Bug#425397: tasksel/pkgsel causing Etch netboot install to hang indefinitely
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: Network netboot image
Image version: Standard etch netboot image from
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/i
mages/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
Date: 17/05/07 10am
Machine: IBM x3550 (and x3850, x336)
Processor: Intel Xeon 3Ghz DC
Memory: 2Gb
Partitions:
root@debian:~# df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 ext3 8459764 1614504 6415524 21% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1038404 0 1038404 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 56 10184 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1038404 0 1038404 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2 ext3 60150848 1071004 56024284 2% /var
root@debian:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 73.2 GB, 73284976640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8909 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1070 8594743+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1071 8678 61111260 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 8679 8909 1855507+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 8679 8909 1855476 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
===================================
root@debian:~# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset Memory
Controller Hub [8086:25c0] (rev 12)
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x8 Port 2-3 [8086:25f7] (rev 12)
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 3 [8086:25e3] (rev 12)
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x8 Port 4-5 [8086:25f8] (rev 12)
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 5 [8086:25e5] (rev 12)
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 6 [8086:25e6] (rev 12)
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 7 [8086:25e7] (rev 12)
00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset
DMA Engine [8086:1a38] (rev 12)
00:10.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Error
Reporting Registers [8086:25f0] (rev 12)
00:10.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Error
Reporting Registers [8086:25f0] (rev 12)
00:10.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Error
Reporting Registers [8086:25f0] (rev 12)
00:11.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset
Reserved Registers [8086:25f1] (rev 12)
00:13.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset
Reserved Registers [8086:25f3] (rev 12)
00:15.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD
Registers [8086:25f5] (rev 12)
00:16.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD
Registers [8086:25f6] (rev 12)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:2690] (rev 09)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset UHCI USB Controller #1 [8086:2688] (rev 09)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset UHCI USB Controller #2 [8086:2689] (rev 09)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset UHCI USB Controller #3 [8086:268a] (rev 09)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset EHCI USB2 Controller [8086:268c] (rev 09)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge
[8086:244e] (rev d9)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:2670] (rev 09)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE
Controller [8086:269e] (rev 09)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset
SMBus Controller [8086:269b] (rev 09)
01:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000
[1002:515e] (rev 02)
02:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Adaptec AAC-RAID (Rocket)
[9005:0286] (rev 02)
03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge
[1166:0103] (rev c2)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II
BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:164c] (rev 11)
05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge
[1166:0103] (rev c2)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II
BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:164c] (rev 11)
10:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
Upstream Port [8086:3500] (rev 01)
10:00.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
to PCI-X Bridge [8086:350c] (rev 01)
11:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
Downstream Port E1 [8086:3510] (rev 01)
11:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
Downstream Port E2 [8086:3514] (rev 01)
root@debian:~# lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset Memory
Controller Hub [8086:25c0] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:8086]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x8 Port 2-3 [8086:25f7] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=10, subordinate=14, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 3 [8086:25e3] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=23, subordinate=23, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x8 Port 4-5 [8086:25f8] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00005000-0000ffff
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 5 [8086:25e5] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=22, subordinate=22, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 6 [8086:25e6] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: c7000000-caefffff
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 7 [8086:25e7] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: cb000000-ccffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000caf00000-00000000caffffff
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset
DMA Engine [8086:1a38] (rev 12)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
Memory at fe700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [6c] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
00:10.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Error
Reporting Registers [8086:25f0] (rev 12)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: fast devsel
00:10.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Error
Reporting Registers [8086:25f0] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:8086]
Flags: fast devsel
00:10.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Error
Reporting Registers [8086:25f0] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:8086]
Flags: fast devsel
00:11.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset
Reserved Registers [8086:25f1] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:8086]
Flags: fast devsel
00:13.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset
Reserved Registers [8086:25f3] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:8086]
Flags: fast devsel
00:15.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD
Registers [8086:25f5] (rev 12)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: fast devsel
00:16.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD
Registers [8086:25f6] (rev 12)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: fast devsel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:2690] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal
decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: cd000000-cfffffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. Unknown device
[0000:0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset UHCI USB Controller #1 [8086:2688] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 82
I/O ports at 2200 [size=32]
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset UHCI USB Controller #2 [8086:2689] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 90
I/O ports at 2600 [size=32]
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset UHCI USB Controller #3 [8086:268a] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 82
I/O ports at 2a00 [size=32]
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset EHCI USB2 Controller [8086:268c] (rev 09) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 82
Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge
[8086:244e] (rev d9) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: de000000-dfffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000d0000000-00000000ddffffff
Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. Unknown device
[0000:0000]
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100
Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:2670] (rev 09)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE
Controller [8086:269e] (rev 09) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 82
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at 0480 [size=16]
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset
SMBus Controller [8086:269b] (rev 09)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:02dd]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 98
I/O ports at 0440 [size=32]
01:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000
[1002:515e] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:0305]
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at dfff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d8000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
02:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Adaptec AAC-RAID (Rocket)
[9005:0286] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ServeRAID 8k/8k-l8 [1014:9580]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
Memory at cce00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
Memory at cafe0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at caf00000 [disabled] [size=32K]
Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [e0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
Queue=0/2 Enable-
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge
[1166:0103] (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: c7000000-caefffff
Capabilities: [60] Express PCI/PCI-X Bridge IRQ 0
Capabilities: [90] PCI-X bridge device
Capabilities: [b0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [14c] Power Budgeting
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 82-2c-16-fe-ff-5e-14-00
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II
BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:164c] (rev 11)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:0342]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 106
Memory at c8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
Queue=0/0 Enable+
05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge
[1166:0103] (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=05, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: cd000000-cfffffff
Capabilities: [60] Express PCI/PCI-X Bridge IRQ 0
Capabilities: [90] PCI-X bridge device
Capabilities: [b0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [14c] Power Budgeting
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 84-2c-16-fe-ff-5e-14-00
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II
BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:164c] (rev 11)
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device [1014:0342]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
Queue=0/0 Enable-
10:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
Upstream Port [8086:3500] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=10, secondary=11, subordinate=13, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [44] Express Upstream Port IRQ 0
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. Unknown device
[0000:0000]
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
10:00.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
to PCI-X Bridge [8086:350c] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=10, secondary=14, subordinate=14, sec-latency=64
Capabilities: [44] Express PCI/PCI-X Bridge IRQ 0
Capabilities: [6c] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. Unknown device
[0000:0000]
Capabilities: [d8] PCI-X bridge device
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
11:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
Downstream Port E1 [8086:3510] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=11, secondary=13, subordinate=13, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [44] Express Downstream Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. Unknown device
[0000:0000]
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
11:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express
Downstream Port E2 [8086:3514] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=11, secondary=12, subordinate=12, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [44] Express Downstream Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. Unknown device
[0000:0000]
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
Install hangs when tasksel is specified in the netboot configuration
file. The base installation always completes without any problems. But
in the following step, tasksel downloads its required packages no
problem but then it hangs indefinitely or until the user accesses TTY2
and terminates the process "/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure
--apt":
------------------------|Select and install
software|---------------------
17%
Retrieving file 110 of 110
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
This was not the case on at the beginning of May 2007 (eg. 01/05/07).
At this time, the installation worked with the configuration displayed
below without any issues.
If we do not use tasksel, then DI installs the entire gnome desktop and
lots of non-server type packages which it is then necessary to remove
and clean up. This is not a viable option for our production servers.
Please note that we have replicate this issue on our own mirror and on
the public mirror ftp.uk.debian.org and using both the official Etch
netboot image (from
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/i
mages/netboot/netboot.tar.gz) and the daily netboot image (from
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/netboot.tar.gz)
.
The installer configuration is as follows:
Pxelinux configuration:
=======================
label etch
kernel d-i/etch/linux
append initrd=d-i/etch/initrd.gz priority=critical
url=http://x.x.x.x/main.cfg interface=auto netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60
locale=en_GB.UTF-8 -- console=ttyS0,19200n8 console=tty0
Main.cfg:
=========
#######################################
# DI configuration
d-i preseed/late_command string wget -O /target/tmp/late.sh
http://x.x.x.x/late.sh; in-target sh /tmp/late.sh
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8
d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select uk
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string Europe/London
d-i mirror/country string enter information manually
d-i mirror/http/hostname string 192.168.10.1
d-i mirror/http/directory string /etch_debian
d-i mirror/suite string stable
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write
changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
# custom partitioning scheme
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string boot-root :: 500 10000 8800 ext3
$primary{ } $bootable{ } method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{ }
filesystem{ ext3 } mountpoint{ / } . 256 2200 210% linux-swap method{
swap } format{ } . 100 10000 1000000 ext3 $primary{ } method{ format }
format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } mountpoint{ /var } .
d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean false
d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean false
d-i apt-setup/security_host string
d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
d-i grub-installer/skip boolean false
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
d-i pkgsel/include string afio build-essential byacc bzip2 chkrootkit
dmalloc dosfstools dump eject ethtool expat fileutils flip ftp hdparm
iproute iputils-arping iputils-tracepath ksymoops ldap-utils libcgi-perl
libfile-mmagic-perl libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev libgmpxx4 libgmp3-dev
libkrb5-17-heimdal libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl libmldbm-perl
libncurses5-dev libnetaddr-ip-perl libpam0g-dev libparse-yapp-perl
libpam-doc libpam-cracklib libpam-passwdqc libstdc++2.10-dev libtool
libxml-dumper-perl libxml-encoding-perl libxml-grove-perl
libxml-parser-perl libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl lsb-base lsb-release
lynx mdadm memtest86 mingetty modconf mutt nasm ncompress netselect nscd
ntpdate ntp-simple openssh-server openssl parted python-dev python-xml
quota quotatool raidutils reiserfsprogs rsync sasl2-bin screen scsiadd
scsitools sendmail-bin sensible-mda setserial slocate smartmontools
snmpd sudo sysstat tcpdump tcpslice tmpreaper unzip vim wu-ftpd
x11-common xinetd zip
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
# EOF
#######################################
Any suggestions you can provide will be most appreciated.
Kind regards
--
William Oakley
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