BUG(?): Can' t disable lilo installation during preseed
hi,
I'm really new to debian (just 2 weeks), before this I used Fedora. I
moved over to Debian because it had a lot more packages and the system
is a lot more stable. One downside is that the installer from stable
failed to install on my system (Floating Point Error). I grabbed a
Debian-testing-netinst and started using debian. I managed to migrate
everything from Fedora's kickstart to Debian's preseed, except for one
thing: The installer keeps asking me if I want to install lilo. I tried
the combination of the following lines in my preseed.cfg (preseed.cfg is
integrated into initrd.gz):
d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true
(as suggested by some guides)
lilo-installer lilo-installer/skip boolean true
(found in /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat)
unknown lilo-installer/skip boolean true
(found in /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat)
The installer stil asks me about lilo. This is the section of
templates.dat that deals with that dialog:
Name: lilo-installer/bootdev
Type: select
Choices: ${disc}: Master Boot Record, ${part}: new Debian partition,
Other choice (Advanced)
Description: LILO installation target:
Extended_description: The LILO program needs to be installed to make
your new system bootable. By installing it onto your disk's Master Boot
Record, LILO will take complete control of the boot process, but if you
want to use a different boot manager, just install LILO on the new
Debian partition instead.\n\nIf unsure, install LILO into the Master
Boot Record.
Choices-nl.UTF-8: ${disc}: Master Boot Record, ${part}: nieuwe
Debian-partitie, Andere keuze (geavanceerd)
Description-nl.UTF-8: Wat is het LILO-installatiedoelwit?
Extended_description-nl.UTF-8: De LILO-opstartlader dient geïnstalleerd
te worden om uw nieuwe systeem opstartbaar te maken. Door LILO in het
'master boot record' van uw schijf te installeren, geeft u LILO totale
controle over het opstartproces. Als u een andere opstartlader wilt
gebruiken, kunt u in plaats hiervan LILO op de nieuwe Debian-partitie
installeren.\n\nBij twijfel, installeert u LILO best in het Master Boot
Record.
Hope it helps.....
Ronald
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