|  | ### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for squeeze) | 
|  | ### Localization | 
|  | # Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale. | 
|  | d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US | 
|  |  | 
|  | # The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility. | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/language string en | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/country string NL | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8 | 
|  | # Optionally specify additional locales to be generated. | 
|  | #d-i localechooser/supported-locales en_US.UTF-8, nl_NL.UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Keyboard selection. | 
|  | # Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection. | 
|  | d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false | 
|  | #d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105 | 
|  | d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us | 
|  | # To select a variant of the selected layout (if you leave this out, the | 
|  | # basic form of the layout will be used): | 
|  | #d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string dvorak | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Network configuration | 
|  | # Disable network configuration entirely. This is useful for cdrom | 
|  | # installations on non-networked devices where the network questions, | 
|  | # warning and long timeouts are a nuisance. | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/enable boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | # netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it | 
|  | # skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface. | 
|  | d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto | 
|  |  | 
|  | # To pick a particular interface instead: | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1 | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for | 
|  | # it, this might be useful. | 
|  | d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 120 | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and | 
|  | # the static network configuration below. | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If you want the preconfiguration file to work on systems both with and | 
|  | # without a dhcp server, uncomment these lines and the static network | 
|  | # configuration below. | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Static network configuration. | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1 | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42 | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1 | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over | 
|  | # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions | 
|  | # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. | 
|  | d-i netcfg/get_hostname string stack | 
|  | d-i netcfg/get_domain string stackpass | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. | 
|  | d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string | 
|  | # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts. | 
|  | #d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can | 
|  | # configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or | 
|  | # change to false to disable asking. | 
|  | #d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Network console | 
|  | # Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console | 
|  | # component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you | 
|  | # intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually. | 
|  | #d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console | 
|  | #d-i network-console/password password r00tme | 
|  | #d-i network-console/password-again password r00tme | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Mirror settings | 
|  | # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set. | 
|  | #d-i mirror/protocol string ftp | 
|  | d-i mirror/country string manual | 
|  | d-i mirror/http/hostname string archive.ubuntu.com | 
|  | d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu | 
|  | d-i mirror/http/proxy string | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Alternatively: by default, the installer uses CC.archive.ubuntu.com where | 
|  | # CC is the ISO-3166-2 code for the selected country. You can preseed this | 
|  | # so that it does so without asking. | 
|  | #d-i mirror/http/mirror select CC.archive.ubuntu.com | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Suite to install. | 
|  | #d-i mirror/suite string squeeze | 
|  | # Suite to use for loading installer components (optional). | 
|  | #d-i mirror/udeb/suite string squeeze | 
|  | # Components to use for loading installer components (optional). | 
|  | #d-i mirror/udeb/components multiselect main, restricted | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Clock and time zone setup | 
|  | # Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC. | 
|  | d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of | 
|  | # /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values. | 
|  | d-i time/zone string US/Pacific | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install | 
|  | d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true | 
|  | # NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here. | 
|  | d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string 0.us.pool.ntp.org | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Partitioning | 
|  | ## Partitioning example | 
|  | # If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space. | 
|  | # This is only honoured if partman-auto/method (below) is not set. | 
|  | # Alternatives: custom, some_device, some_device_crypto, some_device_lvm. | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only | 
|  | # one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device | 
|  | # name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/hda or | 
|  | # /dev/sda, and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc). | 
|  | # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk: | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda | 
|  | # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use. | 
|  | # The presently available methods are: | 
|  | # - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture | 
|  | # - lvm:     use LVM to partition the disk | 
|  | # - crypto:  use LVM within an encrypted partition | 
|  | d-i partman-auto/method string regular | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned | 
|  | # contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a | 
|  | # warning. This can be preseeded away... | 
|  | d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true | 
|  | # The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array: | 
|  | d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true | 
|  | # And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions. | 
|  | d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # For LVM partitioning, you can select how much of the volume group to use | 
|  | # for logical volumes. | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string 10GB | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string 50% | 
|  |  | 
|  | # You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes: | 
|  | # - atomic: all files in one partition | 
|  | # - home:   separate /home partition | 
|  | # - multi:  separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions | 
|  | d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Or provide a recipe of your own... | 
|  | # If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can | 
|  | # just point at it. | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If not, you can put an entire recipe into the preconfiguration file in one | 
|  | # (logical) line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable | 
|  | # swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition: | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \ | 
|  | #      boot-root ::                                            \ | 
|  | #              40 50 100 ext3                                  \ | 
|  | #                      $primary{ } $bootable{ }                \ | 
|  | #                      method{ format } format{ }              \ | 
|  | #                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \ | 
|  | #                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \ | 
|  | #              .                                               \ | 
|  | #              500 10000 1000000000 ext3                       \ | 
|  | #                      method{ format } format{ }              \ | 
|  | #                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \ | 
|  | #                      mountpoint{ / }                         \ | 
|  | #              .                                               \ | 
|  | #              64 512 300% linux-swap                          \ | 
|  | #                      method{ swap } format{ }                \ | 
|  | #              . | 
|  |  | 
|  | # If you just want to change the default filesystem from ext3 to something | 
|  | # else, you can do that without providing a full recipe. | 
|  | d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext3 | 
|  |  | 
|  | # The full recipe format is documented in the file partman-auto-recipe.txt | 
|  | # included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source | 
|  | # repository. This also documents how to specify settings such as file | 
|  | # system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include | 
|  | # in a volume group. | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided | 
|  | # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above. | 
|  | d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true | 
|  | d-i partman/choose_partition select finish | 
|  | d-i partman/confirm boolean true | 
|  | d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Partitioning using RAID | 
|  | # The method should be set to "raid". | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/method string raid | 
|  | # Specify the disks to be partitioned. They will all get the same layout, | 
|  | # so this will only work if the disks are the same size. | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda /dev/sdb | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Next you need to specify the physical partitions that will be used. | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ | 
|  | #      multiraid ::                                         \ | 
|  | #              1000 5000 4000 raid                          \ | 
|  | #                      $primary{ } method{ raid }           \ | 
|  | #              .                                            \ | 
|  | #              64 512 300% raid                             \ | 
|  | #                      method{ raid }                       \ | 
|  | #              .                                            \ | 
|  | #              500 10000 1000000000 raid                    \ | 
|  | #                      method{ raid }                       \ | 
|  | #              . | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Last you need to specify how the previously defined partitions will be | 
|  | # used in the RAID setup. Remember to use the correct partition numbers | 
|  | # for logical partitions. RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 are supported; | 
|  | # devices are separated using "#". | 
|  | # Parameters are: | 
|  | # <raidtype> <devcount> <sparecount> <fstype> <mountpoint> \ | 
|  | #          <devices> <sparedevices> | 
|  |  | 
|  | #d-i partman-auto-raid/recipe string \ | 
|  | #    1 2 0 ext3 /                    \ | 
|  | #          /dev/sda1#/dev/sdb1       \ | 
|  | #    .                               \ | 
|  | #    1 2 0 swap -                    \ | 
|  | #          /dev/sda5#/dev/sdb5       \ | 
|  | #    .                               \ | 
|  | #    0 2 0 ext3 /home                \ | 
|  | #          /dev/sda6#/dev/sdb6       \ | 
|  | #    . | 
|  |  | 
|  | # For additional information see the file partman-auto-raid-recipe.txt | 
|  | # included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source | 
|  | # repository. | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation. | 
|  | d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true | 
|  | d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true | 
|  | d-i partman/choose_partition select finish | 
|  | d-i partman/confirm boolean true | 
|  | d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Controlling how partitions are mounted | 
|  | # The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to | 
|  | # use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before | 
|  | # falling back to UUIDs. | 
|  | #d-i partman/mount_style select uuid | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Base system installation | 
|  | # Configure APT to not install recommended packages by default. Use of this | 
|  | # option can result in an incomplete system and should only be used by very | 
|  | # experienced users. | 
|  | #d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | # The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no | 
|  | # kernel is to be installed. | 
|  | d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-virtual | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Account setup | 
|  | # Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to | 
|  | # use sudo). The default is false; preseed this to true if you want to set | 
|  | # a root password. | 
|  | d-i passwd/root-login boolean true | 
|  | # Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account. | 
|  | d-i passwd/make-user boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Root password, either in clear text | 
|  | d-i passwd/root-password password stackpass | 
|  | d-i passwd/root-password-again password stackpass | 
|  | # or encrypted using an MD5 hash. | 
|  | #d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [MD5 hash] | 
|  |  | 
|  | # To create a normal user account. | 
|  | #d-i passwd/user-fullname string Ubuntu User | 
|  | #d-i passwd/username string ubuntu | 
|  | # Normal user's password, either in clear text | 
|  | #d-i passwd/user-password password insecure | 
|  | #d-i passwd/user-password-again password insecure | 
|  | # or encrypted using an MD5 hash. | 
|  | #d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [MD5 hash] | 
|  | # Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default. | 
|  | #d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010 | 
|  | # The installer will warn about weak passwords. If you are sure you know | 
|  | # what you're doing and want to override it, uncomment this. | 
|  | d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To | 
|  | # override that, use this. | 
|  | #d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Set to true if you want to encrypt the first user's home directory. | 
|  | d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Apt setup | 
|  | # You can choose to install restricted and universe software, or to install | 
|  | # software from the backports repository. | 
|  | d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true | 
|  | d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true | 
|  | d-i apt-setup/backports boolean true | 
|  | # Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror. | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false | 
|  | # Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used. | 
|  | # Values shown below are the normal defaults. | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \ | 
|  | #       http://local.server/ubuntu squeeze main | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server | 
|  | # Enable deb-src lines | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true | 
|  | # URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or | 
|  | # apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the | 
|  | # sources.list line will be left commented out | 
|  | #d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key | 
|  |  | 
|  | # By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated | 
|  | # using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that | 
|  | # authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended. | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Package selection | 
|  | #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ubuntu-desktop | 
|  | #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect lamp-server, print-server | 
|  | #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect kubuntu-desktop | 
|  | tasksel tasksel/first multiselect openssh-server | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Individual additional packages to install | 
|  | #d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential | 
|  | # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap. | 
|  | # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade | 
|  | #d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Language pack selection | 
|  | #d-i pkgsel/language-packs multiselect de, en, zh | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Policy for applying updates. May be "none" (no automatic updates), | 
|  | # "unattended-upgrades" (install security updates automatically), or | 
|  | # "landscape" (manage system with Landscape). | 
|  | d-i pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have | 
|  | # installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back, | 
|  | # but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most | 
|  | # popular and include it on CDs. | 
|  | #popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | # By default, the system's locate database will be updated after the | 
|  | # installer has finished installing most packages. This may take a while, so | 
|  | # if you don't want it, you can set this to "false" to turn it off. | 
|  | d-i pkgsel/updatedb boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Boot loader installation | 
|  | # Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed | 
|  | # instead, uncomment this: | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true | 
|  | # To also skip installing lilo, and install no bootloader, uncomment this | 
|  | # too: | 
|  | #d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # With a few exceptions for unusual partitioning setups, GRUB 2 is now the | 
|  | # default. If you need GRUB Legacy for some particular reason, then | 
|  | # uncomment this: | 
|  | d-i grub-installer/grub2_instead_of_grub_legacy boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR | 
|  | # if no other operating system is detected on the machine. | 
|  | d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other | 
|  | # OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS. | 
|  | d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Alternatively, if you want to install to a location other than the mbr, | 
|  | # uncomment and edit these lines: | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string (hd0,0) | 
|  | # To install grub to multiple disks: | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string (hd0,0) (hd1,0) (hd2,0) | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Optional password for grub, either in clear text | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/password password r00tme | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/password-again password r00tme | 
|  | # or encrypted using an MD5 hash, see grub-md5-crypt(8). | 
|  | #d-i grub-installer/password-crypted password [MD5 hash] | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the | 
|  | # installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer). | 
|  | # Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically. | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string nousb | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Finishing up the installation | 
|  | # During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles | 
|  | # (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next | 
|  | # line to prevent this. | 
|  | d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Avoid that last message about the install being complete. | 
|  | d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This will prevent the installer from ejecting the CD during the reboot, | 
|  | # which is useful in some situations. | 
|  | #d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This is how to make the installer shutdown when finished, but not | 
|  | # reboot into the installed system. | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true | 
|  | # This will power off the machine instead of just halting it. | 
|  | #d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### X configuration | 
|  | # X can detect the right driver for some cards, but if you're preseeding, | 
|  | # you override whatever it chooses. Still, vesa will work most places. | 
|  | #xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/device/driver select vesa | 
|  |  | 
|  | # A caveat with mouse autodetection is that if it fails, X will retry it | 
|  | # over and over. So if it's preseeded to be done, there is a possibility of | 
|  | # an infinite loop if the mouse is not autodetected. | 
|  | #xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse boolean true | 
|  |  | 
|  | # Monitor autodetection is recommended. | 
|  | xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true | 
|  | # Uncomment if you have an LCD display. | 
|  | #xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/lcd boolean true | 
|  | # X has three configuration paths for the monitor. Here's how to preseed | 
|  | # the "medium" path, which is always available. The "simple" path may not | 
|  | # be available, and the "advanced" path asks too many questions. | 
|  | xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method \ | 
|  | select medium | 
|  | xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list \ | 
|  | select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Preseeding other packages | 
|  | # Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong | 
|  | # during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may | 
|  | # be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every | 
|  | # possible question that could be asked during an install, do an | 
|  | # installation, and then run these commands: | 
|  | #   debconf-get-selections --installer > file | 
|  | #   debconf-get-selections >> file | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | #### Advanced options | 
|  | ### Running custom commands during the installation | 
|  | # d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks | 
|  | # for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a | 
|  | # preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from | 
|  | # trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful, | 
|  | # here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer, | 
|  | # automatically. | 
|  |  | 
|  | # This first command is run as early as possible, just after | 
|  | # preseeding is read. | 
|  | #d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install some-udeb | 
|  | # This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be | 
|  | # useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state | 
|  | # of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs). | 
|  | #d-i partman/early_command \ | 
|  | #       string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$(list-devices disk | head -n1)" | 
|  | # 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 | 
|  | # packages and run commands in the target system. | 
|  | #d-i preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh |