[kwlug-disc] automated Ubuntu installer

[Paul Nijjar]

Yes. This is called "debian preseeding". You should be able to put a
preseed file on the USB key and initiate it somehow, but I do not have
exact details. This will let you do things like set up partitioning,
create user accounts, install extra packages etc. 

I do not know if you could actually do a no-touch install, but if this
person's parents can boot from USB and launch the installer then the
rest should be automatable.

No guarantees that this is the latest and greatest, though.

- Paul


On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:20:00PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> A Windows guy at work wants to mail a USB stick to his parents to install
> Ubuntu on their pooched Windows laptop.  He asked me if there's a way to
> fully automate the installer with no parents intervention..  I know that
> there used to be ways to do that but I'm wondering what the latest and
> greatest method is.
> 
> Let's assume Ubuntu LTS 18.04 (Desktop).

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