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+---
+- name: check if usb drive device exists
+  run_once: true
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ usb_install_path }}"
+  register: usb_install_device
+
+- name: fail if usb drive path is not a device
+  run_once: true
+  assert:
+    that: usb_install_device.stat.exists and usb_install_device.stat.isblk
+    msg: the path to the usb drive does not exist or is not a block device
+
+- name: download installer
+  run_once: true
+  vars:
+    ubuntu_installer_codename: "{{ install_codename }}"
+    ubuntu_installer_arch: "{{ install_cooked.arch | default('amd64') }}"
+    ubuntu_installer_variant: "{{ ubuntu_installer_usb_variant }}"
+  import_role:
+    role: installer/ubuntu/fetch
+
+- name: write ISO image to usb stick
+  pause:
+    prompt: |
+      Please write the image to the USB drive using something like this:
+
+      $ sudo ddrescue {{ (ubuntu_installer_target_dir, ubuntu_installer_filename) | path_join | realpath }} {{ usb_install_path }} -D --force
+
+      This will NOT be done automatically.
+
+- block:
+  - name: create temporary workdir
+    run_once: true
+    tempfile:
+      prefix: "usb-install.{{ inventory_hostname }}."
+      state: directory
+    register: tmpdir
+
+  - name: generate autoinstall files
+    vars:
+      ubuntu_autoinstall_tmpdir: "{{ tmpdir.path }}"
+    import_role:
+      name: installer/ubuntu/autoinstall
+
+  - name: generate isolinux configuration for BIOS boot
+    run_once: true
+    template:
+      src: isolinux.cfg.j2
+      dest: "{{ tmpdir.path }}/isolinux.cfg"
+
+  - name: generate grub configuration for UEFI boot
+    run_once: true
+    template:
+      src: grub.cfg.j2
+      dest: "{{ tmpdir.path }}/grub.cfg"
+
+  - name: update iso9660 filesystem on installer usb drive
+    run_once: true
+    become: yes
+    command: xorriso -dev "stdio:{{ usb_install_path }}" -pathspecs on -boot_image any replay -update isolinux.cfg /isolinux/isolinux.cfg -update grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg -find / -disk_name autoinstall -type d -exec rm_r -- -add /autoinstall=autoinstall
+    args:
+      chdir: "{{ tmpdir.path }}"
+
+  always:
+  - name: cleanup temporary workdir
+    run_once: true
+    when: tmpdir.path is defined
+    file:
+      path: "{{ tmpdir.path }}"
+      state: absent