Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 09:47:00AM -0500, Steve Feehan wrote:
> Yesterday afternoon I decided to proceed down the path of building
> a custom debian installer netboot image with the file-preseed and/or
> initrd-preseed udebs.
>
> The first problem I encountered is that the initrd-preseed udeb seems
> to not exist for the version of preseed used in stable. The other
> preseed udebs for stable are version "1.01" but initrd-preseed only
> exists as version "1.14.1".
>
> So my questions...
>
> 1. Am I proceeding in the right direction? Ie. is creating a custom
> debian-installer netboot image the correct solution to storing a
> preseed.cfg inside the initrd?
>
> 2. Do I need to use/build the debian-installer version from sid since
> there does not appear to be an initrd-preseed for stable?
>
> 3. Is it possible to use the sid installer to install a stable system?
>
> Thanks.
Hello,
I'm using the sarge netboot CD to build a custom install-CD aswell.
I applied a "patch" from http://www.hands.com/d-i/ in order to be able
to do preseeding. In my case, the file is stored in the initrd too.
greets,
-- Steven
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