network-bootable simple-cdd
Just a quick note:
for internal testeing of our built installer we use a netboot setup
where we boot from the CD (we auto-mount the ISO image. This can also be
done manually, of course)
The initrd of the network boot lacks a number of modules that are found
in the CD installer's initrd: IDE modules. Thus it will fail to identify
IDE disks. In order to add them, simply add to the
profiles/default.dowloads (or <profile>.downloads) the lines:
# Extra kernel modules to allow network installation from the CD media:
ide-core-modules-2.6.17-2-486-di
ide-modules-2.6.17-2-486-di
A few more words regarding the network boot setup: we use pxe (some of
the older systems are booted using etherboot pxe.img) . The specific
lines from pxelinux.cfg:
LABEL install-etch
KERNEL debian-installer/linux.etch
APPEND initrd=debian-installer/initrd.etch.gz vga=normal preseed/url=http://ourserver/netinst/preseed/etch.cfg --
linux.etch and initrd.etch.gz are the "linux" and "initrd" files from
the netboot directories of the Debian installer.The pathes are relative
to pxelinux.0 (or is it to the tftp root?)
The preseed file is currently:
d-i preseed/include string ../cds/etch/simple-cdd/default.preseed
#d-i mirror/suite select etch
# network installer mirror:
d-i mirror/country string enter information manually
d-i mirror/http/hostname string ourserver
d-i mirror/http/directory string /netinst/cds/etch
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
--
Tzafrir Cohen
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