I attempted to create a custom ubuntu installer (based on server edition) like:
How do I create a completely unattended install of Ubuntu?
and:
How to create a Customized Ubuntu Server ISO?
but it failed miserably.
The txt.cfg looks like this:
label customized
menu label ^Install customized Ubuntu
kernel /install/vmlinuz
append file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed vga=788 initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet ks=cdrom:/preseed/custom.cfg ---
The custom.seed file is a copy of the ubuntu.seed and the custom.cfg contains among others:
#Initial user
user me --fullname "Me" --password secret
During the installation process, everything appears to be fine, and I'm even prompted whether I'm sure to use a weak password. After the install finishes and reboots, I'm however unable to login as "me". ...and it's a not a typo, I triple checked it and tried many times. I searched many hours what could be the problem but couldn't find anything.
What's going on?
PS: I tried with the encrypted password option and without!
