Bug#694722: eMachines eM355, encrypted & boots off pendrive, preseeding fails
Hello again Stefan,
On Sun 02 Dec 2012 at 17:06:35 +0100, Stefan Klinger wrote:
> Ok, I'm retrying this right now:
>
> # gunzip <boot.img.gz >/dev/sdb
> # mount /dev/sdb /media/sdb
> # cp debian-wheezy-DI-b4-amd64-netinst.iso /media/sdb
> # umount /media/sdb
>
> When I plug the pendrive into the target machine, it hangs. No
> boot-menu, just a blinking cursor. Now let me retry the other version:
Still works for me, as does the suggested
zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX
in Section 4.3.2 of the Guide. I've no idea what is happening to you. A
corrupted file?
> So I try the preseeding as you told me, using a new partition on the
> pendrive I've set up with
>
> # dd if=debian-wheezy-DI-b4-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb
>
> Pretty awesome! The installer seems to ignore the ESSID I've set
> for wifi, but that's the only issue I can put my finger on. I'm pretty
> happy.
My simple presedd file has:
d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string MI5_Listening_Station_No_579
d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa
d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa string GCFw2Dx0gYU6TJmiP0j2JlHvhs7gm0Q8LgoHuaQPOhOrZAPFGLMBidUFaq7B9X3
> Is there a definitive documentation of the syntax, semantics, and
> possible values I can put in my `preseed.cfg`?
The Guide has Appendix B. Some portions may need an update, so the
templates files in the udebs at
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
should be seen as definitive.
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