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Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !



On Sat, 2015-05-02 at 16:50 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
> I ask to reverse decision about "floppy-modules", because while
> physical floppies aren't used in years, this functionality is very
> much used for virtualization.
> 
> Like my vbox-unattened patch; Without floppy driver there will not be
> an automated installer for Debian 8 VMs in VirtualBox.

You should be able to add the preseed file to the initrd like this:

    echo preseed.cfg | cpio -o -H newc | gzip >> initrd.gz

Does that not work for you?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Q.  Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy?
A.  I don't know and I couldn't care less.

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