Re: [Sarge d-i] Preseed for using alternative kernel doesn't work, manual does
Addition (and fixed subject):
Relevant lines in /var/log/debian-installer/syslog are:
Sep 14 22:50:57 base-installer: info: Found kernels
'kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7,kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686,kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386'
Sep 14 22:50:58 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386'
Sep 14 22:50:58 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'.
Sep 14 22:50:58 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='no'.
Sep 14 22:50:58 base-installer: info: Installing initrd-tools.
Sep 14 22:51:04 base-installer: info: Installing kernel
'kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386'.
Durk
> Hi there,
>
> I've created a custom Sarge Debian Installer net installation CD. As
> part of the customization, I've added two architecture-specific
> kernels, resulting in the addition of the following packages:
>
> kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-686_2.6.8-16_i386.deb
> kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-k7_2.6.8-16_i386.deb
> kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686_2.6.8-16_i386.deb
> kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7_2.6.8-16_i386.deb
>
> If I do a manual installation using the customized CD I'm getting four
> kernel options for the Debian base install, in stead of 2. Selecting
> one of the alternative kernels works okay and it gets nicely installed.
>
> But when I try to preseed this installation, I'm getting the default
> kernel. I tried all kind of different preseed options, but none of them
> worked. The last one and probably best preseed I've used were these
> lines (among the others of course:
>
> d-i debian-installer/kernel/image string kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> d-i base-installer/kernel/which-kernel string
> kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 d-i base-installer/kernel/which-kernel
> select kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
>
> I ended up with these lines after investigation of manual installs with
> debconf-get-selections. But as stated previously, it didn't work out.
>
> Any other hints? Thanks in advance!
>
> Durk
>
>
>
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