various fixes and initial focal support

[automated-distro-installer] / README

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@@ -95,12 +95,13 @@ on fai-redep arguments.
 # Setup the environment for the install
 
 # create tiny autodiscover cd
+# todo: with fai-revm at least, this complains about missing vmlinuz. need to fix this.
 fai-redep && sudo fai-cd -g $PWD/grub.cfg.autodiscover -f -A $BASEFILE_DIR/autodiscover.iso
-# create normal fai cd (replace TARGET_HOST)
-fai-redep -t TARGET_HOST && sudo fai-cd -M -g $PWD/grub.cfg.netinst -f $BASEFILE_DIR/netinst.iso
-note, may need to set hostname, depending on config,
-and some other things for environment not on your lan
-for example see fai/config/class/LINODE.var. See linode notes below.
+# create normal fai cd (replace TARGET_HOSTNAME)
+fai-redep -t TARGET_HOSTNAME && sudo fai-cd -M -g $PWD/grub.cfg.netinst-noreboot -f $BASEFILE_DIR/netinst.iso
+# note, may need to set hostname, depending on config,
+# and some other things for environment not on your lan
+# for example see fai/config/class/LINODE.var. See linode notes below.
 
 mymk-basefile # Create basefiles for various distros
 archlike-pxe # Setup pxe boot server from an archlike base image
@@ -202,6 +203,50 @@ Operation failed: No such file or directory
   settings.
 
 
+# ubuntu notes
+
+For someone who really needed ubuntu on host tp, otherwise they would
+end up on a non-gnu os, and I didn't want to figure out how to get all
+the default software installed, I did the following:
+
+# On remote host:
+# install etiona
+cd /b/fai
+# set 51-multi-boot to set classes outside of fai-wrapper conditional, including NOWIPE
+. fai-wrapper
+./fai/config/hooks/partition.DEFAULT
+
+# on local host
+# install ubuntu 20.04 using virt-install
+s virt-install --os-variant=ubuntu16.04 --cdrom ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso --disk path=u2004.qcow2 -r 2048 --vcpus 1 -n u2004
+sudo qemu-img create -o preallocation=metadata -f qcow2 u2004.qcow2 15G
+modprobe nbd
+qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 u2004.qcow2 -f qcow2
+s mount /dev/nbd0p5 /mnt/1
+s rsync -avhSAXP --numeric-ids /mnt/1/ root@tp:/mnt/root/root_ubuntubionic
+
+# on remote host:
+# mount boot and root to /mnt/1
+sudo -i
+cd /mnt/1
+cp /tmp/fai/crypttab etc
+cp /tmp/fstab etc
+chrbind
+chroot .
+# install programs from /a/bin/fai/fai/config/package_config/STANDARD:
+apt install openssh-client openssh-server cryptsetup keyutils btrfs-progs console-setup kbd pciutils usbutils unattended-upgrades initramfs-tools-core dropbear-initramfs
+exit
+# install authorized keys in dropbear and .ssh folder
+chroot .
+grub-install --no-floppy $(grub-probe -tdrive -d /dev/sda3)
+update-grub
+grub-bios-setup -d /boot/grub/i386-pc -s /dev/sda
+exit
+umount proc
+umount dev
+umount sys
+reboot
+
 
 # TODO
 Change arch to archlike and to support arch and parabola