On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 06:55:55AM +0000, Fredrik Israelsson wrote: > I now have a syslinux.cfg file that contains > > default vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.gz preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-cdd/default.preseed > > and most of the preseeding seems to work. I still must make some choices > (install procedure language and keymapping among other things) in the > beginning, but I guess that that has do do with my preseed file not being > entirely correct.
you have to specify them in the syslinux.cfg, as preseeding isn't loaded before those questions are asked: default vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.gz preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-cdd/default.preseed debian-installer/locale=en_US console-keymaps-at/keymap=us i think you can short-hand it to simply locale, but i'm not sure the shorthand for the keyboard settings. > I did have to use the option --force-root in order to get build-simple-cdd > to accept the preseeded root password. Is this a feature or a bug, one > wonders. that's because it checks the preseed files for validity, and the password database is owned by root. instead of running as root, i'd recommend running as a non-root user and use --force-preseed (or force_preseed=true in any of the profiles/*.conf). running simple-cdd as root is discouraged. > Thanks for all your help! of course! i should look into adding hd-media options to simple-cdd, as it doesn't sound much different from the standard CD method. live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
