Hello everybody, I'm trying to install Debian over PXE. I want to include extra packages in preseed conf with "d -i pkgsel/include". Extra packages are listed in /PACKAGES, and that list is generated by a debconf question included in early_command.
My preseed file contains: [code]d-i preseed/early_command string tftp -g -r PACKAGES.tar TFTP_SERVER; tar -x PACKAGES.tar d -i pkgsel/include string $(for i in $(cat PACKAGES/debconf_answer.txt); do for l in $(ls PACKAGES/$i/*); do cat $l ; done ; done)[/code] But installer does not have access to /PACKAGES at the moment pkgsel/include is called (installer might use /target as root?) If I modify preseed : [code]d-i preseed/early_command string tftp -g -r PACKAGES.tar TFTP_SERVER; tar -x PACKAGES.tar ; mkdir /target ; cp -R /PACKAGES /target d -i pkgsel/include string $(for i in $(cat PACKAGES/debconf_answer.txt); do for l in $(ls PACKAGES/$i/*); do cat $l ; done ; done)[/code] it doesn't get better, because installer overwrites /PACKAGES when /target is created. I also tried to access /PACKAGES located on the server but of course it didn't work either: [code]d -i pkgsel/include string $(for i in $(cat http://APACHE-SERVER/PACKAGES/debconf_answer.txt); do for l in $(ls http://APACHE-SERVER/PACKAGES/$i/*); do cat $l ; done ; done) [/code] How can I do it? Thanks all for your help!!
