrypted $1$XQbTzRQH$bL76vvwsL6USTxmS7C4tz1 user hattori --fullname "hattori" --iscrypted --password $1$E/m3UF5k$iqR.lTy44xcWqHJI23M9s. reboot text install cdrom bootloader --location=mbr zerombr yes clearpart --all --initlabel part / --fstype ext4 --size 1 --grow part swap --recommended auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5 network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 firewall --disabled --ssh skipx

add following lines at the end of ks.cfg

%packages nano openssh-server

# grep -v ^# /home/hattori/ks.cfg lang ja_JP langsupport ja_JP keyboard jp mouse timezone Asia/Tokyo rootpw --iscrypted $1$WQ7m.az5$EAgrglOCZsH2vtRRO.I8e0 user hattori --fullname "hattori" --iscrypted --password $1$cWaRngQ0$VXnCiRAKUe4SvoihCVTtB. reboot text install cdrom bootloader --location=mbr zerombr yes clearpart --all --initlabel part / --fstype ext4 --size 1 --grow part swap --recommended auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5 network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 firewall --disabled --ssh skipx %packages nano openssh-server

copy the ks file to the /home/hattori/serveriso

# cp /home/hattori/ks.cfg /home/hattori/serveriso/ # ls /home/hattori/serveriso/ EFI                 boot   doc      isolinux  md5sum.txt  pool     ubuntu README.diskdefines  dists  install  ks.cfg    pics        preseed

edit txt.cfg

add “ks=cdrom:ks.cfg”

remove vga=788 and quiet --

before

# less /home/hattori/txt.cfg.org default install label install  menu label ^Install Ubuntu Server  kernel /install/vmlinuz  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-server.seed vga=788 initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet --

after editing

# pwd /home/hattori/serveriso/isolinux # cat txt.cfg default install label install  menu label ^Install Ubuntu Server  kernel /install/vmlinuz  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-server.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg

make an ISO

# cd /home/hattori/serveriso/ # mkisofs -D -r -V "auto install" -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o /home/hattori/ubuntu1404_auto.iso /home/hattori/serveriso # file /home/hattori/ubuntu1404_auto.iso /home/hattori/ubuntu1404_auto.iso: # ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'auto install' (bootable)

install ubuntu by using this ISO.

I confirmed that the the installation succeeds within KVM.