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I'm preseeding a 14.04 Trusty install, on a machine which requires a driver fix from the 3.16 kernel, which is the one which goes with 14.10 Utopic. The easiest way to get this kernel is to install the corresponding hardware enablement stack:

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/canonical_kernel_team/trusty/main/base/linux-generic-lts-utopic

When I add the PPA and install the package after installation, it works out fine. However, when I add linux-generic-lts-utopic to the pkgsel/include line in my preseed, I get a kernel panic on first boot into the installed system (happens in Parallels and on the actual hardware). It turns out that I have to use the GRUB menu to first boot the default 3.13 kernel, and then run:

sudo update-initramfs -c -k 3.16.0-17-generic
sudo update-grub

After doing this, it can boot 3.16 just fine.

This seems super janky. Is this a regression in the hardware enablement stack, or a problem with the installer, or something missing from preseed?

Thanks.

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  • What is your preseed file like? Did you try adding an update-initramfs command as a late command? – muru Sep 20 '14 at 01:14
  • I have done the late-command, and that works, but it's a hack and should be unnecessary if the package and/or installer were configured correctly. – mikepurvis Sep 20 '14 at 03:18
  • There's an option called base-installer/kernel/image for selecting the kernel to be installed. Tried that? – muru Sep 20 '14 at 03:34
  • I tried image and override-image. Neither had any effect— the package doesn't get installed. I tried also installing the package via pkgsel, but then I just get the kernel panic. – mikepurvis Sep 20 '14 at 13:32
  • Note that update-initramfs -c -k all in the late_command does not work. You have to call out the exact version to generate for. – mikepurvis Sep 30 '14 at 18:52

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For a generalized version of the hack, do:

update-initramfs -c -k $(ls /lib/modules -1 | tail -1)
update-grub

This can be done directly from the late_command, or via a script that the late command invokes.

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Have you tried using the lts-utopic d-i images linked from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/trusty/ rather than trying to hack it up in a preseed from a d-i booting with 3.13?

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