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1. The metadata was 4 hours old when I first checked. I updated it and tried another installation but got the same results.
2. Not a dark network, it can get out to the internet no problem.
3. Yes, I have the two listed in the blog post.
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
http://us2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

One other thing that I'll add is that I messed around with the laptop settings. UEFI on, UEFI off. Secure boot on, secure boot off. Doesn't seem to make a difference. I also tried with a 6th gen Thinkpad X1 carbon instead of the 7th gen. It too gave the same results. - amo310 5 years ago

Created new VM with UEFI mode. Exact same scripted installation is running without any issue.

Here is the preseed file i am using, it installs the Ubuntu system with the default Ubuntu Desktop.

Notes:
- User created is called adminuser and the password is Admin123
- Hostname is set to UbuntuImage
- Forces use of SDA Cached Repository - but you can comment that out and add lines for the Ubuntu repo directly
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# Mostly based on the Ubuntu installation guide
# https://help.ubuntu.com/16.04/installation-guide/
# Debian sample
# https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt
# Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US

# Keyboard selection.
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
# Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection.
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/toggle select No toggling
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us
d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string

# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain

# uncomment this line to manually set the hostname
d-i netcfg/hostname string UbuntuImage

# If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can
# configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or
# change to false to disable asking.
# d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true

# NTP/Time Setup
d-i time/zone string US/Eastern
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string server 0.us.pool.ntp.org

# Setup the installation source
#d-i mirror/country string manual
#d-i mirror/http/hostname string 192.168.2.170
#d-i mirror/http/directory string /repocache/ubuntu/
#d-i mirror/http/proxy string
%%K2_REPO_URL%%

# Suite to install.
# d-i mirror/suite string precise
# d-i mirror/udeb/suite string precise

# Components to use for loading installer components (optional).
#d-i mirror/udeb/components multiselect main, restricted

# Disk Partitioning
# Use LVM, and wipe out anything that already exists
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true

# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home: separate /home partition
# - multi: separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic

# If you just want to change the default filesystem from ext3 to something
# else, you can do that without providing a full recipe.
# d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4

# root account and password
d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password %%K2_ENCRYPTED_ROOT_PASSWORD%%
d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true

# Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to
# use sudo). The default is false; preseed this to true if you want to set
# a root password.
#d-i passwd/root-login boolean false

# Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account.
#d-i passwd/make-user boolean false

# Root password, either in clear text
#d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme
#d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme
# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]

# To create a normal user account.
d-i passwd/user-fullname string Admin User
d-i passwd/username string adminuser
# Normal user's password, either in clear text
d-i passwd/user-password password Admin123
d-i passwd/user-password-again password Admin123
# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
#d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]
# Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default.
#d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010
# The installer will warn about weak passwords. If you are sure you know
# what you're doing and want to override it, uncomment this.
d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true

# The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To
# override that, use this.
#d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video

# Set to true if you want to encrypt the first user's home directory.
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false

# You can choose to install restricted and universe software, or to install
# software from the backports repository.
# d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean true
# d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true
# d-i apt-setup/backports boolean true

# Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror.
# d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false

# Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
# Values shown below are the normal defaults.
# d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security
# d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com
# d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu

# Enable deb-src lines
# d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true

# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
# sources.list line will be left commented out
# d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key

# By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated
# using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that
# authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.
# d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true

# Package selection
# Default for minimal
# tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
# Default for server
# tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server
# Default for gnome-desktop
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ubuntu-desktop

#Ubuntu Desktops - Reference for above line, swap ubuntu-desktop for another one if desired - tested kubuntu and xubuntu
#standard (standard tools)
#ubuntu-desktop
#kubuntu-desktop
#edubuntu-desktop
#lubuntu-desktop
#ubuntu-gnome-desktop
#xubuntu-desktop
#ubuntu-mate-desktop
#lamp-server
#print-server (print server)

#d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades

# Individual additional packages to install
# wget is REQUIRED otherwise quite a few things won't work
# later in the build (like late-command scripts)
d-i pkgsel/include string ssh wget

# Debian needs this for the installer to avoid any question for grub
# Please verify that it suit your needs as it may overwrite any usb stick
d-i grub-installer/grub2_instead_of_grub_legacy boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default

# Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the
# installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer).
# Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically.
# d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string $kernel_options_post

# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note

# This first command is run as early as possible, just after preseeding is read.
# d-i preseed/early_command string [command]
%%K2_PRE_INSTALL_TASKS%%

# This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be
# useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state
# of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs).
# d-i partman/early_command \
# string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "\$(list-devices disk | head -n1)"

# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
# still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it
# directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install
# packages and run commands in the target system.
# d-i preseed/late_command string [command]
%%K2_MID_LEVEL_TASKS%% - jamie_kace 5 years ago