On 16/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange <r...@campbell-lange.net> wrote: > > > > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: > > > > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > > during the netinstall process > > (apt-get install doesn't seem available on the virtual terminals) > > I guess preseeding is one way of doing it (gleaned from a rapid internet > search): > > https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net/index.php?/archives/899-Debian-Preseed-Backport-Kernel.html
That is very helpful, Curt. Thanks a lot. Apart from the link you've kindly pointed me to, there is also an ancient but still pertinent-seeming post here about using preseed files with netboot: https://www.credativ.com/credativ-blog/2010/07/howto-debian-preseed-with-netboot Also the manual at https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/apbs02.html.en suggests one can provide a preseed.cfg file via tftp, e.g. preseed/url=tftp://host/path/to/preseed.cfg preseed/url/checksum=5da499872becccfeda2c4872f9171c3d I'll give that a go. Thanks a lot! Rory
