Leonid Shadevsky <l.shadevsky@swd.ru> writes: > Hi, I want to install Debian on several machines via preseeding, and have a > question about automating of this process: > > Is it possible to define my own variable for example NUM=01 and use it for > generating hostname? > > i.e in preseed.cfg: > d-i netcfg/get_hostname string host$NUM You probably want to look at preseed/early_command, or preseed/late_command, or if you want to get clever, preseed/run lets you execute a script For a (perhaps more complicated than you need, and slightly out of date) example of some of the things you might want to do, have a look at: http://hands.com/d-i/squeeze/etch.sh (for use of db_set) http://hands.com/d-i/squeeze/start.cfg (for use of early_command, late_command, and run) If you think you need complicated, start here: http://hands.com/d-i/ Other examples available here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed#Examples as well as the docs for auto install mode: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs02.html#preseed-auto HTH Cheers, Phil. P.S. It's about time I updated my d-i stuff for wheezy, so feel free to hassle me about things that don't work (patches appreciated :-) -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND
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