Goobie81
August 23rd, 2008, 07:43 AM
Hey guys - I've got pxelinux setup with netboot, an extracted copy of the ubuntu server CD which the netboot image mounts over NFS and installs with settings from a kickstart file loaded via http (boot loader, auth, packages, etc)
I'm trying to figure out how to change my cd 'image' that i install from to create a custom installation.
I'm not trying to create a Live boot CD, or alter the package/repo lists etc, I just want be able to pre-load configs & settings etc onto machines
eg. Populate a bunch of scripts into /usr/local/sbin
Edit files in /etc/skel (profiles etc)
Overwrite the postfix main.cf with another one
SSH keys, LDAP authentication settings
etc etc
My current solution is to use a script with %post-install to retrieve a tar file which does all this, but i was looking for something more elegant.
Does any know how i can do this? Can i setup Ubuntu server on a random machine, configure it to exactly how i want and then somehow image it?
I'm trying to figure out how to change my cd 'image' that i install from to create a custom installation.
I'm not trying to create a Live boot CD, or alter the package/repo lists etc, I just want be able to pre-load configs & settings etc onto machines
eg. Populate a bunch of scripts into /usr/local/sbin
Edit files in /etc/skel (profiles etc)
Overwrite the postfix main.cf with another one
SSH keys, LDAP authentication settings
etc etc
My current solution is to use a script with %post-install to retrieve a tar file which does all this, but i was looking for something more elegant.
Does any know how i can do this? Can i setup Ubuntu server on a random machine, configure it to exactly how i want and then somehow image it?