I've successfully written a preseed, grub and isolinux cfg file for a fully automated Mint install.
Everything is working as expected with one exception.
The installer still asks me what installation method I want to use. "Normal installation, or Minimal installation".
After confirming what install type I want, the rest of the installation is automatic as it should be.
Am I missing something?
Here are my seed and cfg. files:
Seefile:
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# Enable extras.ubuntu.com.
d-i apt-setup/extras boolean true
# Install the Kubuntu desktop.
#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect kubuntu-desktop
# Install KDE translation packages.
#d-i pkgsel/language-pack-patterns string language-pack-kde-$LL kde-i18n-$LL
# Install the KDE oem-config frontend (if in OEM mode).
#d-i oem-config-udeb/frontend string kde
# On live DVDs, don't spend huge amounts of time removing substantial
# application packages pulled in by language packs. Given that we clearly
# have the space to include them on the DVD, they're useful and we might as
# well keep them installed.
# -------- Localization --------
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
# -------- Keyboard --------
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
# -------- Network --------
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 10
d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 10
d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 1
# Set default names to prevent prompts, overwritten by DHCP names.
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
# -------- Hardware Firmware --------
d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
# -------- Accounts --------
# disable root user
d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
# base user for system
d-i passwd/user-fullname string
d-i passwd/username string test
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6$X6aACJJM$_________________CENSORED /2aCKTbfCtYkemKygCIoh/
d-i passwd/user-uid string 1000
d-i passwd/user-default-groups string cdrom video sudo ssh plugdev
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
# -------- Clock and Timezone --------
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean false
d-i time/zone string America/Los_Angeles
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
# Partitioning
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm_span boolean true
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
boot-root :: \
100 5000 -1 ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
$primary{ } \
method{ lvm } \
device{ /dev/sda } \
vg_name{ openstack } \
. \
512 1000 1000 ext4 \
$primary{ } \
$bootable{ } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
mountpoint{ /boot } \
. \
128000 50 128000 linux-swap \
method{ swap } \
format{ } \
. \
20000 60 50000 ext4 \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ root } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
in_vg{ openstack } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
1000000 70 -1 ext4 \
$lvmok{ } \
lv_name{ var } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
in_vg{ openstack } \
mountpoint{ /var } \
.
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select boot-root
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-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
# Set to true if you want to encrypt the first user's home directory.
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
# -------- Package Selection --------
# Main tasksel server packages
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect server, openssh-server
# Additional packages to install
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server python-software-properties inotify-tools curl unattended-upgrades sysstat nmon tmux ssh vim haveged
# Upgrade packages after bootstrap
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
# Install security updates automatically
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades
# -------- Console Setup --------
# Verbose startup output, drop to console (text) login by default.
d-i debian-installer/quiet boolean false
d-i debian-installer/splash boolean false
# -------- Boot Loader Installation --------
# Assume one OS, install to default device, add other OS's if found.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
d-i grub-installer/timeout string 2
# -------- Finish Installation --------
d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean true
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
# -------- Post Installation --------
# After system is setup (before reboot), run post-install script.
#
# 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 grub and isolinux cfg:
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loadfont unicode
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
menuentry "Autoinstall Test" --class linuxmint {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed auto=true priority=critical debian-installer/locale=en_US keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us ubiquity/reboot=true languagechooser/language-name=English countrychooser/shortlist=US localechooser/supported-locales=en_US.UTF-8 boot=casper automatic-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash noprompt noshell --- quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon 64-bit (compatibility mode)" {
linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} noapic noacpi nosplash irqpoll nomodeset --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
}
menuentry "OEM install (for manufacturers)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed oem-config/enable=true only-ubiquity boot=casper iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
}
grub_platform
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
menuentry 'Boot from next volume' {
exit 1
}
menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' {
fwsetup
}
else
menuentry 'Test memory' {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
fi
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default vesamenu.c32
timeout 100
menu background splash.png
menu title Abschlussprojekt2023
menu color screen 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #ffffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #ffDEDEDE #00000000 std
MENU WIDTH 78
MENU MARGIN 15
MENU ROWS 6
MENU VSHIFT 10
MENU TABMSGROW 11
MENU CMDLINEROW 11
MENU HELPMSGROW 15
MENU HELPMSGENDROW 28
label live
menu label Autoinstall Test
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed auto=true priority=critical debian-installer/locale=en_US keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us ubiquity/reboot=true languagechooser/language-name=English countrychooser/shortlist=US localechooser/supported-locales=en_US.UTF-8 boot=casper automatic-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash noprompt noshell --- quiet splash --
menu default
label xforcevesa
menu label Start in compatibility mode
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz noapic noacpi nosplash irqpoll nomodeset --
label oem
menu label OEM install (for manufacturers)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed oem-config/enable=true only-ubiquity boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --
label hdt
menu label Hardware Detection
kernel hdt.c32
label local
menu label Boot from local drive
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hd0
label memtest
menu label Memory test
kernel /casper/memtest
Max
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