Bug#349636: further info
reassign 349636 preseed
retitle 349636 preseed/early_command is not working with initrd preseeding
thanks
Quoting Douglas G. McClendon (dmc@roc.filteredperception.org):
> this does indeed seem to only be a problem with initrd preseeding, as file
> preseeding did execute the preseed/early_command
That's probably worth investigating a bit later. The D-I team is
currently focused on the release of etch beta2, so you might not get
as much input as you would like, buut this issue definitely sounds
interesting for investigation.
I reassign this bug quite blindly mostly for it not rotting in the
installation-reports mess.
> Another bug I ran into is that it appears that the preseed info relating
> to base-config does not get used. Specifically the creating of a non-root
Several preseed variables have changed. Please report to the D-I
documentation for more details.....
> user, was prompted for, despite it being preseeded. I suspect this
> relates to the absence of base-config early/late commands in the preseed
> file. I got the impression (from random bits of info) that base-config
> was supposed to happen during the install and before the reboot. This was
> not the case for me. Perhaps because I used kern 2.4?
base-config does *not* happoen anymore. It has been replaced by
various parts of the installer such as tzsetup, user-setup, pkgsel and
such.
The trickiest parts of automated install to reproduce with the new
scheme are probably early/late commands which install packages. They
probably need to use the proper chroot commands...But, frankly
speaking this is an area which I haven't investigated yet.
Finally, please note that preseeding with etch beta is quite likely to
be broken quite soon. Yoou would have better luck working with the
daily images or the soon to come beta2.
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