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I am trying to automate my install of Ubuntu 18.04. This is how my current boot paramters look like (forgive me but it's long)

boot=casper 
auto-install/enable=true 
console-setup/ask_detect=false 
console-setup/layoutcode=us 
debconf/frontend=noninteractive 
debian-installer=en_US.UTF-8 
debian-installer/language=en 
debian-installer/country=US 
debian-installer/locale=en_US.UTF-8 
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text 
fb=false 
grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda 
hostname=vagrant 
initrd=/casper/initrd.lz 
kbd-chooser/method=us 
keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard- 
configuration/variant=USA locale=en_US.UTF-8 netcfg/get_domain=vm 
netcfg/get_hostname=vagrant noapic 
preseed/url=http://localhost:3000/preseed-18.04-desktop.cfg ---

Note that the preseed file can be found if I access via link. After I type this in, I get presented with the usual welcome splash screen Ubuntu Splash screen

I don't understand what I am missing because I think I followed everything in the preseeding installation guide. as well as the Boot parameters section

Shiraaz.M
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Ubuntu 18.04 desktop seems to be based on ubiquity installer instead of debian-installer. I'm currently also trying to create an automated install and I see two possible things on your installation:

  • You lack automated-ubiquity as a boot parameter. I assume auto-install/enable=true is a long version of auto=true

  • The entries of the preseed file start with d-i instead of ubiquity. It seems the ubiquity installer don't look for some d-i keys..

You can take a look at this question: How do I create a completely unattended install of Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1 LTS? But I have notice that on 18.04 desktop changes the prefix of the preseed keys from d-i to ubiquity.

tinproject
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