From the Canyon Edge -- :-Dustin

Monday, January 9, 2012

Ubuntu Quick Installation Preseed Link Updated!




priority=critical locale=en_US url=http://bit.ly/uinstall


I've maintained for some time now a preseed file (previously called "uquick") that you can use with your Ubuntu Server and Alternate ISO boot options, to quickly and automatically install an Ubuntu server.

That url (http://bit.ly/uquick), has been broken for a month or so since I've left Canonical and all my people.canonical.com/~kirkland/* pages have been purged.

I've actually set up a new bit.ly link at http://bit.ly/uinstall.  This is hosted on a Google Sites page that I own, so I'll be able to maintain it there permanently.  Note that the source is actually under bzr revision control under lp:bikeshed here.

So now, you can boot an Ubuntu Server ISO, press F6 for Other Options, and append the following::

local=en_US priority=critical url=http://bit.ly/uinstall

Enjoy!
:-Dustin

5 comments:

  1. This breaking of useful short URLs doesn't reflect well on Canonical, IMHO. Have you asked anyone there to add a backwards-compatibility redirect to the new location?

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  2. Small typo in the example at the end: "local" -> "locale"

    launchpad.net/~neil-greenwood (I think NoScript blocked the OpenID sign in).

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  3. The bit.ly link didn't work for me, I was just trying to use it to install a vmware ubuntu instance, it always breaks with error to retrieve the file.There seems to be 2 issues,
    1.Apparently the wget command in Ubuntu 11.10 installer doesn't understand https
    2.the url redirects to "Download Attachment" page

    , placing the file in a dropbox public share worked (redirected using goo.gl)

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  4. i second Hyt.'s comment. the bit.ly link is broken and i made my own following his instructions.

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  5. Hey Dustin, the link is broken. Google is serving a "download file" page, not directly pushing the file.

    Anyway, here's a shortlink that seems to work for now http://goo.gl/PBKbX

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Thanks,
:-Dustin

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