Re: howto interact with HW-detection of installer
Hello,
thank you very much for your attention!
> The debian-boot list is more appropriate for this question. Please reply to
> that list and not to debian-cd.
Well, I have the same problem with the documentation.
I want to create a customized debian install cd, but to reach that, I guess, I
have to "hack" the d-i, create preseed lists and customize the cd-image.
My problem is, that parts of existing docs is outdated with broken links and I
miss the view, where and how all things play together.
I just discovered babelbox - may be that could help me in understanding
things.
> There are several ways to get info about hardware:
> - files in /sys or /proc
> - utilities like lspci, lsusb, dmidecode (not all available in D-I)
I see. So I have to do the detection on myself and add the tools I need for
that to the installer?
> base-installer is in most cases not the best place to install extra
> packages. Doing that in pkgsel is preferred.
Yes, I agree for extra packages. But I want to strip down the base-system
(install a smaller image, use busybox with its targets, ... )
> There are quite a lot of methods you could use to make D-I install extra
> packages. What method is best depends. A lot can be done using preseeding
> (run a script in preseed-early and have that drop custom hook scripts in
> various places for example), but creating a custom udeb is also an option.
Ok, let me explain what I want with a (quite senseless) sample:
Imagine, I would like to determine the type of desktop system based on the
type of network-hardware found in the system and the user-question, whether
he likes to use dhcp.
So I need to check the hardware (i.e. lspci) and do a user-question.
The result of both lead to a preseed-list and a path through the rest of the
installation (pkgsel, ...)
I think, from what I read, that I understand the single steps like
packagelist, hw-detection in a trigger and user-question - but I don't
understand yet, how all parts play together.
And so - I beg your pardon - I don't know, whether my problem could be solved
by debian-cd list or by the debian-boot list.
kind regards
Geronimo
Reply to: