Public bug reported:
Problem Description
==============
how to skip these confirmation dialogs during ubuntu 14.04 automatic
installation with preseed?
The automatic installation process is interrupted by the following confirmation
dialogs:
+------------+ [!!] Choose a mirror of the Ubuntu archive +-------------+
| |
| Please enter the directory in which the mirror of the Ubuntu archive |
| is located. |
| |
| Ubuntu archive mirror directory: |
| |
| /install/ubuntu14.04/x86_64__________________________________________ |
| |
| <Go Back> <Continue> |
| |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
+------------------------+ [!!] Partition disks +-------------------------+
| |
| This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount |
| points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount |
| point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to |
| initialize its partition table. |
| |
| SCSI1 (0,3,0) (sdd) - 64.0 GB ATA MTFDDAK064MAR-1J |
| > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE a |
| > #1 52.4 MB B fat16 EFI System P a |
| > #2 268.4 MB xfs a |
| > #3 16.9 GB swap a |
| > #4 46.8 GB K lvm a |
| > 335.4 kB FREE SPACE a |
| a |
| Undo changes to partitions |
| Finish partitioning and write changes to disk |
| |
| <Go Back> |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
<F1> for help; <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
+-----------------------+ [!!] Partition disks +-----------------------+
| |
| If you continue, the changes listed below will be written to the |
| disks. Otherwise, you will be able to make further changes manually. |
| |
| WARNING: This will destroy all data on any partitions you have |
| removed as well as on the partitions that are going to be formatted. |
| |
| The following partitions are going to be formatted: |
| partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) as EFIboot |
| partition #2 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) as ext3 |
| partition #3 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) as swap |
| |
| Write the changes to disks? |
| |
| <Yes> <No> |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
+-------------------+ [!!] Finish the installation +--------------------+
| |
+| Installation complete |
|| Installation is complete, so it is time to boot into your new system. |
|| Make sure to remove the installation media (CD-ROM, floppies), so |
|| that you boot into the new system rather than restarting the |
|| installation. |
|| |
+| <Go Back> <Continue> |
| |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Contact Information = yang...@cn.ibm.com
---uname output---
Linux x3550m4n07 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type = x3550m4
---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured
---Steps to Reproduce---
The preseed configure file is:
### Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8
# Keyboard Selection
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string en
### Network Configuration
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 120
### Mirror settings
# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/protocol string http
d-i mirror/http/directory string /install/ubuntu14.04/x86_64
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
# Suite to install.
#d-i mirror/suite string testing
# Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).
#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing
### Partitioning
# This creates a small /boot partition, suitable
# swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition:
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
#create the /tmp/partitioning based on the uefi or legacy bios
d-i partman/early_command string \
debconf-set partman-auto/disk ""
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /tmp/partitioning
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman/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
### Account setup
d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password
$1$O1J0hUkC$XXFLmFTUVmdFB7qpsznlZ.
### Clock and time zone setup
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string 10.1.5.185
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string America/New_York
### Apt setup
d-i apt-setup/multiverse boolean false
d-i apt-setup/universe boolean false
d-i apt-setup/backports boolean false
d-i apt-setup/updates boolean false
### Boot loader installation
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
# gawk required for the xCAT scripts to work
# Otherwise it installs mawk, which doesn't work
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server ntp gawk nfs-common snmpd
d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
d-i pkgsel/updatedb boolean false
### Finishing up the installation
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
### X configuration
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method \
select medium
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list \
select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz
d-i preseed/early_command string wget http://`cat
/tmp/xcatserver`/install/autoinst/x3550m4n07.pre; \
chmod u+x x3550m4n07.pre; \
./x3550m4n07.pre
d-i preseed/late_command string wget http://`cat
/tmp/xcatserver`/install/autoinst/x3550m4n07.post; \
chmod u+x x3550m4n07.post; \
cp ./x3550m4n07.post /target/root/post.script; \
mount -o bind /proc /target/proc -t proc; \
mount -o bind /dev /target/dev; \
mount -o bind /dev/pts /target/dev/pts -t devpts; \
mount -o bind /sys /target/sys; \
chroot /target /root/post.script
Install method: Network
Install disk info:
root@x3550m4n07:~# fdisk -l
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdc: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125045424 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 125045423 62522711+ ee GPT
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdd'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdd: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125045424 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 125045423 62522711+ ee GPT
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125045424 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 125045423 62522711+ ee GPT
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125045424 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 125045423 62522711+ ee GPT
Disk /dev/mapper/system-root: 46.8 GB, 46774878208 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5686 cylinders, total 91357184 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/system-root doesn't contain a valid partition table
Install ISO Information: # cat /install/ubuntu14.04/x86_64/.disk/info
Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)root@ubumn14
== Comment: #2 - Guang Cheng Li <ligua...@cn.ibm.com> - ==
(In reply to comment #1)
> Reducing the severity of the bug since the confirmation dialogues is not
> stopping the installation and end up with successful installation.
No, considering a cluster with 10,000+ nodes, pressing the "Yes/No" for
each node is a show stopper. Our product is designed to automatic deploy
and manage the scalability HPC cluster, interaction during the os
provisioning is taken as a blocking issue from our perspective. Thanks.
== Comment: #3 - Luciano Chavez <cha...@us.ibm.com> - ==
For the partitioning without confirmation I found a suggestion to try adding:
d-i partman/choose_partition \
select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
before
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
== Comment: #4 - SONG YANG <yang...@cn.ibm.com> - ==
hi, I tried this method and still failed to bypass this confirmation
...
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition \
select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
...
(In reply to comment #3)
> For the partitioning without confirmation I found a suggestion to try adding:
>
> d-i partman/choose_partition \
> select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
>
> before
>
> d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: architecture-x8664 bugnameltc-113870 severity-critical
targetmilestone-inin1404
** Tags added: architecture-x8664 bugnameltc-113870 severity-critical
targetmilestone-inin1404
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