Re: Simple-CDD and USB install combo: How do I use preseeding?
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:41:30AM +0000, Fredrik Israelsson wrote:
> I have created a custom install CD iso image using simple-cdd. I have
> tried to configure pre-seeding by using a myprofile.preseed file.
> I have then copied the iso image onto a USB device, following the
> instructions on
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en, "Preparing
> Files for USB Memory Stick Booting".
simple-cdd has only been tested with CD/DVD installation media, so i'm not sure
the other methods will work...
> When booting from the USB stick, the installer starts ok, scannning for
> and finding the installer iso image, but my pre-seeding seems to get lost
> on the way.
>
> Will I have to specify the pre-seed file in the syslinux.cfg on the USB
> memory stick somehow? Isn't the kernel append parameters set in the
> isolinux.cfg file in the installer iso image recognized at all?
yes, you may have to put default.preseed on the USB stick as well.
> What should I add to the syslinux.cfg file in order to point to the
> pre-seed file located in the installer iso image?
you'll need to specify preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-cdd/default.preseed in
whatever relevent "append" lines for syslinux.cfg. though i'm not sure hd-media
will mount the .iso as /cdrom, so you'll have to tweak that as appropriate.
it needs to know to load the "simple-cdd-profiles" udeb, or your profiles will
never be acknowledged.
good luck.
live well,
vagrant
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