Re: [Linuxcoe-devel] ubuntu server edition

[Darry C. <da...@ft...>]

Bryan & Lee:

Thanks for the help and pointers - I played around with both options 
Friday, both worked as advertised and I'm on my way.

Thanks again for the quick responses.

...Darry

Mayes, Lee wrote:
> Hi Darry,
> 
>   I took at look at what makes up 'Ubuntu Server'.  Basically, it's just a minimal Ubuntu install with the 'linux-server' kernel vs. the generic one.  Here's what's in isolinux.cfg of an Ubuntu Server iso:
> 
>  LABEL install
>   menu label ^Install to the hard disk
>   kernel /install/vmlinuz
>   append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-server.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet --
> 
> And if we look at that pressed file:
> 
> root@mayeshc:/mnt/cdrom# cat preseed/ubuntu-server.seed
> # Always install the server kernel.
> d-i     base-installer/kernel/override-image    string linux-server
> # Only install basic language packs. Let tasksel ask about tasks.
> d-i     pkgsel/language-pack-patterns   string
> # No language support packages.
> d-i     pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
> root@mayeshc:/mnt/cdrom#
> 
> So without changing the code, you could create a profile that would install Ubuntu server by selecting no 'flavor' of Ubuntu (which implies base system) then putting those lines in the disk partitioning text box, which I merrily poke into preseed without change.
> 
> I think that should get you a base Ubuntu Server installation.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Lee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lin...@li... [mailto:lin...@li...] On Behalf Of Gartner, Bryan W
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:25 PM
> To: Darry Cooley
> Cc: lin...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Linuxcoe-devel] ubuntu server edition
> 
> Darry,
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 05:55:44PM +0000, Darry Cooley wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking at the admin guide, and thought I'd ask before I started
>> hacking up files - how hard is it to incorporate Ubuntu Server Edition
>> into LinuxCOE?
> 
> My guess, is it would be fairly easy.
> 
> It could be as simple as (with zero testing, mind you):
> 
>         vi <prefix>/data/bundles-Ubuntu-Gutsy
> 
> or make a copy in
> 
>         <syconfdir>/data/bundles-Ubuntu-Gutsy
> 
> and add (one or more of the following)
> 
>         dns-server
>         lamp-server
>         mail-server
>         minimal
>         openssh-server
>         print-server
>         postgresql-server
>         samba-server
>         standard
> 
> Depending on what "Task:"
> 
>         from ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> 
> that you'd like to have installed ;)
> 
> bryang
> 
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