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+openssh-server
+ntp
+gawk
+nfs-common
+snmpd
+qemu-kvm
+libvirt-bin
+bridge-utils
+libcap2-bin
+vlan
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/kvm.tmpl b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/kvm.tmpl
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+
+### Localization
+d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
+d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8
+
+# Keyboard Selection
+d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
+d-i console-setup/layoutcode string en
+
+### Network Configuration
+
+d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
+d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
+
+### Mirror settings
+# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
+
+d-i mirror/country string manual
+d-i mirror/protocol string http
+d-i mirror/http/directory string /install/#TABLE:nodetype:$NODE:os#/#TABLE:nodetype:$NODE:arch#
+d-i mirror/http/proxy string
+
+# Suite to install.
+#d-i mirror/suite string testing
+# Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).
+#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing
+ 
+
+### Partitioning
+# This creates a small /boot partition, suitable
+# swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition:
+
+d-i partman-auto/method string regular
+d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
+d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
+
+#create the /tmp/partitioning based on the uefi or legacy bios 
+d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /tmp/partitioning
+
+# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
+# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
+
+d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
+d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
+d-i partman/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+
+
+### Account setup 
+
+d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
+d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
+
+d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password #CRYPT:passwd:key=system,username=root:password#
+
+### Clock and time zone setup
+
+d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
+d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string #TABLE:site:key=master:value#
+d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
+d-i time/zone string #TABLE:site:key=timezone:value#
+
+### Apt setup
+
+d-i apt-setup/multiverse boolean false
+d-i apt-setup/universe boolean false
+d-i apt-setup/backports boolean false
+d-i apt-setup/updates boolean false
+
+
+### Boot loader installation
+
+d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
+
+### Package selection
+
+tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
+
+# gawk required for the xCAT scripts to work
+# Otherwise it installs mawk, which doesn't work
+
+d-i pkgsel/include string #INCLUDE_DEFAULT_PKGLIST_PRESEED#
+
+d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true
+d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
+d-i pkgsel/updatedb boolean false
+
+### Finishing up the installation
+d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
+
+### X configuration
+xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true
+
+xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method \
+  select medium
+
+xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list \
+  select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz
+
+
+d-i preseed/early_command string wget http://`cat /tmp/xcatserver`/install/autoinst/#HOSTNAME#.pre; \
+     chmod u+x #HOSTNAME#.pre; \
+     ./#HOSTNAME#.pre 
+
+d-i preseed/late_command string wget http://`cat /tmp/xcatserver`/install/autoinst/#HOSTNAME#.post; \
+     chmod u+x #HOSTNAME#.post; \
+     cp ./#HOSTNAME#.post /target/root/post.script; \
+     mount -o bind /proc /target/proc -t proc; \
+     mount -o bind /dev /target/dev; \
+     mount -o bind /dev/pts /target/dev/pts -t devpts; \
+     mount -o bind /sys /target/sys; \
+     chroot /target /root/post.script
+