Dear all, I have pushed lp:~ubuntu-nexus7/ubuntu-nexus7/preseed which allows to automatically pressed oem-config on the nexus7 to the point where default desktop is started fully unattended.
In short the steps are: - extract bootconfig, kernel and initrd from daily .bootimg - patch the preseed file into initrd image (very minimal just the user/timezone setup adjust as needed) - patch in wifi network settings (takes wifi.cfg or grabs currently active network manager wifi connection) - adjust bootconfig to include "automatic-oem-config" kernel arg - repack initrd / recreate bootimg At this point one can use: fastboot or usb-creator to flash stock .img + this modified bootimg, trigger a reboot with fastboot oem-config and ejoy the show of oem-config getting auto-preseeded all the way through to desktop. All of the above is accomplished with a script "./prepare-preseed" [1] The copying of the wifi settings is not part of ac100-tarball-installer yet, but the patched installer can be grabbed from lp:~xnox/ubuntu/raring/ac100-tarball-installer/wifi While the settings file is copied across, network manager failed to automatically connect to my wifi. I will try different wifi hotspot in the office tomorrow and will get ac100-tarball portion merged when it's known to work. When wifi is working & network is established it should be fairly trivial to preseed success_commands / hooks to install other useful packages like openss-server, utah, etc. I haven't look at how to reboot back into fastboot mode unattended. But google hints that adbd (the daemon that is typically running on the android device that responds to adb client side calls) has adb reboot bootloader command and it should be possible to get that up and running on the Ubuntu image. This way one will manage to do a complete unattended redeploy cycle. This can also be integrated as a user-facing feature: usb-creator will be able to fully provision / customize nexus7 for the user, based on the current desktop settings such that one doesn't need to fiddle and answer oem-config questions. Regards, Dmitrijs. [1] at first i thought to have multiple targets etc, hence I used make. now it's there mostly to easily override download URL -- Ubuntu-installer mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-installer
