Re: Installation reports: using a network console to remote install sarge
On Thu, 2005-23-06 at 18:11 +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 June 2005 04:39, Christian Weeks wrote:
> > 4. Create a simple preseed file, with at least the following, and copy
> > it to the /tmp directory:
> >
> > [...]
> > d-i debian-installer/network-console/password password password
> > d-i debian-installer/network-console/password-again password password
>
> Note that starting from network-console version 0.0.12 you'll need to drop
> the "debian-installer/" from these two entries.
>
> > 5. Modify the build/config/local file, add:
> > EXTRA_FILES=/tmp/<mypreseed.cfg>
> >
> > This worked fine, except that it wouldn't read the preseed file I'd
> > built above. It insisted on querying DHCP. I found out that this is
> > because the netboot image does not allow for a _file_ preseed. I had
> > to:
>
> The Etch version of the installer supports initrd preseeding which means
> that a file preseed.cfg in the root dir of the initrd will be picked up
> automatically.
Sweet, but it would be nice if we didn't have to build a preseed to do
remote installation. I figure that something like adding
netcfg/setup=eth0:<ipaddr>/24:<gwip>:<ns>[:<ns] etc would be very nice.
(If I get to start "maintaining" netcfg, this is one thing I would like
very much to do :).
Additionally, you'd need to be able to specify the network console
password on the kernel command line. Finally, it'd be great if you could
set a "non-local" install flag, too, so that the installer would just go
straight to the network console and work from there (perhaps pushing the
keyboard and language configuration to after the network console is
available).
>
> I agree with Christian. It would be very nice if you would create a D-I
> wiki page out of this.
>
I hear you.. (I was planning to do this anyway).
http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianInstallerRemote
> Cheers,
> FJP
PS. I'm not subscribed to debian-boot at the minute. Please CC me. I
think I missed a couple of mails because of that. Sorry. Thanks.
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