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Autoinstall ubuntu (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by ariadna@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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I want to automate the installation of ubuntu-desktop v24.04 hybrid.iso using autoinstall.yaml. I found that the steps for this are described here: https://danielpersson.dev/2023/08/07/looki-looki-no-hands-automatic-install-of-ubuntu-server/
https://youtu.be/DtXZ6BMaKbA

After making the necessary changes and repacking the ISO, I ran into a problem:

when flashing the image with balenaEtcher, it shows an error that the partition table is missing;
if I still write the new image to a USB stick, it doesn’t contain an MBR/GPT partition table and therefore won’t boot on a PC.

My question is: what am I doing wrong? Do I need to manually specify the partition table when repacking the ISO, or is the cause something else?

Thank you in advance)

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's not the right tool for the job. OP is specifically asking about automating installs of UBUNTU, and here you come with this pushy nonsense. OP needs to know how to do something, not what your personal favorite little thing is.

Lastly, Nix and Guix are for bit-level accuracy on install, not AUTOMATED installs. The ability to have reproducible results is for accuracy, not automation. It doesn't solve the very probably they were asking about.

You have zero idea what you are even doing in this thread, or what you're talking about.