On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 7:51 AM, <r...@aarden.us> wrote: > > I am trying to implement the preseed information contained on: > http://users.telenet.be/mydotcom/howto/linux/autoinventory.htm > > In the section "debian installer preseed file' there is a command > sequence: > TARGET="/root/inventory" > debconf-get-selections --installer > > $TARGET/$TARGET/list_packages_installer > debconf-get-selections > $TARGET/list_packages > > 1) From the description, it sounds like list_packages_installer can be > used as a preseed file. How do I tell the installer what the preseed > file name is or is it the above as a default? > > The page states: > "list_packages_installer will contain the options relevant to the > debian-installer : the base system configuration. list_packages will be > more elaborate and contains also the choices you've made during package > installation. This can be used to re-install packages with the same > options as on your model. It is not recommended to use these files > directly as preseed files, but you can use the data in it to populate a > preseed file with sensible questions and answers." > > 2) Does this mean that neither list_packages_installer and > list_packages should not be used as preseed files? If not, the > directions say to use the info to populate a preseed file with "sensible > questions and answers". I was hoping the above would provide an > installer preseed file, but it seems there is another file necessary? I > have not found what needs to go in a preseed file so I don't know how to > use the data in the two files above to make a preseed. Is there a way > to automatically build a preseed file? > > I am looking for a method to reproduce specific builds and define a > basis for modifications. I would like to use the computer to automate > these tasks so I don't [continually] make mistakes that I must recover > from, or at least simplify the recovery process. > > How to I build a preseed file from an existing system? This is a new, > minimal system, just enough to form a basis to build a workstation step > by recoverable step.
It's best to start from [1] and add the extra installation and configuration steps that you want based on "debconf-get-selections" and "debconf-get-selections --installer". "debconf-get-selections" and "debconf-get-selections --installer" have unset configurations and have multiple-set configurations. If you run "debconf-get-selections | grep tzdata", there are various timezones with blank settings. I don't have Debian box at hand to look this up exactly, but, AFAIR, the timezone section of "debconf-get-selections --installer" has a zone set when countries with multiple timezones. 1. http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/example-preseed.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SzqC=XOpLUxe8L1Lo5YX=-jbm6o8b6zxkxteonofyf...@mail.gmail.com
