How can I set up the Trusty Desktop ISO for preseeding?

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Published on 2014-06-03T16:25:39Z Indexed on 2014/06/04 21:43 UTC
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With Precise, I used to create a USB stick using the so-called "Alternate" installer DVD with my own preseed.txt, update isolinux/txt.cfg with a new menu item that would pass my preseed file on the command line, and watch as the installer happily did all the right things to create a Ubuntu install on the hard drive of the machine I booted.

With Trusty, the 'alternate' image has disappeared.

Is it still possible to preseed a Trusty install, and if so, how do I get the d-i/ubiquity system to use my preseed file?

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