how to install OS quickly

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

Yes, I think so, but it's been too long so I would suggest looking up current instructions. There are a lot of old ones in the way though.

Another way is to set up APT-Cacher-ng to one of the local machines and then add stuff via the network using that as a proxy. It will usually be faster than trying to read a DVD.

do you know how to generate the index ?

i googled ,

Code:

apt-ftparchive packages ./pool/extras/ | tee dists/stable/extras/binary-i386/Packages

what do you think ?

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by gbcbooks

do you know how to generate the index ?

Not any more. It's been a long while, though I have on several separate occasions in the increasingly distant past had to build kickstart systems at different sites. However comparing my notes to what I am finding online, not much has changed.

I'd recommend working through these instructions, if you are dealing with the Ubuntu image at the moment:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...apt-ftparchive

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 08:02 AM

i had regenerate package index,
and add some line to precise/ubuntu-auto.seed

Code:

d-i pkgsel/include string traceroute \
openssh-server \
openssl \
mysql-client \
syslog-ng-core \
syslog-ng \
libldap \
gcc \
g++

and i still get this error

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next , i select "manual select package"

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but quite without changing anything
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can i skip installing package by default ? like ca-cerificate

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 08:11 AM

One task at a time please. preseed is a whole other can of worms, and not related to building an index. Once you have the base system with no bells or whistles installed and working via %packages, only then try adding via %post scripting.

I would focus on getting something, anything, through %packages first and leave preseed and the others alone. What do the current versions of the Ubuntu kickstart guides say about your choices for %packages?

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 08:46 AM

i think %packages and preseed 'pkgsel/include string' would.have the same effect .
i was think about %post 'dpkg -i package.deb', but most of circumstance , it is hard to resolved its dependency.
do.you think so ?

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 08:54 AM

Have you gotten a basic installation working, with no extras, using just %packages? That's the pre-requisite for any progress here, whether you want to try %post with apt-get or preseed

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 09:14 AM

i think so , i remove %packages and preseed setting , it can install seccuessfully, unless it is not the base system that said.

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 09:16 AM

That's not going to be portable to CentOS. Backup a step and work out how to get a base installed via %packages. Then worry about the other stuff. Otherwise it is just chaos.

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 09:49 AM

%package
@base

is that will install base system for.ubtuntu 12.04.5?

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 09:54 AM

I thought @Base had to be capitalized and that the entries under %packages were case-sensitive? What does the documentation say?

I hope you are working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or 16.04 LTS because 12.04 LTS will be end-of-life in a few days. If you use 12.04, all your work will soon be for naught.

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 10:21 AM

yes you r right , capitalizad.
but it is just like i test before , event though i add
@Base
traceroute

the procedure of the installation was interupted.

i thought kickstart can collect current system'software and install them all when installation start from the ks.cfg
am i wrong?

and we still need ubuntu 12.04.50 TLS for a while.

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gbcbooks

yes you r right , capitalizad.
but it is just like i test before , event though i add
@Base
traceroute

the procedure of the installation was interupted.

i thought kickstart can collect current system'software and install them all when installation start from the ks.cfg
am i wrong?

and we still need ubuntu 12.04.50 TLS for a while.

(You will need Ubuntu 12.04 for only three or four weeks. After that it will be a liability.)

Can you get it working one step at a time? Start with just base. Then -- after you have a working test -- try adding something in %post

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get -y install traceroute

But do that only after you have checked that @Base in %packages works.

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 10:43 AM

i have tested it is working .

so i added
%packages
@Base
traceroute
but it tailed again

where will it get the *.deb if we %post to install software.

Turbocapitalist · 03-09-2017, 10:52 AM

If and only if @Base works, then I would recommend adding packages into the %post section.

Code:

%packages
@Base
traceroute

%post
apt-get update
apt-get -y install traceroute

What did the Tips & Tricks link posted much earlier show as far as logging? That will help you figure out where changes go wrong.

apt-get would get the package from the ISO-9660 image or from the net, your choice.

gbcbooks · 03-09-2017, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

If and only if @Base works, then I would recommend adding packages into the %post section.

Code:

%packages
@Base
traceroute

%post
apt-get update
apt-get -y install traceroute

What did the Tips & Tricks link posted much earlier show as far as logging? That will help you figure out where changes go wrong.

apt-get would get the package from the ISO-9660 image or from the net, your choice.

i refer to install from ISO, but how? my mind iS stick