Does it make sense to insert the preseed file inside this file ? ----> /home/ziomario/Scrivania/PassT-Cubic/Debian-new/custom-root/boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64 ?
What's the difference between initrd and initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64 ? Instructions says : Regenerating md5sum.txt cd isofileschmod +w md5sum.txt I don't have that file. Do you know how to generate it ? Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 18:36 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > You entered in a kind of analysis that I'm not able to do without the help > of someone else more skilled than me. I've tried to add the preseed file > even on the initrd file located on the live folder,but it didn't work. I > don't know what to do further,but you gave me more material to post another > question,this time more oriented to programming,so I know which is the > right place to ask and what to ask. > > > > > Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 17:24 Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> > ha scritto: > >> Hi, >> >> Mario Marietto wrote: >> > Can you suggest some other nice places where I can post the >> > question again ? >> >> No. This list here and debian-live are the best places to ask. >> At least i know of no better ones. >> >> >> If i were in your situation i would try to find out how the software >> in the initrd is supposed to deal with preseed.cfg. >> We already know how to get the uncompressed cpio archive "initrd". >> Curiously i put it into some playground directory and do: >> >> mkdir unpacked_initrd >> cd unpacked_initrd >> cpio -id <../initrd >> fgrep -r preseed.cfg . | less >> >> which yields various file paths. (I tried with the /d-i/initrd.gz of >> debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce.iso) >> >> lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S30initrd-preseed looks interesting. >> It calls preseed_location() in lib/preseed/preseed.sh with the URL >> file:///preseed.cfg . >> So i'd begin to study what it does and insert messages which tell at >> run time what's going on. Then i'd pack it up again by (i guess): >> >> find | cpio -H newc -o | gzip > new_initrd.gz >> >> and put it into the new ISO. >> >> In preseed.sh i see at the start: >> logfile=/var/lib/preseed/log >> I'd try to find out how to assess that file after the modified ISO has >> booted. (Is the initrd ramdisk filesystem the same as the Live filesystem >> ? >> Does the log get copied from one to the other ?) >> >> But of course this is an open ended adventure with lots of wrong ways >> to follow and lots of things to learn. >> >> Also consider the mind set of those who possibly could help you: >> Would it be fun for them, or at least interesting and bringing progress ? >> A first step in their direction would be to show patience and appreciation >> for the work which they do while you are waiting for them to show up. >> >> >> Have a nice day :) >> >> Thomas >> >> > > -- > Mario. > -- Mario.
