Public bug reported: When performing an unattended install of Ubuntu 16.04 via PXE & preseed, the installer fails to detect any storage devices when netcfg/choose_interface=eno1 is passed as an option.
If that option is not provided via APPEND, or set to 'auto', installer detects storage devices just fine. Sample APPEND that will result in a failure to detect any storage devices: APPEND auto=true vga=788 preseed/interactive=false netcfg/choose_interface=eno1 initrd=/images/linuxdistros/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/initrd.gz preseed/url=http://MYDOMAIN/preseed/ubuntu-16.04-preseed.cfg locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us hostname=unassigned -- When the 'netcfg/choose_interface=eno1' option is removed, storage devices are detected, also setting it to 'auto' seems to work. content of ubuntu-16.04-preseed.cfg : d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname d-i netcfg/get_domain string MYDOMAIN d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string d-i mirror/country string manual d-i mirror/http/hostname string MYDOMAIN d-i mirror/http/directory string /linux/ubuntu d-i mirror/http/proxy string d-i passwd/root-login boolean true d-i passwd/make-user boolean false d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $hash d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true d-i time/zone string US/Eastern d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.vt.edu d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string 25GB d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-root :: \ 500 500 500 ext4 \ $primary{ } \ $bootable{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ /boot } \ . \ 2000 2000 4000 xfs \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ / } \ . \ 4000 1000 8000 xfs \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ /var } \ . \ 8000 1000 12000 xfs \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ /usr } \ . \ 2000 1000 80000 xfs \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ /home } \ . \ 2000 1000 5000 xfs \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ /tmp } \ . \ 1000 2000 4000 xfs \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ mountpoint{ /opt } \ . \ 2000 2000 25% linux-swap \ $lvmok{ } \ method{ swap } format{ } \ . d-i partman/default_filesystem string xfs 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 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 tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ubuntu-server d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential mc etckeeper zsh d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none d-i pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612337 Title: preseed installer fails to detect disks when NIC is specified To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1612337/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
