Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:36:11 + Brian wrote: > That still leaves the first problem. How do you fancy running > everything from a USB stick? Not really, but that might work. Thanks. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Mar 2023 at 10:18:37 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:58:08 + > Brian wrote: > > > It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you > > do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard > > disk partitions are probably ext4. At the

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Mario Marietto
Hello to every Debian user. I've just installed Debian 11 and I see that it is affected by the bug explained here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1842320 I see that the bug has been fixed on Ubuntu. Do you confirm that,to fix it,I just need to install the package "grub-efi-amd64_2

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:58:08 + Brian wrote: > It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you > do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard > disk partitions are probably ext4. At the opening stage of d-i > I do not think ext4 drivers are available. Both p

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Mar 2023 at 08:01:51 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:19:26 +0100 > wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:08:28PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > > I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian > > > Installer (

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:19:26 +0100 wrote: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:08:28PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian > > Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file > > is on device X, say /dev/

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:08:28PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer > (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device > X, say /dev/sdb1? You mean: the file is as raw data on the device? Or whith

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-12 Thread Luna Jernberg
*forwards to debian-boot * On 3/13/23, john doe wrote: > On 3/12/23 23:08, Charles Curley wrote: >> I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer >> (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device >> X, say /dev/sdb1? >

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-12 Thread john doe
On 3/12/23 23:08, Charles Curley wrote: I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device X, say /dev/sdb1? This is not an answer to your question and this is more appropreate for debian-boot. I&#x

Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-12 Thread Charles Curley
I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device X, say /dev/sdb1? Once d-i is booted and in the installation menu, I can activate a console, manually umount the incorrect partition, and manually mount

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-12 Thread john doe
On 6/12/2019 1:38 PM, Brian wrote: > On Wed 12 Jun 2019 at 11:12:45 +0200, john doe wrote: > >> On 6/11/2019 7:44 PM, Brian wrote: >>> On Tue 11 Jun 2019 at 18:25:47 +0200, john doe wrote: >>> >>>> On 6/10/2019 8:24 PM, john doe wrote: >>>>&g

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-12 Thread Brian
On Wed 12 Jun 2019 at 11:12:45 +0200, john doe wrote: > On 6/11/2019 7:44 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 11 Jun 2019 at 18:25:47 +0200, john doe wrote: > > > >> On 6/10/2019 8:24 PM, john doe wrote: > >>> Hi, I'm installing Debian Stretch using a preseed f

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-12 Thread john doe
On 6/11/2019 7:44 PM, Brian wrote: > On Tue 11 Jun 2019 at 18:25:47 +0200, john doe wrote: > >> On 6/10/2019 8:24 PM, john doe wrote: >>> Hi, I'm installing Debian Stretch using a preseed file, the preseed file >>> is common for multiple hosts with the exception

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-11 Thread Curt
On 2019-06-11, john doe wrote: > > In other words, how can I set the hostname while using a preseed file > loaded with 'auto url=server'. > > Any input is welcome. Maybe this bug report (patch from canonical at bottom) will be of help (although the patch checks for netcf

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Jun 2019 at 18:25:47 +0200, john doe wrote: > On 6/10/2019 8:24 PM, john doe wrote: > > Hi, I'm installing Debian Stretch using a preseed file, the preseed file > > is common for multiple hosts with the exception of the hostname. > > > > boot: auto

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
bian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system > Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:26:06 + (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On 6/10/2019 8:24 PM, john doe wrote: > > Hi, I'm installing Debian Stretch using a pr

Re: Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-11 Thread john doe
On 6/10/2019 8:24 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi, I'm installing Debian Stretch using a preseed file, the preseed file > is common for multiple hosts with the exception of the hostname. > > boot: auto hostname=try domain=example.com ... > url=tftp://hostname/preseed.cfg > >

Preseed file and hostname not used on installed system

2019-06-10 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm installing Debian Stretch using a preseed file, the preseed file is common for multiple hosts with the exception of the hostname. boot: auto hostname=try domain=example.com ... url=tftp://hostname/preseed.cfg The host name specified is not used when Debian is installed, it is alway

Re: Prompt restart services during pkg upgrades preseed file

2019-06-03 Thread john doe
On 6/3/2019 11:40 AM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 03 Jun 2019 at 09:58:38 +0200, john doe wrote: > >> Hi, while installing Buster using a preseed file I'm getting the following: >> >> Select and install software >> Configuring libpam0g:amd64 >> --

Re: Prompt restart services during pkg upgrades preseed file

2019-06-03 Thread Brian
On Mon 03 Jun 2019 at 09:58:38 +0200, john doe wrote: > Hi, while installing Buster using a preseed file I'm getting the following: > > Select and install software > Configuring libpam0g:amd64 > -- > > There are services installed on yo

Prompt restart services during pkg upgrades preseed file

2019-06-03 Thread john doe
Hi, while installing Buster using a preseed file I'm getting the following: Select and install software Configuring libpam0g:amd64 -- There are services installed on your system which need to be restarted when certain libraries, such as libpam, libc, and libssl

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-08 Thread john doe
18 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: >>>>> On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >&

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-07 Thread Reco
, Reco wrote: > >>>> Hi. > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. &g

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-07 Thread john doe
03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. >>>>> All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the >>>>> preseed file

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread Reco
;>> > >>> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. > >>> All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the > >>> preseed file: > >>> > >>> qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=debian.img,fo

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
l of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the >>> preseed file: >>> >>> qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=debian.img,format=raw -cdrom >>> debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d -nographic -kernel vmlinuz >>> -append &qu

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. >> All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the pat

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. > All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the > preseed file: > > qemu-system-x86_64 -drive fi

Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the preseed file: qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=debian.img,format=raw -cdrom debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d -nographic -kernel vmlinuz -appen

Debian-installer with preseed file without access to Internet

2017-09-11 Thread Marek Salwerowicz
Hi list, I'm working on preseed file located on a USB stick with Debian DVD image (automated installation in non-network environment). How can I configure debian-installer to use only local DVD image instead of a network mirror ? Best regards, Marek -- Marek Salwerowicz

Re: Re: Ignoring the Release "Valid_Until" option in the preseed file

2014-12-01 Thread Linux Luser
Filed a feature request to this end: http://bugs.debian.org/771699

Re: Ignoring the Release 'Valid_Until' option in the preseed file

2014-07-31 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 Jul 2014 at 16:09:21 +0200, Alvaro Alonso Jiménez wrote: > 2. I thought about including something in the late_command stage to update > the sources.list accordingly (i.e. executing > > in-target echo >> > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/custom.list > in-target apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-U

Ignoring the Release 'Valid_Until' option in the preseed file

2014-07-30 Thread Alvaro Alonso Jiménez
Hi all, I have just configured a preseed file to include a local repository. # Debian mirrors d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local mirror d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http:// d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http:// The main issue I am facing here is that the repo is not added to

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
located preseed file, you have to manually setup an IP address in order to download the preseed file. -- 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/532

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
optional. Note also that the backslash is not needed. Essentially you need to supply all the answers to question up to and including network configuration - then your preseed file will supply the rest. auto=true priority=critical locale=$YourCountry.UTF-8 keymap=skip-config netcfg/disable_dhcp=

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
nually provide the IP > address at the boot prompt. > Use the expert option in the installer. The installer asks you how to set up your network. It also prompts for the location of a preseed file. Those two prompts between them should give you enough to go forward. Hope this helps, with

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Sandeep Raman
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby < mihamina.rakotomandi...@rktmb.org> wrote: > On 03/17/2014 11:39 AM, Sandeep Raman wrote: > >> # Static network configuration. >> #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.124.1 >> #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.6 >> #d-i netcf

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 03/17/2014 11:39 AM, Sandeep Raman wrote: # Static network configuration. #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.124.1 #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.6 #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.124.1 #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean t

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Sandeep Raman
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby < mihamina.rakotomandi...@rktmb.org> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I would like to install my Debian machines with the Pressed D-I feature. > > At this moment, I dont have a decent DHCP/BootP server yet, and waiting > for this to be achieved, I want

providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

2014-03-17 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Hi guys, I would like to install my Debian machines with the Pressed D-I feature. At this moment, I dont have a decent DHCP/BootP server yet, and waiting for this to be achieved, I want to manually provide the IP address at the boot prompt. I already use it on others distributions install, b

Re: creating a preseed file

2011-07-13 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/08/2011 07:37 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:47:35 +0530, nikhil jain wrote: 1. I came across debconf-get-selections , a tool that helps to create unattended installs preseed.cfg file. Is there something like this for debian that would run under windows ? I don't have a debia

Re: creating a preseed file

2011-07-08 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:47:35 +0530, nikhil jain wrote: > 1. I came across debconf-get-selections , a tool that helps to create > unattended installs preseed.cfg file. Is there something like this for > debian that would run under windows ? I don't have a debian system yet. Nikhil, you are hijack

Re: creating a preseed file

2011-07-08 Thread Mahesh T Pai
"nikhil jain" writes: > 2.Instead of creating a complete preseed.cfg file , can I just add a > few lines to it? > For example I just want to add the following to the preseed.cfg: > will this work? If so instead of (hd0,0) can I specify the / partition > ? basically I want to install the boo

creating a preseed file

2011-07-08 Thread nikhil jain
1. I came across debconf-get-selections , a tool that helps to create unattended installs preseed.cfg file. Is there something like this for debian that would run under windows ? I don't have a debian system yet. 2.Instead of creating a complete preseed.cfg file , can I just add a few line

How do you add a preseed file to the initrd?

2008-09-29 Thread Tim Edwards
I'm trying to add my preseed.cfg file into the root of the initrd, as mentioned is possible in the debian preseed documentation: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs02.html#preseed-loading So once I've mounted the boot cd, copied the initrd.gz to a temp location I try to add it to

Re: Is there a full list of debian installer (d-i) questions that can be used in a preseed file?

2008-09-08 Thread Frans Pop
; > This is a good howto, and enough for me to get a basic, working, > > preseed file but I'd like a full reference to all the > > questions/options like with kickstart above? There are just too many options to document and an added issue is that a lot of them are not under t

Re: Is there a full list of debian installer (d-i) questions that can be used in a preseed file?

2008-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
(and Ubuntu too if possible). However the best I've found is > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en > This is a good howto, and enough for me to get a basic, working, preseed > file but I'd like a full reference to all the questions/options like >

Re: Is there a full list of debian installer (d-i) questions that can be used in a preseed file?

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Gerlach
.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en This is a good howto, and enough for me to get a basic, working, preseed file but I'd like a full reference to all the questions/options like with kickstart above? AFAIK, any debconf options can be set in the preseed file. If you install the debco

Is there a full list of debian installer (d-i) questions that can be used in a preseed file?

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Edwards
86/apbs04.html.en This is a good howto, and enough for me to get a basic, working, preseed file but I'd like a full reference to all the questions/options like with kickstart above? Thanks Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: preseed file

2006-03-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 01:57:15PM +0530, TAC Forums wrote: > Hi, > > We are trying to install Debian 3.1 stable, with the help of a preseed file. > > While trying to format the partitions the installer complains of " No > root Partitions defined" > Although the

preseed file

2006-03-23 Thread TAC Forums
Hi, We are trying to install Debian 3.1 stable, with the help of a preseed file. While trying to format the partitions the installer complains of " No root Partitions defined" Although the root partition has been defined by the preseed file. The Partioning data provided in the prese