Hi I have other question about preseed.
I try to let all the server use local NTP server .so add the line to preseed. d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string 10.1.247.51 after install, how to check the config have been working? On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Scott Moser <smo...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Alan Hoffmeister wrote: > > > Hello there! > > > > The default installation of Ubuntu Server get packages from the main > > repository, is there a simple way for changing this? I mean, it would > > be much faster to download packages from a mirror in Brazil, where the > > server is, than the USA default one. > > > > Nanoing sources.list and changing one by one is so creepy :P > > This is pre-seedable. The specific section you need is: > 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 http://@@server@@:8000/ > > If you're doing more than one install, and have a spare system with some > disk space, I highly recommend a squid proxy and using the above to point > the installer at the proxy. Its a very easy way to get psuedo-lan speeds. > > You can specify a pre-seed at the prompt if you're doing a manual install, > by adding 'url=<some-url>'. If you're doing install to real hardware, > then that might be the easiest way. Just set up a bit.ly url for some > server you have a http running on, and use: > url=http://bit.ly/your-nickname-here > > Further reading > > http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2012/01/ubuntu-quick-installation-preseed-link.html > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Shake Chen
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