On 11/05/15 11:33, Stuart Longland wrote: > Hi all, > > Just been trying to test deployment of images using Debian Jessie > via PXE instead of Wheezy. > > We have a preseed script for deploying near-identical builds of > machines for appliances. The script was based off one I initially > wrote for Ubuntu, which has been ported and extended to Debian > Wheezy. > > Now I've downloaded today's netboot images, unpack them, and try > to deploy with Jessie. Checksums of relevant files (from > ftp.au.debian.org this morning): > >> b027b65d867ab385a58ce6cff116d37bc006d3ec >> /srv/tftp/debian-installer/jessie-amd64.tgz >> 333240fa0d83c8ffa75177aa217aec9825a0cac0 >> /srv/tftp/debian-installer/jessie-i386.tgz > > obtained by running: >> wget -O jessie-i386.tgz >> http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz >> >> wget -O jessie-amd64.tgz http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz > > No dice. It won't even look at the preseed file. It instead > carries on as if nothing has been given on the kernel command line. > Attached is the kernel command line that I'm using, as seen from > the console of a VM. > > `wget` successfully downloads this preseed file when I manually run > it. > > What am I doing wrong that causes the netboot installer to ignore > me? >
Hi Stuart, I've PXE installed jessie, and I've preseeded jessie, but not at the same time (I can't get PXE booting to work right in KVM, which is where I do most installs). Anyway - the difference I notice between your commandline and mine is that you use "preseed/url=" where I only use "url="; I don't know if that will make a difference. /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat shows it as preseed/url, so probably not :-( The other difference of course is that virt-install is downloading the installer at runtime from a debian mirror (http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-amd64/) while you've just got it once - maybe that one happened to have a bug? HTH, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5551c303.6030...@walnut.gen.nz
