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Here is an example Kickstart file that can be used as a starting point:
#
#Generic Kickstart template for Ubuntu
#Platform: x86 and x86-64
#
#System language lang en_US
#Language modules to install langsupport en_US
#System keyboard keyboard us
#System mouse mouse
#System timezone timezone America/New_York
#Root password rootpw --disabled
#Initial user (user with sudo capabilities)
user ubuntu --fullname "Ubuntu User" --password root4me2
#Reboot after installation reboot
#Use text mode install text
#Install OS instead of upgrade install
#Installation media cdrom
#nfs --server=server.com --dir=/path/to/ubuntu/
#url --url http://server.com/path/to/ubuntu/
#url --url ftp://server.com/path/to/ubuntu/
#System bootloader configuration bootloader --location=mbr
#Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr yes
#Partition clearing information clearpart --all --initlabel
#Basic disk partition
part / --fstype ext4 --size 1 --grow --asprimary part swap --size 1024
part /boot --fstype ext4 --size 256 --asprimary
#Advanced partition
#part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=500 --asprimary
#part pv.aQcByA-UM0N-siuB-Y96L-rmd3-n6vz-NMo8Vr --grow --size=1
#volgroup vg_mygroup --pesize=4096 pv.aQcByA-UM0N-siuB-Y96L-rmd3-n6vz-NMo8Vr
#logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_mygroup --grow --size=10240
--maxsize=20480
#logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_mygroup --grow --size=1024 --maxsize=8192
#System authorization infomation
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
#Network information
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0
#Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled --trust=eth0 --ssh
#Do not configure the X Window System skipx