Wednesday, 17 October 2012 23:39
Automated install of Ubuntu 12.04 VM (64 bit) using preseed
Note: Updated to work with XCP 1.5b/1.6
Install Type
- Non-interactive
- Network boot
- Commandline
- Paravirtualized
Prerequisites
- XCP/Xenserver
- Access to Internet
- Working DHCP server
- Working DNS name resolution
Introduction
In this tutorial I create a disk, download a kernel, preseed file and install Ubuntu using the preseed file. This has proven very popular since you can't install a paravirtualized domain using an install disk. This has been a very nice installation howto because you don't have to download any install CD/DVDs and you could create VMs using nothing more than a commandline login. It's also very nice because it can be mirrored locally if you're doing a bunch of them just by rsyncing a Ubuntu mirror locally then downloading my files and editing them.
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