Addressing feedback

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Sally Makin 2023-09-01 14:36:54 +01:00
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@ -173,5 +173,4 @@ with desired parameters, and then select these partitions or devices as mount
points in the installer. Any changes you make while the installer is running
but before altering the storage configuration will reflected in the installer.
The installer cannot yet configure iSCSI mounts, ZFS at all, or btrfs
subvolumes.
The installer cannot yet configure iSCSI mounts, ZFS, or btrfs subvolumes.

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@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ Autoinstall quick start
The intent of this page is to provide simple instructions to perform an
autoinstall in a VM on your machine.
This page assumes that you are willing to install the latest Ubuntu release
available i.e., 22.10 at the time of writing. For other releases, you would
need to substitute the name of the ISO image but the instructions should
otherwise remain the same.
This page assumes that you are installing a recent Ubuntu release. However,
for older releases, you can substitute the name of the ISO image but the
instructions should otherwise be the same.
This page also assumes you are on the AMD64 architecture. There is a
:ref:`version for s390x<autoinstall-quickstart-s390x>` too.
@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ installed.
Download the ISO
----------------
Go to the `22.10 ISO download page`_ and download the latest Ubuntu 22.10
Go to the `Ubuntu ISO download page`_ and download the latest Ubuntu
live-server ISO.
Mount the ISO
@ -32,7 +31,11 @@ Mount the ISO
.. code-block:: bash
sudo mount -r ~/Downloads/ubuntu-22.10-live-server-amd64.iso /mnt
sudo mount -r ~/Downloads/ubuntu-<release-number>-live-server-amd64.iso /mnt
Where you should change `<release-number>` to match the number of the LTS or
release you have downloaded (e.g., `22.04.3` for Jammy or `23.04` for the Lunar
interim release).
Write your autoinstall config
-----------------------------
@ -76,11 +79,14 @@ Create a target disk
Run the install!
----------------
As before, you will need to change `<release-number>` in the following command
to match the release ISO you downloaded.
.. code-block:: bash
kvm -no-reboot -m 2048 \
-drive file=image.img,format=raw,cache=none,if=virtio \
-cdrom ~/Downloads/ubuntu-22.10-live-server-amd64.iso \
-cdrom ~/Downloads/ubuntu-<release-number>-live-server-amd64.iso \
-kernel /mnt/casper/vmlinuz \
-initrd /mnt/casper/initrd \
-append 'autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=http://_gateway:3003/'
@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ into a system to have it be installed.
Download the live-server ISO
----------------------------
Go to the `22.10 ISO download page`_ and download the latest Ubuntu 22.10
Go to the `Ubuntu ISO download page`_ and download the latest Ubuntu
live-server ISO.
Create your user-data and meta-data files
@ -151,12 +157,15 @@ Create a target disk
Run the install!
----------------
As before, you will need to change `<release-number>` in the following command
to match the release ISO you downloaded.
.. code-block:: bash
kvm -no-reboot -m 2048 \
-drive file=image.img,format=raw,cache=none,if=virtio \
-drive file=~/seed.iso,format=raw,cache=none,if=virtio \
-cdrom ~/Downloads/ubuntu-22.10-live-server-amd64.iso
-cdrom ~/Downloads/ubuntu-<release-number>-live-server-amd64.iso
This will boot and run the install. Unless you interrupt boot to add
'autoinstall' to the kernel command line, the installer will prompt for
@ -180,4 +189,4 @@ in as ``ubuntu/ubuntu``.
.. LINKS
.. _22.10 ISO download page: https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.10/
.. _Ubuntu ISO download page: https://releases.ubuntu.com/

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@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ up to date as the installer changes.
Update Subiquity
================
The first thing to do is to update your Subiquity snap. Not only because we
fix issues that cause failures over time but also because we've been working on
features to make failure reporting easier.
<command here? What if the snap isn't installed?>
The first thing to do is to update your Subiquity snap using `snap refresh`.
Not only because we fix issues that cause failures over time but also because
we've been working on features to make failure reporting easier.
Crash reports
=============

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@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ does not matter.
The mapping's keys correspond to settings in the :file:`/etc/default/keyboard`
configuration file. See
`its manual page <http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man5/keyboard.5.html>`_
`its manual page <http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/keyboard.5.html>`_
for more details.
The mapping contains keys:
@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ The password for the new user, encrypted. This is required for use with
``sudo``, even if SSH access is configured.
The crypted password string must conform to what
`passwd <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man1/passwd.1.html>`_
`passwd <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/passwd.1.html>`_
expects. Depending on the special characters in the password hash, quoting may
be required, so it's safest to just always include the quotes around the hash.