ubuntu install fiasco

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, David Bandel wrote:
> On 11/8/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
>>> On 11/8/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What I really would love to understand here is where the installer is
>>>> coming up with this version, and how come it was quite happy with the
>>>> version I had a week ago, but now it wants something newer?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Ubuntu install lis not 100% from CD. The installer checks
>>> forvulnerability and bug fixes during the install, so it could be
>>> perfectly normal that a few different packages are selected a few
>>> weeks later.
>>
>> Surely there must be a way to override that behavior, or performing a
>> kickstart based installation is impossible.  I thought maybe I'd email the
>> 'official' ubuntu kickstart maintainer, however there's no contact
>> information on the page:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KickstartCompatibility
>>
>> and to make matters even more amusing, all the links for his name point to
>> a wiki page which doesn't exist yet.
>>
>
> Or maybe he knew the Llama was going to get on his case?
>
> Can you make the new system unable to get to the Internet to check for
> updates?  At least until the install is done?

That would be nice if I could find a way of doing that from within 
Ubuntu's installer.  But again, Ubuntu seems to have skipped documenting 
their installer as far as I can tell.

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